The State of Arts PR Survey 2026
Publication Closures, AI and Funding and Budget Cuts Top Concerns for Arts PRs in 2026.
For the third year, we have run our annual survey aimed at taking the temperature of arts PR across the UK.
The survey reveals that:
- Well over half (65%) cited further publication closures as their main concern for the year ahead.
- Views on AI are divided with just over half (55%) using it to help reduce work load while the same proportion raised concerns about a lack of regulation.
- More than four in five respondents (83%) feel that the media fuels a sense of division in the UK withover a third (38%) stating they felt their projects didn’t secure the coverage they thought it would because of its subject matter.
