The share of news consumers who actively try to avoid news was highest in Greece and Bulgaria as of early 2023, with 57 percent of respondents from each country saying they deliberately chose not to engage with news. Active news avoidance was also common in Argentina, Poland, and the United Kingdom, where the share of respondents saying they did so was over 40 percent.
Countries with the highest share of audiences actively avoiding the news worldwide as of February 2023
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