News avoidance in selected countries worldwide 2023

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Amy Watson,
Jun 14, 2023
The share of news consumers who actively try to avoid news was highest in Greece and Bulgaria as of early 2023, with 57 percent of respondents from each country saying they deliberately chose not to engage with news. Active news avoidance was also common in Argentina, Poland, and the United Kingdom, where the share of respondents saying they did so was over 40 percent.

Countries with the highest share of audiences actively avoiding the news worldwide as of February 2023

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Release date

June 2023

Region

Worldwide

Survey time period

January to February, 2023

Number of respondents

2,000 for each market

Age group

18 years and older

Special properties

top five countries with highest share of news avoiders from a total of 46 countries

Method of interview

Online survey

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