Digital News Report 2025
★ It was published by Reuters Institute for the Study of Journalism.
★ This report is based on data from 6 continents and 48 markets, including Serbia for the first time.
★ It is the most comprehensive study of online media.
★ It highlights a dynamic and challenging landscape for news consumption globally.
Key Highlights
★ The report indicates significant shifts in how people access and engage with news, driven by technological advancements and evolving audience behaviors.
★ Engagement with traditional news sources like TV, print, and news websites continues to decline across many markets.
★ Conversely, dependence on social media, video platforms, and online aggregators for news is growing, especially among younger demographics.
★ Consumers see AI-produced news as cheaper and more up to date but less trustworthy than human-produced news.
★ India leads in the adoption of generative AI for news access, with 44% of Indian respondents comfortable with AI tools and nearly one-fifth using chatbots weekly for news.
★ India is among the countries (along with the Philippines, Thailand, and Kenya) where more people now prefer to watch the news rather than read it.
★ YouTube (55%) is the most widely used platform for news in India.
★ The overall trust in the news is 40% which has remained stable for the third year in a row.
Source: Reuters Institute
