A 2024 survey revealed that audiences using social networks for news engage with news sources differently depending on the network; for example 53 percent of X users devote most of their attention to mainstream news, whereas the same was true of just 34 percent of TikTok and Snapchat users. The latter networks were used more for news from personalities and celebrities or influencers, with Twitter, Facebook, and YouTube generally the most likely platforms for mainstream news.
Sources of news paid most attention to among social media news users worldwide as of February 2024, by network
Characteristic
Mainstream news/mainstream journalists
Smaller or alternative news sources
Politicians/political activists
Personalities (incl. celebrities and influencers)
Ordinary people
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Respondents were randomly selected news users of each network, with the samples as follows: Facebook: 22,441, X: 5,414, YouTube: 17,614, Instagram: 8,997 Snapchat: 909, TikTok: 5,694.
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Reuters Institute for the Study of Journalism. (June 17, 2024). Sources of news paid most attention to among social media news users worldwide as of February 2024, by network [Graph]. In Statista. Retrieved July 22, 2024, from https://www.statista.com/statistics/1392866/social-media-news-topics-worldwide/
Reuters Institute for the Study of Journalism. "Sources of news paid most attention to among social media news users worldwide as of February 2024, by network." Chart. June 17, 2024. Statista. Accessed July 22, 2024. https://www.statista.com/statistics/1392866/social-media-news-topics-worldwide/
Reuters Institute for the Study of Journalism. (2024). Sources of news paid most attention to among social media news users worldwide as of February 2024, by network. Statista. Statista Inc.. Accessed: July 22, 2024. https://www.statista.com/statistics/1392866/social-media-news-topics-worldwide/
Reuters Institute for the Study of Journalism. "Sources of News Paid Most Attention to among Social Media News Users Worldwide as of February 2024, by Network." Statista, Statista Inc., 17 Jun 2024, https://www.statista.com/statistics/1392866/social-media-news-topics-worldwide/
Reuters Institute for the Study of Journalism, Sources of news paid most attention to among social media news users worldwide as of February 2024, by network Statista, https://www.statista.com/statistics/1392866/social-media-news-topics-worldwide/ (last visited July 22, 2024)
Sources of news paid most attention to among social media news users worldwide as of February 2024, by network [Graph], Reuters Institute for the Study of Journalism, June 17, 2024. [Online]. Available: https://www.statista.com/statistics/1392866/social-media-news-topics-worldwide/
