Exclusively using social media and video networks for news
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Global · 2026
Exclusively using social media and video networks for news worldwide were 12% 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
The proportion of people now only using social media and video networks for news has risen to 12% this year (doubling from 6% in 2020) – many of these individuals are in effect withdrawing from getting news in a variety of different ways and relying instead on seeing news occasionally when doing other things online.
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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_TKC4XPF80SJB3WNE6ZRHA2X5AR
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_TKC4XPF80SJB3WNE6ZRHA2X5AR.
- 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_TKC4XPF80SJB3WNE6ZRHA2X5AR.
- BibTeX
- @misc{reutersinstitute2026sociala2x5ar, 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_TKC4XPF80SJB3WNE6ZRHA2X5AR}, 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_TKC4XPF80SJB3WNE6ZRHA2X5AR