Julia Stoll
Research expert covering TV and video media
Media in Belgium - statistics & facts
Belgium's media landscape is defined by the country's complicated political structure. There is Flanders in the north, the Dutch-speaking region with a population of approximately 6.7 million residents in 2021.Then there are roughly 4.8 million French-speaking Belgians living in the south, most of which live in Wallonia in the south and some in the Brussels-Capital Region (the city of Brussels and its surrounding municipalities). And, finally, there is a small German-speaking community of about 75,000 to 80,000 people in the very east. Belgium's differences in language, politics and culture resulted in a landscape that follows the same lines of the country's federal state structure as well as its language communities. Because of this, one could say there is no single "Belgium" media market. Instead, there are multiple, each with their own brands and characteristics.
