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Regional influence: News agencies

Online interest for a given Index country’s news agency in 23 other Index countries; average percent of total online searches for selected news agencies (2019)

Distribution of Asia Power Index countriesThis chart shows the distribution of countries based on their weighted score for regional influence: news agencies. Embed

Regional influence: News agencies

Online interest for a given Index country’s news agency in 23 other Index countries; average percent of total online searches for selected news agencies (2019)

  • Rankings
  • Indicators
Rank Score Trend Country / Territory
Weighting × 1 Source Year
  • 1 100.0 — United States
    39.6%* 2019
  • 2 45.3 China
    17.9%* 2019
  • 3 +2 30.6 South Korea
    12.1%* 2019
  • 4 27.4 Russia
    10.8%* 2019
  • 5 −2 16.2 India
    6.4%* 2019
  • 6 14.2 Malaysia
    5.6%* 2019
  • 7 +1 8.8 — Japan
    3.5%* 2019
  • 8 −1 7.4 North Korea
    2.9%* 2019
  • 9 +1 4.4 — Indonesia
    1.7%* 2019
  • 10 −1 3.5 Taiwan
    1.4%* 2019
  • 11 2.4 — Papua New Guinea
    1.0%* 2019
  • 12 −1 2.1 Vietnam
    0.8%* 2019
  • 13 0.2 — Philippines
    0.1%* 2019
  • 14 +11 0.2 — Laos
    0.1%* 2019
  • 15 −3 0.1 — Australia
    0.0%* 2019
  • 16 0.1 — Pakistan
    0.0%* 2019
  • 17 −2 0.0 — Bangladesh
    0.0%* 2019
  • 18 −4 0.0 — Mongolia
    0.0%* 2019
  • 19 −2 0.0 — Sri Lanka
    0.0%* 2019
  • 26 0.0 — Brunei
    0.0%* 2019
  • 26 0.0 — Cambodia
    0.0%* 2019
  • 26 0.0 — Myanmar
    0.0%* 2019
  • 26 0.0 — Nepal
    0.0%* 2019
  • 26 0.0 — New Zealand
    0.0%* 2019
  • 26 0.0 — Singapore
    0.0%* 2019
  • 26 0.0 — Thailand
    0.0%* 2019
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