For the first time, social media has displaced television as the top way Americans get news.
Engagement with traditional media sources such as TV, print, and news websites continues to fall, while dependence on social media, video platforms, and online aggregators grows.
In the U.S. between 2021 and 2025, the share of population consuming news video at least weekly increased from 55% to 72%, with most of the news video being viewed on social platforms.
The vast majority of audiences remain unwilling to pay for online news.
More than a third of respondents say they turn to a news outlet they trust to check if information is false or misleading. But younger users are more likely than other groups to check social media, including by reading comments from other users.
In the U.S. a similar proportion now consume news podcasts each week as read a printed newspaper or magazine (14%) or listen to news and current affairs on the radio (13%).
Audiences in most countries remain skeptical about the use of AI in the news and are more comfortable with use cases where humans remain in the loop.
Overall trust in the news (40%) has remained stable for the third year in a row.
2025 Digital News Report from the Reuters Institute for the Study of Journalism

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