future usage, future usage of online news, online news
Q. If the legislation is introduced and news content was removed from Facebook and Google, how likely would you do the following to search and read news articles?
| TOTAL: Likely | TOTAL: Unlikely | Very likely | Quite likely | Not that likely | Not at all likely | |
| Go directly to news websites to read content | 75% | 25% | 37% | 38% | 15% | 10% |
| Continue to use Google and Facebook and read less news | 69% | 31% | 26% | 43% | 19% | 12% |
| Use alternative platforms to Facebook and Google to find and read news articles (such as Twitter, LinkedIn or Reddit) | 53% | 47% | 22% | 31% | 24% | 22% |
| Use the Apple News aggregator | 37% | 63% | 14% | 22% | 27% | 36% |
| Total | Age Group | Frequency of news consumption on social media | ||||||
| TOTAL: LIKELY | 18-34 | 35-54 | 55+ | At least daily | At least once a week | Less than once a week | Never | |
| Go directly to news websites to read content | 75% | 70% | 81% | 73% | 84% | 77% | 62% | 46% |
| Continue to use Google and Facebook and read less news | 69% | 67% | 76% | 63% | 77% | 72% | 60% | 39% |
| Use alternative platforms to Facebook and Google to find and read news articles (such as Twitter, LinkedIn or Reddit) | 53% | 61% | 64% | 37% | 64% | 50% | 42% | 25% |
| Use the Apple News aggregator | 37% | 42% | 49% | 20% | 42% | 42% | 29% | 11% |
| Base (n) | 1,076 | 326 | 365 | 385 | 570 | 239 | 149 | 118 |