---
title: "The Facebook News Experience"
description: "On Facebook, the largest social media platform, news is a common but incidental experience, according to an initiative of Pew Research Center in collaboration with the John S. and James L. Knight Foundation."
date: "2013-10-24"
authors:
  - name: "Pew Research Center: Journalism & Media staff"
    job_title: "Guest Contributor"
url: "https://www.pewresearch.org/journalism/2013/10/24/the-facebook-news-experience-infographic/"
categories:
  - "Digital News Landscape"
  - "Facebook"
  - "News Media Trends"
  - "News Platforms & Sources"
  - "Platforms & Services"
  - "Social Media"
  - "Social Media & the News"
---

# The Facebook News Experience

[![](https://www.pewresearch.org/journalism/wp-content/uploads/sites/8/2013/10/PJ_13.10.21_facebookNews_infographic.png)](https://www.pewresearch.org/journalism/2013/10/24/the-facebook-news-experience-infographic/pj_13-10-21_facebooknews_infographic-2/)

[![](https://www.pewresearch.org/journalism/wp-content/uploads/sites/8/2013/10/PJ_13.10.21_facebookNews_infographic.png)](https://www.pewresearch.org/journalism/2013/10/24/the-facebook-news-experience-infographic/pj_13-10-21_facebooknews_infographic-2/)