The Board of Directors discussed and approved the Board of Directors’ report and financial statements at its meeting on 16 March 2026. The Administrative Council discussed the financial statements at its meeting on 24 March 2026. Yle has published the Annual Report for 2025, which comprehensively describes the company’s operations, on its website in Finnish.

“Despite all the changes, our relationship with Finns remained strong and the use of Yle’s digital services reached record levels. We are committed to ongoing renewal, so that we can remain a public service media that strengthens society also in the future,” says Marit af Björkesten, who started as the Chief Executive Officer at Yle in October 2025.

Yle’s strategy was updated in 2025. The aim of the revised strategy is to respond to changes in Finnish society, the increasingly rapid development of media use, and Finns’ expectations towards Yle.

The company’s result for the financial period was EUR 19.3 million – the company prepared for reduced net funding

Yle’s net turnover in 2025 was EUR 544.5 million (546.0), decreasing by 0.3 per cent from the previous year. Other operating income totalled EUR 3.6 million (2.4). Total income was EUR 548.2 million (548.4), of which the share from the appropriation based on Yle tax was 98.4 per cent (98.4).

The operating profit for the financial period was EUR 19.1 million (0.7) and the result for the financial period was EUR 19.3 million (−0.8). The result for the financial period was better than planned.

Yle’s result varies from year to year, but the annual fluctuations should offset each other so that finances remain balanced in the long term. The company has aimed to adapt operations proactively, so that Yle’s finances remain balanced in the coming years, despite the reduced net funding.

Yle’s costs totalled EUR 528.9 million (549.2). Personnel expenses were EUR 262.1 million (255.4), and their share of total costs was 49.5 per cent (46.5%).

Other operating expenses were EUR 177.8 million (198.1). These included EUR 25.1 million (25.3) in copyright compensations to collective management organisations representing music creators, record producers, and performing artists. Yle is Finland’s most significant payer of music copyright compensations.

Broadcasting rights fees, rebroacasting fees, and other programme-related rights compensations totalled EUR 11.7 million (13.7). Other broadcasting services were purchased for EUR 19.9 million (24.1).

The end of SD distribution at the end of March 2025 reduced distribution costs, which amounted to EUR 28.4 million (31.5). Technology costs were EUR 41.9 million (46.4). Rental and property costs were EUR 23.6 million (24.1).

As part of the change and cost-saving programme, Yle held three rounds of significant change negotiations: the first at the end of 2024, the second in spring 2025, and the third in early summer 2025. The number of person-years in all employment relationships decreased by 280 compared to the previous year, and was 3,063 perso-years (3,343).

Yle is Finland’s most trusted news media – the number of active customers grew by about 20 per cent

Trust in Yle’s news remained high, as in previous years, and Yle is considered Finland’s most trusted news media. According to the Reuters Institute, 83 per cent (85%) of Finns regard Yle’s news as trustworthy and 11 per cent (9%) as untrustworthy (Digital News Report 2025). According to Yle’s own survey, the corresponding figures are 81 per cent (82%) and 7 per cent (8%) (Uutisarvostukset 2025, Norstat).

The number of active customers using Yle’s digital services while logged in grew by about 20 per cent and averaged around 1.3 million per week in 2025 (about 1.1 million). The number of Yle ID accounts used to log in to Yle’s digital services also increased. At the end of 2025, Finns had over 3.3 million Yle IDs in use (about 3.0 million). (Yle’s own consumption data.)

Yle regularly reached almost all Finns. In 2025, 91 per cent of Finns aged over 15 used Yle’s content and services weekly (92%). (Media and Meaningfulness survey 2025; Norstat.)

The company engages in diverse cooperation with various actors in the media sector and maintains the vitality of the domestic creative sector. In 2025, EUR 98.7 million of Yle’s costs came from the domestic creative sector. During the year, Yle funded seven Finnish feature films, 12 Finnish feature-length documentaries, and 14 Finnish short films. More than half of all Finnish feature films are rpoduced with Yle’s funding.

The company’s strategic goal “Making all of Finland visible” guided the development of Yle’s content in 2025. For example, in local news, the focus was shifted even more strongly from general journalism to local topics. As in previous years, content specifically aimed to highlight young audience groups and address the continuous growth of digital content usage. Preparations were also under way for the Yle centenary year to be celebrated in 2026.

All Yle’s annual reports are available on the company’s website at https://yle.fi/aihe/about-yle/annual-reports. The report will be published on the company’s website in English in April 2026.

Further information: Yle Communications, yleisradio@yle.fi