Numbers, Facts and Trends Shaping Your World
Nearly four-in-ten U.S. adults are part of an online community – and that share rises to about half among young adults. For some, these communities are deeply valuable parts of their lives, but these benefits sit alongside doubts about making genuine connections online.
The costs of many household essentials are a top economic concern for most Americans – much as they were four years ago on the eve of the last midterm election.
Most think social media leads to manipulation and division, but they also say it informs people and gives them a voice in politics.
Amid a mix of concern and excitement about AI, a 37-country survey finds pessimism about its potential impact on jobs and economic inequality.
A large majority of Palestinians in the West Bank and East Jerusalem (85%) also say that opportunities for work are a major problem for them and their families.
Americans’ feelings toward China have warmed since 2021, though views remain mostly cold, with sharp partisan and generational divides.
A median of 55% across 37 countries hold a favorable view of the UN, though views in some countries have turned more negative in recent years.
Members of the Church of Jesus Christ of Latter-day Saints are still highly religious and conservative, but signs point to demographic and social change.
The number of countries with high or very high social hostilities rose for the third year in a row; government interference in worship also increased.
Americans are almost equally split on whether the Ten Commandments should be displayed in public school classrooms. But Republicans, White evangelicals and older Americans are more supportive than other groups.
Six-in-ten US adults say abortion should be legal in all or most cases. Here’s a look at data on abortion rates, providers, demographics and more.
In another shift, Democrats are now more likely than Republicans to predict that AI will lead to fewer jobs over the next 20 years (75% vs. 68%).
Americans use chatbots for a host of health-related reasons, from helping make diagnoses on their own to learning more about information they may have gotten from a doctor. Nearly all chatbot health users find this AI information helpful.
About half of Americans say they’re more concerned than excited about AI, and young adults’ concern is rising.
Most Americans see China as more advanced than the U.S. in AI development, while 43% say U.S. leadership in AI is extremely or very important.

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“A record 23 million Asian Americans trace their roots to more than 20 countries … and the U.S. Asian population is projected to reach 46 million by 2060.”

Neil G. Ruiz,
Head of New Research Initiatives
How precise are polls…really? Courtney Kennedy lets us in on a little secret: even the best pollsters need some wiggle room when sharing results. This “wiggle room” (also known as the margin of error) is the range within the true answer likely falls.