Reuters Institute Digital News Report 2026

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1. 9% in AR used AI chatbots for news in the last week (2026)

   Reuters Institute for the Study of Journalism, fieldwork YouGovArgentina2026n=2,000

2. 9% in AU used AI chatbots for news in the last week (2026)

   Reuters Institute for the Study of Journalism, fieldwork YouGovAustralia2026n=2,000

3. 6% in AT used AI chatbots for news in the last week (2026)

   Reuters Institute for the Study of Journalism, fieldwork YouGovAustria2026n=2,000

4. 7% in BE used AI chatbots for news in the last week (2026)

   Reuters Institute for the Study of Journalism, fieldwork YouGovBelgium2026n=2,000

5. 13% in BR used AI chatbots for news in the last week (2026)

   Reuters Institute for the Study of Journalism, fieldwork YouGovBrazil2026n=2,000

6. 9% in BG used AI chatbots for news in the last week (2026)

   Reuters Institute for the Study of Journalism, fieldwork YouGovBulgaria2026n=2,000

7. 8% in CA used AI chatbots for news in the last week (2026)

   Reuters Institute for the Study of Journalism, fieldwork YouGovCanada2026n=2,000

8. 7% in CL used AI chatbots for news in the last week (2026)

   Reuters Institute for the Study of Journalism, fieldwork YouGovChile2026n=2,000

9. 9% in CO used AI chatbots for news in the last week (2026)

   Reuters Institute for the Study of Journalism, fieldwork YouGovColombia2026n=2,000

10. 5% in HR used AI chatbots for news in the last week (2026)

    Reuters Institute for the Study of Journalism, fieldwork YouGovCroatia2026n=2,000

Market Radar takes 40 figures from this report; the 10 newest are shown here.

About this report

Publisher

Reuters Institute for the Study of Journalism, fieldwork YouGov (Reuters Institute)
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Published

2026

Type

Survey

Sample

n=2,000

Countries

• Argentina
• Austria
• Australia
• Belgium
• Bulgaria
• Brazil
• Canada
• Switzerland
• Chile
• Colombia
• Czech Republic
• Germany
• Denmark
• Spain
• Finland
• France
• United Kingdom
• Greece
• Hong Kong
• Croatia
• Hungary
• Indonesia
• Ireland
• Italy
• Japan
• South Korea
• Mexico
• Malaysia
• Netherlands
• Norway
• Peru
• Philippines
• Poland
• Portugal
• Romania
• Serbia
• Sweden
• Singapore
• Slovakia
• Thailand
• Turkey
• Taiwan
• United States

Regions

• US
• EMEA
• LatAm
• APAC

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