“For the first time, social media overtakes TV as Americans’ top news source

Plus: The pivot to video is really happening, digital subscriptions may have peaked, and other findings from RISJ’s 2025 Digital News Report.”

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https://www.niemanlab.org/2025/06/for-the-first-time-social-media-overtakes-tv-as-americans-top-news-source/

🧵Reuters Institute 2025 Report

“Against that background [global conflict, economic and political uncertainty], evidence-based and analytical journalism should be thriving, with newspapers flying off shelves, broadcast media and web traffic booming. But we find traditional news media struggling to connect with much of the public, with declining engagement, low trust, and stagnating digital subscriptions.”

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https://reutersinstitute.politics.ox.ac.uk/digital-news-report/2025

Digital News Report 2025

The most comprehensive study of news consumption, covering 48 markets around the world.

Reuters Institute for the Study of Journalism