Abstract
The sixth Digital News Report from the Reuters Institute for the Study of Journalism at the University of Oxford reveals high levels dissatisfaction with the quality of news and comment generally, and via social media in particular. The report, which is based on a YouGov survey conducted with 70,000 people in 36 markets, notes that over half of respondents (54%) use social media as a source of news but highlights a decline in the use of Facebook in some countries as messaging apps grow in popularity. Survey data also reveal that ad-blocking around the world, though still widespread, has stopped growing and has largely not spread to mobile devices. There has been a significant Trump bump in terms of digital subscriptions to news organisations in the United States along with evidence that more people might be prepared to pay elsewhere.