Information habits in Greece are shifting towards social media platforms and away from TV, contrary to the rest of Europe, the latest Eurobarometer study shows.
The flash survey, conducted in June 2025, recorded the six most popular responses to the question which sources one uses for getting information on social and political current affairs.
Greek citizens, including those in the older demographics, showed a slight but clear preference to social media platforms over television, appearing to be turning their back to the latter as their main source for information.
Only 54 percent of respondents in Greece use the TV for current affairs updates, while a slightly higher 56 percent use social media platforms for this purpose. Search engines, video platforms, friends and family follow in this order, while newspapers and magazines with their digital versions come last in their preferences with a mere 34 percent.
Greeks use TV for current affairs far less than EU average
The findings for Greece come in stark contrast with the EU average, where seven in ten citizens still get their social and political current affairs information primarily from television and only four in ten from social media platforms.
The survey suggests that Greek citizens also tend to use video platforms for this purpose significantly more than the European average, with 40 against 26 percent respectively.
At the same time, newspapers and magazines with their online versions are also less popular for current affairs in Greece (34 percent) than in the rest of Europe (40 percent), where the least popular source is video platforms.
Despite the popularity of social media platforms in Greece though, a surprising five in ten respondents said they don’t follow any influencers or content creators, as opposed to 37 percent who answered so across Europe.
