Only about a quarter of social media users trust the science posts they see on social media | Pew Research Center

September 18, 2017

4. Most Americans see at least some science posts on social media but tend to distrust what they see

Only about a quarter of social media users trust the science posts they see on social media

Only about a quarter of social media users trust the science posts they see on social media

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Only about a quarter of social media users trust the science posts they see on social media

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4. Most Americans see at least some science posts on social media but tend to distrust what they see
Most social media users see science posts; 26% follow science pages
One third of social media users see these platforms as an important way they get science news
About half of social media users say they click through to science news stories
Only about a quarter of social media users trust the science posts they see on social media
Weird science and new discoveries are the most common types of science posts seen on social media
About a quarter of social media users follow sciencefocused organizations, people or pages