Proportion of social media news users that say they pay most attention to each on platforms 

All markets. 2025.
Around half of social media news users aged 18–24 (51%) say they pay most attention to creators or personalities for news, compared with 39% for traditional media or journalists.

Q12_Social_sources. You said that you use for news … When it comes to news on , which of these sources do you generally pay most attention to? Base: Randomly selected news users of Facebook, YouTube, Instagram, X, TikTok, and Snapchat across all markets aged 18–24 = 7,837, 25–34 = 12,116, 35–44 = 11,850, 45–54 = 10,618, 55+ = 19,827.
Source: 2025 Reuters Institute Digital News Report.

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