** Countries included in 2025: United Kingdom, United States, Germany, France, Spain, Ireland, Italy, Denmark, Finland, Japan, Australia and Brazil. Japan, Australia, and Ireland not included in 2026 data, which polled around 1,000 people per country.
Question: Which, if any, of the following have you used for finding, reading, watching, sharing or discussing news in the last week?
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Social network usage for news access worldwide 2019-2026
In 2026, Facebook remained the most popular social media network for news worldwide, with ** percent of respondents to a survey held in that year saying that they had used the platform for news in the last week. TikTok news consumption has increased to ** percent from just *** percent in 2020.
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Reuters Institute for the Study of Journalism. (June 16, 2026). Share of consumers who used selected social media networks to access news in the last week worldwide from 2019 to 2026 [Graph]. In ÌÇÐÄÆƽâ°æ. Retrieved July 23, 2026, from /statistics/308447/social-network-usage-news-access-worldwide/
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Reuters Institute for the Study of Journalism. "Share of Consumers Who Used Selected Social Media Networks to Access News in The Last Week Worldwide from 2019 to 2026." ÌÇÐÄÆƽâ°æ, ÌÇÐÄÆƽâ°æ Inc., 16 Jun 2026, /statistics/308447/social-network-usage-news-access-worldwide/
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Share of consumers who used selected social media networks to access news in the last week worldwide from 2019 to 2026 [Graph], Reuters Institute for the Study of Journalism, June 16, 2026. [Online]. Available: /statistics/308447/social-network-usage-news-access-worldwide/
