The Reuters Institute's annual report on Digital News for 2019 found that Indians get their online news dominantly on mobiles. It noted the increasing popularity of WhatsApp and Facebook. The report can be downloaded here: Reuters Institute India Digital News Report 2019. Findings from the report: Mobile dominated market, demand for online video news, podcasts A mobile-first online news market 68% used smartphones to get their online news, 31% used only mobile devices for accessing online news; these numbers are markedly higher than in developing markets like Brazil and Turkey. 12% of the respondents identified mobile alerts as their main way of accessing online news. 50% of respondents said they got the right number of news notifications, 34% said they got too many. 17% of the respondents said ‘nothing’ could convince them to sign up for news alerts, and expressed an appetite for controlled, personalized alerts. Video news 35% of the respondents said that they would like to see more online video news. Consumption of online news videos is taking place mostly on platforms; only 35% of the respondents said they have watched online video news on a publisher’s website or app, compared to 73% who have watched online video news on YouTube and Facebook. Voice activated speakers and audio news 9% of the respondents currently use a voice-activated system like Alexa and Google Home, and over 5% of these use them to access news. The most popular podcasts are from news companies like The Times of India, NDTV and…
