Jun 16, 2026 – 9.00amSocial media is set to overtake television as the most popular way Australians get their news, contradicting arguments from Meta, which owns Facebook, Instagram and WhatsApp, that people do not use its platforms for news.A major annual study measuring news habits around the world reveals that 56 per cent of Australians get news from social media each week, up 9 percentage points, while 57 per cent get news from television, which was flat year-on-year.Subscribe to gift this articleGift 5 articles to anyone you choose each month when you subscribe.Subscribe nowAlready a subscriber? Fetching latest articles