This statistic shows the share of people who gained access to news on various platforms within the past week as of February 2016. In the United States, 66 percent of respondents said that they watched news on television in the last week.
Which of the following news sources have you used in the last week?
Characteristic
Share of respondents
Online
73%
Television
66%
Print
26%
Radio
23%
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Reuters Institute for the Study of Journalism. (June 14, 2016). Which of the following news sources have you used in the last week? [Graph]. In Statista. Retrieved April 08, 2025, from https://www.statista.com/statistics/254518/weekly-access-to-news-by-platform-in-the-us/
Reuters Institute for the Study of Journalism. "Which of the following news sources have you used in the last week?." Chart. June 14, 2016. Statista. Accessed April 08, 2025. https://www.statista.com/statistics/254518/weekly-access-to-news-by-platform-in-the-us/
Reuters Institute for the Study of Journalism. (2016). Which of the following news sources have you used in the last week?. Statista. Statista Inc.. Accessed: April 08, 2025. https://www.statista.com/statistics/254518/weekly-access-to-news-by-platform-in-the-us/
Reuters Institute for the Study of Journalism. "Which of The following News Sources Have You Used in The Last Week?." Statista, Statista Inc., 14 Jun 2016, https://www.statista.com/statistics/254518/weekly-access-to-news-by-platform-in-the-us/
Reuters Institute for the Study of Journalism, Which of the following news sources have you used in the last week? Statista, https://www.statista.com/statistics/254518/weekly-access-to-news-by-platform-in-the-us/ (last visited April 08, 2025)
Which of the following news sources have you used in the last week? [Graph], Reuters Institute for the Study of Journalism, June 14, 2016. [Online]. Available: https://www.statista.com/statistics/254518/weekly-access-to-news-by-platform-in-the-us/
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