Trust in News (Digital News Report)
Share who agree they can trust most news most of the time. Reuters Institute Digital News Report, 2019–2026.
Source: Reuters Institute Digital News Report Licence: Reuters Institute — public aggregates Unit: % Parsed: 2026-07-03 Open source ↗
Method: Online YouGov panels (~2,000 per market per year); in India, Kenya, Morocco, Nigeria and South Africa samples are urban/English-speaking and not nationally representative.
Avg (2026)
37.0%
-3.4pp vs 2025
Improving
5
of 48 tracked
Declining
38
period over period
Stable
5
±0.5pp band
Trust most news most of the time
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Trend over time
Group average by period, 2019–2026.
EuropeAmericasAsiaAfrica
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Movers
Biggest period-over-period changes.
Top risers
| Entity | Now | Change |
|---|---|---|
| 🇰🇪 Kenya | 68% | +3.0pp |
| 🇪🇸 Spain | 33% | +2.0pp |
| 🇯🇵 Japan | 41% | +2.0pp |
| 🇩🇪 Germany | 46% | +1.0pp |
| 🇸🇬 Singapore | 46% | +1.0pp |
Top fallers
| Entity | Now | Change |
|---|---|---|
| 🇵🇭 Philippines | 28% | -10.0pp |
| 🇮🇪 Ireland | 42% | -9.0pp |
| 🇵🇱 Poland | 39% | -8.0pp |
| 🇵🇪 Peru | 32% | -8.0pp |
| 🇹🇭 Thailand | 47% | -8.0pp |
By group
Change by group, latest period.
Africa -0.50pp
Asia -3.3pp
Europe -3.4pp
Americas -5.1pp
| Group | Members | Avg | Change |
|---|---|---|---|
| Africa | 4 | 53.5% | -0.50pp |
| Asia | 11 | 37.5% | -3.3pp |
| Europe | 25 | 36.1% | -3.4pp |
| Americas | 8 | 30.8% | -5.1pp |
Trust in News (Digital News Report) — full ranking
Every entity in this dataset, in HTML. The interactive panel above shows the same numbers; this is the one that survives without JavaScript.
| # | Entity | Trust most news most of the time | Change |
|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | 🇰🇪 Kenya | 68% | +3.0pp |
| 2 | 🇳🇬 Nigeria | 68% | 0.00pp |
| 3 | 🇫🇮 Finland | 63% | -4.0pp |
| 4 | 🇩🇰 Denmark | 55% | -1.0pp |
| 5 | 🇳🇴 Norway | 53% | -1.0pp |
| 6 | 🇸🇪 Sweden | 52% | -1.0pp |
| 7 | 🇭🇰 Hong Kong | 52% | 0.00pp |
| 8 | 🇵🇹 Portugal | 51% | -3.0pp |
| 9 | 🇿🇦 South Africa | 50% | -5.0pp |
| 10 | 🇳🇱 Netherlands | 49% | -1.0pp |
| 11 | 🇹🇭 Thailand | 47% | -8.0pp |
| 12 | 🇩🇪 Germany | 46% | +1.0pp |
| 13 | 🇸🇬 Singapore | 46% | +1.0pp |
| 14 | 🇦🇺 Australia | 43% | 0.00pp |
| 15 | 🇮🇪 Ireland | 42% | -9.0pp |
| 16 | 🇨🇭 Switzerland | 42% | -4.0pp |
| 17 | 🇯🇵 Japan | 41% | +2.0pp |
| 18 | 🇵🇱 Poland | 39% | -8.0pp |
| 19 | 🇦🇹 Austria | 39% | -2.0pp |
| 20 | 🇧🇪 Belgium | 39% | -4.0pp |
| 21 | 🇮🇳 India | 39% | -4.0pp |
| 22 | 🇨🇦 Canada | 37% | -2.0pp |
| 23 | 🇧🇷 Brazil | 36% | -6.0pp |
| 24 | 🇨🇱 Chile | 34% | -2.0pp |
| 25 | 🇪🇸 Spain | 33% | +2.0pp |
| 26 | 🇮🇹 Italy | 32% | -4.0pp |
| 27 | 🇮🇩 Indonesia | 32% | -4.0pp |
| 28 | 🇵🇪 Peru | 32% | -8.0pp |
| 29 | 🇨🇿 Czech Republic | 31% | -2.0pp |
| 30 | 🇲🇽 Mexico | 31% | -5.0pp |
| 31 | 🇬🇧 UK | 30% | -5.0pp |
| 32 | 🇰🇷 South Korea | 30% | -1.0pp |
| 33 | 🇲🇾 Malaysia | 30% | -7.0pp |
| 34 | 🇫🇷 France | 29% | 0.00pp |
| 35 | 🇭🇷 Croatia | 29% | -7.0pp |
| 36 | 🇹🇷 Turkey | 28% | -5.0pp |
| 37 | 🇵🇭 Philippines | 28% | -10.0pp |
| 38 | 🇲🇦 Morocco | 28% | 0.00pp |
| 39 | 🇦🇷 Argentina | 26% | -6.0pp |
| 40 | 🇺🇸 USA | 25% | -5.0pp |
| 41 | 🇹🇼 Taiwan | 25% | -5.0pp |
| 42 | 🇨🇴 Colombia | 25% | -7.0pp |
| 43 | 🇷🇴 Romania | 23% | -3.0pp |
| 44 | 🇷🇸 Serbia | 22% | -5.0pp |
| 45 | 🇧🇬 Bulgaria | 21% | -5.0pp |
| 46 | 🇸🇰 Slovak Republic | 19% | -4.0pp |
| 47 | 🇬🇷 Greece | 18% | -4.0pp |
| 48 | 🇭🇺 Hungary | 17% | -5.0pp |