The Digital News Report 2026 will be published on Tuesday 16 June

The Reuters Institute’s Digital News Report 2026 will be published on Tuesday 16 June. Authored by Jim Egan, Craig T. Robertson, Amy Ross Arguedas, Nic Newman, Rasmus Nielsen, Mitali Mukherjee and Richard Fletcher, this year’s report is based on almost 100,000 interviews with online news consumers and covers 48 markets. 

This year's key themes

The report provides in-depth insights into how audiences around the world are engaging with news at an especially turbulent time, with new data on rapidly changing consumption patterns, the continued rise of creators, and what people think about the way news companies are covering big stories. 

This year’s report includes dedicated chapters on the emerging use of AI chatbots, the rise of news video, how audiences engage with news creators, attitudes towards impartiality, why traditional publishers are losing news audiences, and how people perceive public service news.

A new interactive

The Institute is publishing a new interactive, allowing anyone to dive into data from their own market and compare figures across countries and demographics. The interactive, created by Lars Verspohl and Ashish Singh with contributions from the Institute's editorial and research teams, will be available in English and Spanish. It will feature data from many of the variables we’ve been tracking for more than a decade, and breakdowns by gender, age, education and political leaning. 

Two in-person launch events

Our global launch. This in-person event will take place at Reuters HQ in London on Tuesday 16 June, and will be live-streamed on the Reuters Institute's digital channels. Lead author Jim Egan will present the report’s key findings, followed by a panel discussion moderated by our Director, Mitali Mukherjee. Speakers include: 

• Simon Robinson, Reuters’ executive editor
• Emily Kent Smith, Goalhanger’s editorial director
• Kamal Ahmed, Fortune’s executive editorial director for UK and Europe

Our US launch. This in-person event will take place at Reuters HQ in New York on Thursday 18 June and will be available to watch on the Reuters Institute's digital channels. Lead author Jim Egan will present the report’s key findings, followed by a panel discussion moderated by our Director, Mitali Mukherjee. Speakers include:

• Sally Buzbee, News editor, US and Canada, Reuters
• Swati Sharma, Editor-in-chief, Vox Media
• Mukul Devichand, Editor, AI Initiatives, New York Times
• Ryan Merkley, Chief Operating Officer, NPR
• Miki King, Managing Director, News Partnerships Google in North America

Two more online events

An event focused on Africa. An online launch event with a focus on Africa in partnership with our friends at Code for Africa. A presentation by our Deputy Director and Director of Research, Richard Fletcher, will be followed by a panel discussion moderated by our Director of Leadership Development, Federica Cherubini. Speakers include: 

• David Adeleke, Founder and CEO, Communiqué
• Queenter Mbori, Executive Director, Association of Media Women in Kenya
• Adriaan Basson, Editor-in-chief, News24

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An event focused on India. This online launch event, which we host in partnership with our friends at Newslaundry, will be available on our digital channels before the end of June. After a short presentation by lead author Jim Egan, our Director, Mitali Mukherjee, will host a conversation featuring: 

• Dhanya Rajendran, editor-in-chief, The News Minute

• Pradeep Gairola, Chief Digital Business Officer, The Hindu Group 

• Sannuta Raghu, Head of AI, Scroll.  

An event in Spanish

An event focused on Latin America. On 25 July co-author Amy Ross Arguedas will present the report at the Festival Gabo in Bogotá, the most important journalism festival in Latin America. The report has been translated into Spanish by Argentinian journalist Abel Escudero Zadrayec and will be published in this language as well. | Part of Festival Gabo

If you prefer to listen or watch...

Our podcast series. A seven-episode podcast series on this year's report, featuring the authors of every chapter. The first episode will offer an overview of the key findings and will be available on YouTube. | Listen on Spotify · Apple · YouTube

Vertical video summaries. This year we'll be publishing several video summaries on key aspects of the report. These vertical videos, presented by authors Jim Egan, Nic Newman and Amy Ross Arguedas, will be published on the Institute's channels in the next few weeks. | Follow us on Instagram · on LinkedIn · on Bluesky