Fake news in Germany - statistics & facts
In 2020, the German population most often uses the following sources of information: asking relatives, friends or acquaintances, searching online and watching reports on television. The smallest share of the population goes to a bookstore or library. A survey conducted in 2018 on opinions about fake news and filter bubbles showed that 62 percent of German respondents thought that the average person in Germany did not care about facts on politics and society anymore, they just believed what they wanted. 47 percent of those surveyed were confident they could tell real news from fake.
