How Internet Users in Latvia Verify Online Information, 2025

Internet users aged 16–74 by method used to verify online information across Latvia; %, 2025.

What the Data Shows

Methods used to verify online information are compared among Latvia’s internet users aged 16–74 in 2025. The three percentages are separate reported behaviours and may overlap, so they are not a composition. Assessing the source or searching for more information led at 18.2%, 12.0 percentage points above consulting other people or alternative sources. Following or participating in online discussions was 3.7%, making the leading method 4.9 times as common.

Data table

Unit: percent · Period: 2025

RankEntryValuePeriod
1Assess source / search more18.2%2025
2Consult others / other sources6.2%2025
3Follow online discussions3.7%2025

Sources

Source 1: Use of Internet in 2025

Publisher: Central Statistical Bureau of Latvia

Dataset/table: Official Statistics of Latvia

Units: percent

Date checked: 2026-07-16

Evidence: Supports the three published online-information verification-method rates for Latvia in 2025.

Data notes & caveats

Percentages refer to internet users aged 16–74 in Latvia. Methods may overlap and should not be added together.

Methodology

The three published percentages are ordered from highest to lowest and kept as independent rates because respondents or enterprises may fall into more than one category.

Source consistency notes

All three percentages use the same official Latvian release, 2025 period, population basis and percent unit.

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