EL TIEMPO consolidates its leadership as the most consulted digital and print medium by opinion leaders, according to Cifras & Conceptos

In the 2026 edition of the Opinion Panel, prepared by the firm Cifras & Conceptos, EL TIEMPO consolidates its position as the top information preference among the country’s opinion leaders and decision-makers in various public and private sector areas, in both its digital and print versions.

In the case of television, Caracol Noticias leads the measurement with 36 %, followed by Noticias RCN with 18 %; Noticias 1 with 8 %, RTVC with 7 %, RedMas Noticias with 6 %, CNN with 5 % and Citytv with 2 %. 

Meanwhile, on the radio, Caracol holds the first place in preference with 57 %, followed by BLU Radio with 27 %, La FM with 18 % and La Luciérnaga de Caracol Radio with 4 %, among others. 

For its part, in the digital environment, EL TIEMPO’s website maintains its absolute leadership in the first position among the most consulted informative internet pages by Colombian leaders, reaching 17 percent of preference. The ranking of websites registered by the measurement continues, in descending order, with La Silla Vacía and El Espectador, each with 13 %, Cambio with 10 %, Semana with 9 % and El País de España with 7 %, among others. 

“For EL TIEMPO, maintaining leadership in this important Cifras & Conceptos ranking has special significance. It is a result that further commits us to our task of informing with rigor, analyzing, and investigating. It is a recognition of the work of a multimedia newsroom that combines youth and experience in the service of journalism,” said Andrés Mompotes, general director of EL TIEMPO.

In the field of opinion journalism, various collaborators from this publishing house also stand out in the list of the 20 most read columnists in Colombia by decision-makers. Among the EL TIEMPO bylines appearing on the list, the best positioned is María Isabel Rueda in fourth place. The leader in this category is Daniel Coronell. Among the columnists of this newspaper, Mauricio Vargas, Thierry Ways, Moisés Wasserman, Ricardo Silva, Juan Lozano, and Juan Esteban Constaín also appear.

“In the digital world, high reputational value metrics, which measure the trust and prestige of media, are our main daily objective. Therefore, maintaining and growing our leadership in the Cifras & Conceptos Opinion Panel is an achievement we appreciate and thank those who, with their responses, prefer us as the most relevant medium in Colombia for information,” said José Carlos García, multimedia editor of EL TIEMPO. 

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