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Media Reach, Trust, Funding, and Freedom Indicators

Dated 2025–2026 media indicators with each survey population, measurement concept, and methodology kept separate so reach, trust, satisfaction, funding, and press freedom are not conflated.

Last verified: 2026-08-08 Status: verified

Media Reach, Trust, Funding, and Freedom Indicators

These measures are not interchangeable. Weekly use is not market share, subjective trust is not verified accuracy, corporate reach is not news reach, public funding is not audience size, and a press-freedom index is not a public-opinion poll.

Reuters Institute Digital News Report 2026

Measure Result Required interpretation
CNA online weekly news use 47% Respondents saying they used the brand for online news in the past week
Mothership.sg online weekly news use 45% Same; overlaps with other brands
The Straits Times online weekly news use 44% Same; not paid circulation or unique visitors
Any online news access 87% News access route, not one publisher's audience
Social media for news 59% Overlaps with online and publisher use
Television for news 40% Survey-reported weekly news access
Print for news 17% Survey-reported weekly news access
AI chatbots for news 11% Access route, not trust or accuracy
Trust in news overall 46% Respondent opinion; global comparison uses the report's method
CNA brand trust 78% Share rating a selected familiar brand 6–10 on a 0–10 scale
The Straits Times brand trust 77% Same; a two-point difference or less is not treated as significant

Source: Reuters Institute Digital News Report 2026, Singapore, published 16 June 2026. Respondents may use multiple brands and routes, so rows do not sum to 100%. The online poll is weighted to demographic targets but is not web analytics, a census, or an exhaustive list of brands.

Public-service media support reported in October 2025

Measure Result Period and scope
Government allocation supporting Mediacorp About S$380 million annually Average/typical annual allocation over the preceding five financial years; overall operations reaching domestic audiences in four languages
Mediacorp cross-platform reach More than 90% Local population across owned platforms and social media, not a single programme or news service
Mediacorp audience satisfaction More than 75% Government-reported satisfaction with services, not press-freedom or editorial-independence score

Source: MDDI parliamentary response, 15 October 2025. The funding number should not be applied to SPH Media Trust, and the reach measure should not be compared directly with the Reuters Institute's weekly news-brand use.

RSF World Press Freedom Index 2026

Measure Result Method
Singapore rank 123 of 180 Relative country position in the 2026 index
Singapore score 44.57 RSF expert assessment and quantitative abuse data across political, legal, economic, sociocultural, and safety indicators

Source: Reporters Without Borders, 2026 index. This is an NGO advocacy index (normalized label: rsf_ng_o), not an official Singapore statistic, judicial finding, audience-trust score, or direct measure of factual accuracy. Rankings and methodology can change each year; always name the index year.

Record details

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Jurisdiction
SG
What each row represents
one dated media measure per publisher or country with explicit survey and methodology
Update cadence
after annual Digital News Report, RSF index, or public-service media funding releases
Source format
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Dates describe this record’s own period and applicability. A verification date does not mean a rule is currently in force.

Sources

Collection as of 2026-10-07 · An expanding collection. Published counts show available knowledge, not complete coverage of Singapore.