Media and communication
Germany boasts a free and broadly representative media world. Over the past few years, digitisation has significantly changed the way people utilise the media.

Insight
Guaranteed freedom of the press

Overview
The media sector
Around 63 million people in Germany are online, and daily newspapers are increasing their digital reach, too. In terms of media usage, however, television and radio continue to play the biggest role.

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Article 5
Freedom of opinion and freedom of the press are anchored in law in article 5 of the German Basic Law.
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440 correspondents
Journalists from 60 different countries work out of Berlin.
90 percent
63 million people in Germany – around 90 percent of the German-speaking population above 14 years old – use the Internet.
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38 million users
The number of people active on social media networks in Germany.
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330 newspapers
After China, India, Japan and the USA, Germany is the world’s fifth-biggest market for newspapers.