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Why this matters
0%
feel worn out by news
Pew Research, Dec 2025 — n = 3,560 U.S. adults
40%
actively avoid the news
Reuters Institute, 2025 — ~100,000 respondents, 48 countries
0
correlation between quantity and knowledge
Castro et al., 2021 — heavy consumers no better informed

“I try to get away, you pull me right back in.”

— Focus group participant, man in his 40s, Pew Research 2025

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What the quiz reveals about your news habits

Your News Balance Score
A single number from 0-100 that captures how well your news habits are working, compared to people in your country.
Your consumption profile
Which of nine research-backed types you match — and what that means for your information diet, stress level, and blind spots.
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The specific dimensions where small adjustments would make the most difference, based on your personal results.

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From the research

newsproof is a free, research-backed quiz that measures your news consumption across five dimensions: time investment, source diversity, emotional strain, intentional consumption, and FOMO. Based on peer-reviewed research and large-scale surveys from institutions including Oxford, Pew Research Center, and the University of Barcelona, the quiz takes 3 minutes and gives you a personal News Balance Score from 0–100, a consumption profile, and specific recommendations for change.

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