The Reuters Institute’s Digital News Report finds that trust in news declines in the Philippines amid heavy reliance on social media for information. Multiple outlets report that only 28% of Filipino respondents say they trust news “most of the time” in 2026, down from 38% in 2025—a decline of 10 percentage points. The report positions the Philippines as having the steepest fall among respondents across 48 markets covered in the survey. The articles also note that social media remains the dominant source of news for many Filipinos, which coincides with the broader drop in trust. One report adds context from analysts who link the decline to long-running pressures on the media industry and to the growing reach of influence operations on social media, though the overall headline finding is the measured decline in trust as reported by the Reuters Institute. Across the coverage, the central change is the same: a significant year-on-year reduction in the share of Filipinos who say they trust most news most of the time.