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70%

70% -- share of journalists saying social ranking not helpful for Global journalists (2018)

Name: Share Of Journalists Saying Social Ranking Not Helpful Statistics
Creator: Lighthouse Intelligence
Published: 2026-09-29

2018 · n=500 · Zeno Group / Muck Rack

70% of surveyed global journalists believe that the way both Facebook and Twitter rank their news sources is not helpful.

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Value

70%

Unit

Percentage

Data Vintage

2018

Entity

Global journalists

Sample Size

500

Evidence Quality

Strong, reliable evidence

Sourced from a well-regarded research firm or industry leader with transparent methodology and a reasonably large sample.

64/100 confidence

Single source - not yet corroborated

Score breakdown

Extraction

Source Trust

Citation Chain

Independence

Methodology

Freshness

Source

Zeno Group / Muck Rack Primary Tier A

https://www.zenogroup.com/es/node/181 ↗

Confidence: 57/100 Vintage: 2018 Channel: Common Crawl

Source Article

Shareability, Credibility & Objectivity: The State of Journalism Today

Original Research

Zeno Group / Muck Rack · Original study ↗

Methodology

Zeno Group/Muck Rack survey

Methodology documented

Segmentation

Industrymarketing

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