---
title: "Digital: News Gains Audience but Loses Ground in Chase for Revenue"
description: "Two numbers symbolize the intensifying challenge and opportunity the digital world poses for the news industry:  In 2011, social media giant Facebook grew to 133 million active users from 117 million in the U.S.1 And in the final months of the year, tablet ownership in the U.S. nearly doubled, to 18% of Americans."
date: "2012-03-19"
authors:
  - name: "Jane Sasseen"
    job_title: "Guest Contributor"
  - name: "Amy Mitchell"
    job_title: "Former Director, Journalism Research"
    link: "https://www.pewresearch.org/staff/amy-mitchell/"
  - name: "Tom Rosenstiel"
    job_title: "Guest Contributor"
url: "https://www.pewresearch.org/journalism/2012/03/19/digital-news-gains-audience-but-loses-ground-in-chase-for-revenue/"
categories:
  - "Facebook"
  - "State of the News Media (Project)"
---

# Digital: News Gains Audience but Loses Ground in Chase for Revenue