“Mainstream news outlets/mainstream journalists” has the highest value (0.5) and “Ordinary people” the lowest (0.4).

Share of X (formerly Twitter) users worldwide who paid attention to news on the platform as of February 2024, by source
Item	User share
Mainstream news outlets/mainstream journalists	0.5
Smaller or alternative news sources	0.4
Politicians/political activists	0.4
Personalities (incl. celebrities and infuencers)	0.5
Ordinary people	0.4

Machine-translated from Persian by Namafar; the Persian original is authoritative. Read the original in Persian

About this data

The data on this page is global, collected by Namafar for comparison with Iran.

Iranian (Solar Hijri) years run from late March to March: 1404 = March 2025 to March 2026.

Details

Source: Reuters Institute for the Study of Journalism; YouGov
Year: 1403 (2024/25)
Industry: Platforms and companies
Published: Dec 8, 2024

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