Share of people in the EU-27 accessing online media sites, by formal education
In 2020, 44 percent of users with low formal education across the European Union (EU-27) responded that they used the internet to access online news sites, newspapers, or news magazines. A higher share of users with medium or higher education tended to use the internet to access news. According to the survey 66 percent of people with a medium level of formal education 84 percent of users with a high degree of formal education accessed online news sites, newspapers, or news magazines. The disparity between people with lower and higher formal education in 2020 was 40 percent.