MILAN (ITALPRESS) – For the ninth consecutive year Il Sole 24 Ore is the first daily newspaper in Italy for reliability, as certified by the Digital News Report 2026 conducted in 48 countries by the Reuters Institute of the University of Oxford. The Sun 24 Hours confirms the primacy at the top of the daily chart and the 2nd step of the podium of the overall ranking of all media, positioning after Ansa a parimerito with Sky Tg 24. The leading economic-financial newspaper in Italy records 64% in the “brand trust rating”, the rate of trust on the news disclosed, a higher performance than other major international newspapers, both in the UK with Financial Times at 56%, and in the US, with Wall Street Journal at 43%. In the Digital News Report Italy 2026, elaborated by the Master in Journalism “Giorgio Bocca” of the University of Turin on the Italian data of the Reuters Institute of the University of Oxford, moreover, Il Sole 24 Ore is strong mainly among readers with high income, where it reaches 76%, and among the most educated public.
A signal consistent with the newspaper’s profile: economic information, service, data, explanation of phenomena. Positive note also on the age front where it is in third place conquering 61% of trust from readers under 35 and 65% from readers over 35. A quality information that is also rewarded in the ratings of podcasts produced by the Sole 24 Ore with the family brand 24Ore Podcast among continuous series, series and miniseries on news, deepening and topical issues. In the first quarter of 2026 the podcasts of the Sun 24 Ore recorded a monthly average of over 750,000 listeners, with a significant growth of “Macro”, the daily podcast dedicated to the analysis of news with global impact, confirming an increasing interest and loyalty of listeners at a time when the geopolitical context requires authoritative reading tools and reliable interpretation keys. Constant presence in the rankings of the most listened podcasts on the main audio platforms also for “Start” and “Market Mover”, the daily news podcasts edited by the editorial staff of the Sun 24 Hours.
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