---
title: "Appendix A: 2013 and 2016 trends"
description: "This appendix has been updated to reflect the fact that 2013 demographic numbers for Reddit and Instagram news users were too small to report. Demographic profiles of these two platforms have been removed from the first table."
date: "2016-05-26"
authors:
  - name: "Jeffrey Gottfried"
    job_title: "Associate Director, Research"
    link: "https://www.pewresearch.org/staff/jeffrey-gottfried/"
  - name: "Elisa Shearer"
    job_title: "Senior Researcher"
    link: "https://www.pewresearch.org/staff/elisa-shearer/"
url: "https://www.pewresearch.org/journalism/2016/05/26/social-media-and-news-2016-appendix-a-2013-and-2016-trends/"
categories:
  - "Digital News Landscape"
  - "News Audience Demographics"
  - "Social Media & the News"
---

# Appendix A: 2013 and 2016 trends

*This appendix has been updated to reflect the fact that 2013 demographic numbers for Reddit and Instagram news users were too small to report. Demographic profiles of these two platforms have been removed from the first table.*

[![Demographics of social media news consumers](https://assets.pewresearch.org/wp-content/uploads/sites/13/2016/05/PJ_2016.05.26_social-media-and-news_A-01.png)](https://www.pewresearch.org/journalism/2016/05/26/news-use-across-social-media-platforms-2016/pj_2016-05-26_social-media-and-news_a-01/)

[![Portion of Americans who get news on social media in 2013 and 2016](https://assets.pewresearch.org/wp-content/uploads/sites/13/2016/05/PJ_2016.05.26_social-media-and-news_A-02.png)](https://www.pewresearch.org/journalism/2016/05/26/news-use-across-social-media-platforms-2016/pj_2016-05-26_social-media-and-news_a-02/)

[![Portion of social media site users who get news on each site](https://assets.pewresearch.org/wp-content/uploads/sites/13/2016/05/PJ_2016.05.26_social-media-and-news_A-03.png)](https://www.pewresearch.org/journalism/2016/05/26/news-use-across-social-media-platforms-2016/pj_2016-05-26_social-media-and-news_a-03/)