Trust in the news in European countries 2016

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This statistic shows the share of news consumers in selected European countries who had trust in the news in 2016. Trust in news organisations was highest in Finland, with roughly 62 percent reporting they felt they could trust most news organisations most of the time. Only 43 percent of respondents in Spain reported trusting news organisations.

Trust in the news among news consumers in selected European countries in 2016*

Characteristic	Trust in news organisations	Trust in journalists
Finland	62%	51%
Germany	47%	40%
Denmark	47%	33%
United Kingdom	42%	29%
Ireland	47%	37%
France	28%	29%
Italy	43%	33%
Spain	43%	35%

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Release date

June 2016

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Region

Europe

Survey time period

January and February 2016

Number of respondents

2,000**

Age group

18 years and older

Special properties

news consumers; total sample in each country

Method of interview

Online survey

Supplementary notes

* This question was phrased by the source as follows: "Thinking about news in general, do you agree or disagree with the following statement? - ‘I think you can trust most journalists most of the time/I think you can trust most news organisations most of the time.’"
** Sample size was roughly two thousand respondents in each country. The final sample size for each country is available here.

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