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Abstract:: The fourteenth Digital News Report from the Reuters Institute for the Study of Journalism at the University of Oxford explores changing news consumption in 48 media markets, based on a YouGov survey of over 97,000 online news consumers.
The report documents how an accelerating shift towards news consumption via social media and video platforms is further diminishing the influence of traditional news organisations and supercharging a fragmented alternative media environment containing an array of podcasters, YouTubers, and TikTokers. At the same time, chatbots powered by generative AI are emerging as a new way to access information, especially with people under 35 – raising concerns about a potential loss of search referral traffic to publisher websites and apps.
Despite this, audiences remain mostly sceptical about news they find in both social and AI platforms, partly driven by concerns about access to reliable content. Against this background trust in news remains stable for the third consecutive year.

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Peer review status:: Not peer reviewed

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Newman, N., Ross Arguedas, A., Robertson, C. T., Nielsen, R. K., & Fletcher, R. (2025). Digital news report 2025. Reuters Institute for the Study of Journalism.

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Newman, N., et al. Digital News Report 2025. Reuters Institute for the Study of Journalism, 2025.

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Newman, N, A Ross Arguedas, CT Robertson, RK Nielsen, and R Fletcher. 2025. “Digital News Report 2025.” Reuters Institute for the Study of Journalism.
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Publisher copy:: 10.60625/risj-8qqf-jt36

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+ Newman, N More by this author

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+ Ross Arguedas, A More by this author

Institution:: University of Oxford
Division:: SSD
Department:: Politics & Int Relations
Sub department:: Reuters Institute for the Study of Journalism
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+ Robertson, CT More by this author

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+ Nielsen, RK More by this author

Institution:: University of Oxford
Division:: SSD
Department:: Politics & Int Relations
Sub department:: Reuters Institute for the Study of Journalism
Role:: Author

+ Fletcher, R More by this author

Institution:: University of Oxford
Division:: SSD
Department:: Politics & Int Relations
Sub department:: Reuters Institute for the Study of Journalism
Role:: Author

Publisher:: Reuters Institute for the Study of Journalism
Place of publication:: Oxford
Publication date:: 2025-06-17
DOI:: 10.60625/risj-8qqf-jt36
ISBN:: 9781914566226

Language:: English
Keywords:: news

misinformation

AI

influencers

online video

social media
Pubs id:: 2130672
Local pid:: pubs:2130672
Deposit date:: 2025-06-18

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Copyright holder:: Reuters Institute for the Study of Journalism
Copyright date:: 2025
Rights statement:: ©2025 Reuters Institute for the Study of Journalism

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