* Online sources include news websites/apps, social/video networks, news podcasts, and AI chatbots.
The source states that the data for the Indian market is not to be interpreted as nationally representative, since it was not possible to reach other groups within the national population using an online survey.
As reported by a survey conducted in 2026 on digital news consumption, about ** percent of respondents from India stated that they sourced their news online, which included social media, making it a popular form of accessing news. In comparison, ** percent of respondents stated that they used print media as a news source during that period.
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