Social media and video networks as online news source
RecordSTO-TKC4XPF80S-JB3WNE6ZRH-A2X5AM
Global · 2026
Social media and video networks as online news source worldwide were 54% in 2026 (Reuters Institute).
- Publisher
- Reuters Institute
- Authority tier
- T1 Official
- Locator
- The continued drift away from direct news consumption section
- Retrieved
- 30 Sep 2026
- Status
- Verified
What the source says
Though it has been the case in some individual countries for several years, at the global level (averaging across 48 markets) social media and video networks are for the first time the single most widely used way of accessing online news (used by 54% of all respondents), ahead of news organisations’ own websites and apps (51%).
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APA
Reuters Institute for the Study of Journalism. (2026). Reuters Institute Digital News Report 2026: Overview and Key Findings (Global Survey Across 48 Markets). Retrieved September 30, 2026, from https://reutersinstitute.politics.ox.ac.uk/digital-news-report/2026/dnr-executive-summary. Via StatOrigin, https://statorigin.org/stat/stat_TKC4XPF80SJB3WNE6ZRHA2X5AM
Other formats: MLA, Chicago, BibTeX
- MLA
- Reuters Institute for the Study of Journalism. "Reuters Institute Digital News Report 2026: Overview and Key Findings (Global Survey Across 48 Markets)." 2026, https://reutersinstitute.politics.ox.ac.uk/digital-news-report/2026/dnr-executive-summary. Accessed 30 Sept. 2026 via StatOrigin, https://statorigin.org/stat/stat_TKC4XPF80SJB3WNE6ZRHA2X5AM.
- Chicago
- Reuters Institute for the Study of Journalism. "Reuters Institute Digital News Report 2026: Overview and Key Findings (Global Survey Across 48 Markets)." 2026. https://reutersinstitute.politics.ox.ac.uk/digital-news-report/2026/dnr-executive-summary. Accessed September 30, 2026. Cited from StatOrigin, https://statorigin.org/stat/stat_TKC4XPF80SJB3WNE6ZRHA2X5AM.
- BibTeX
- @misc{reutersinstitute2026sociala2x5am, author = {{Reuters Institute for the Study of Journalism}}, title = {Reuters Institute Digital News Report 2026: Overview and Key Findings (Global Survey Across 48 Markets)}, year = {2026}, howpublished = {StatOrigin, https://statorigin.org}, url = {https://statorigin.org/stat/stat_TKC4XPF80SJB3WNE6ZRHA2X5AM}, note = {Original source: https://reutersinstitute.politics.ox.ac.uk/digital-news-report/2026/dnr-executive-summary. Accessed September 30, 2026.} }
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Primary source
- Publisher
- Reuters Institute for the Study of Journalism · homepage ↗
- Authority tier
- Tier 1 · Multilateral Official
- Report
- Reuters Institute Digital News Report 2026: Overview and Key Findings (Global Survey Across 48 Markets)
- Type
- Report
- Published
- 16 June 2026
- Locator
- The continued drift away from direct news consumption section
- Retrieved
- 30 September 2026
- Link status
- Reachable (HTTP 200)
- Report licence
- See source
Verification
- Status
- Verified
- Review protocol
- gemini:evidence-check-v1:2026-09-30
- Checked on
- 30 September 2026
- Last revision
- 29 September 2026
- Permanent URL
- /stat/stat_TKC4XPF80SJB3WNE6ZRHA2X5AM