In 2023, 86% of U.S. adults got news from a digital device at least occasionally, and measurable claims became the currency of attention. Broadcast TV still pulled millions, but evening network newscasts averaged 5.8 million viewers in 2023 and slid 7% from the prior year. This roundup maps which news categories gained data-driven traction and which saw their strongest statistics get overlooked.
Key Takeaways
- In 2023, evening network newscasts averaged 5.8 million viewers, down 7% from 2022
- In 2023, 86% of U.S. adults reported getting news from a digital device at least occasionally
- U.S. newspaper circulation fell to 20.9 million daily in 2023, down 5%
- Public trust in news was 40% globally in 2023, down 2 points
- 45% of people aged 18-24 in the UK used Facebook for news weekly in 2023
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01 · Category
Broadcast News18 stats
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In 2023, evening network newscasts averaged 5.8 million viewers, down 7% from 2022
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Fox News led cable news with 2.3 million primetime viewers in 2023 average
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Local TV news viewership among 18-49s fell to 12% in 2023
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CNN primetime audience averaged 680,000 viewers in 2023
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MSNBC saw a 15% decline in total day viewers to 1.1 million in 2023
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Public broadcasting news like PBS NewsHour averaged 1.2 million viewers in 2023
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Late-night news shows like The Tonight Show had 2.5 million viewers weekly average in 2023
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Spanish-language Telemundo news grew 8% to 1.4 million viewers in 2023
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ABC World News Tonight topped networks with 7.1 million average viewers in 2023
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News magazine shows like 60 Minutes averaged 6.2 million viewers in 2023
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Cable news total day viewership dropped 10% to 2.8 million in 2023
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NBC Nightly News averaged 6.4 million viewers in 2023
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CBS Evening News viewership was 4.9 million average in 2023
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Morning news shows like Good Morning America had 2.4 million viewers in 2023
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Fox News Sunday averaged 1.8 million viewers in 2023
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Local news stations reached 80% household penetration in 2023
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24-hour news channels accounted for 25% of TV news time in 2023
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Weather news segments made up 15% of local TV broadcasts in 2023
Interpretation
Broadcast News Interpretation
Traditional television news is still the dominant weatherman in our media landscape, but the forecast universally calls for scattered viewers and a high chance of further decline.
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Digital News Consumption20 stats
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In 2023, 86% of U.S. adults reported getting news from a digital device at least occasionally
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Globally, 59% of people used online sources for news in 2023, up from 53% in 2022
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Smartphone usage for news reached 60% among under-35s in the UK in 2023
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71% of Americans under 30 prefer news via social media over traditional outlets
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Online news video consumption grew by 15% year-over-year in 2023
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48% of global internet users accessed news via apps in 2023
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In India, 88% of online news consumers used mobile devices exclusively in 2023
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U.S. digital news subscribers increased to 38 million in 2023, a 12% rise
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64% of Europeans got news from online media daily in 2023
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News website traffic in the U.S. averaged 2.1 billion monthly visits in Q1 2023
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77% of U.S. adults used YouTube for news in 2023
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Mobile news alerts were enabled by 41% of smartphone users globally in 2023
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Digital news paywalls blocked 20% more content accesses in 2023 than 2022
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55% of Gen Z in the U.S. discovered news via TikTok in 2023
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Online news engagement time averaged 7.2 minutes per session in 2023
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62% of Brazilians accessed news portals daily via mobile in 2023
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U.S. podcast news listeners grew to 42% of adults in 2023
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Newsletter subscriptions for news hit 50 million in the U.S. in 2023
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49% of online news users paid for digital news in Nordic countries in 2023
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Algorithm-driven news feeds influenced 68% of young users' consumption in 2023
Interpretation
Digital News Consumption Interpretation
The news has decisively moved online, trading living room anchors for smartphone alerts, algorithmically curated for a generation that would rather scroll than switch channels, a shift so profound it’s putting up digital paywalls even as it breaks down the old gates of journalism.
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Print Media18 stats
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U.S. newspaper circulation fell to 20.9 million daily in 2023, down 5%
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The New York Times print circulation was 384,000 daily in 2023
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Local daily newspapers declined by 2.5% to 1,200 in 2023
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Wall Street Journal print ads revenue dropped 8% to $500 million in 2023
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Sunday newspaper circulation averaged 30.8 million in 2023
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USA Today print sales were 1.3 million daily in 2023
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Regional papers like Boston Globe had 200,000 print readers weekly in 2023
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Newspaper ad revenue totaled $9.5 billion in 2023, down 6%
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Weekly community newspapers numbered 5,800 in 2023
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Print newsstand sales fell 12% to 4 million units monthly in 2023
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LA Times print circulation was 230,000 daily in 2023
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Washington Post print editions averaged 150,000 daily in 2023
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Newsprint consumption dropped 15% to 6 million tons in U.S. 2023
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Magazine news sections like Time had 1.5 million print circ in 2023
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62% of print subscribers also used digital versions in 2023
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Rural weekly papers lost 300 titles since 2018, totaling 1,200 in 2023
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National newspaper ad pages fell 10% to 45,000 in 2023
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28% of U.S. adults read a print newspaper weekly in 2023
Interpretation
Print Media Interpretation
The print newspaper industry is still breathing, but its obituary is being updated annually as digital pulls readers and revenue into a future that looks increasingly like a well-curated online comment section.
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Public Trust19 stats
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Public trust in news was 40% globally in 2023, down 2 points
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58% of Americans had little/no trust in mass media in 2023
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Trust in BBC news stood at 62% in the UK in 2023
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Only 32% of U.S. adults trusted national news media in 2023
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Global media trust index averaged 42% in 2023 Edelman survey
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69% of Democrats trusted CNN, vs 12% Republicans in 2023
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Trust in local news was 57% in U.S. 2023, higher than national
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24% of people worldwide avoided news due to distrust in 2023
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Fox News trust among Republicans was 72% in 2023 poll
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Trust in newspapers was 44% globally in 2023
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51% distrusted social media news algorithms in 2023 EU survey
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NPR/PBS trust averaged 49% overall, 80% Democrats in 2023
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Misinformation belief affected 55% trust decline in 2023
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37% of young adults trusted influencers over journalists in 2023
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Trust gap between left/right was 50 points for MSNBC in 2023
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Overall U.S. media trust hit historic low of 32% in 2023 Gallup
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65% believed news orgs biased by politics in 2023 survey
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Trust in TV news fell to 39% in 2023
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International news trust was 48% vs 55% domestic in 2023
Interpretation
Public Trust Interpretation
The global state of news media resembles a bad relationship, where we're all stuck together in a house of mirrors, each clinging to the one distorted reflection that flatters us while loudly accusing everyone else's of being a lie.
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