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Pew Research CenterSeptember 25, 2020
1. YouTube news consumers about as likely to use the site for opinions as for facts

YouTube news consumers who rely heavily on the site for news more likely to go there for facts than opinions

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1. YouTube news consumers about as likely to use the site for opinions as for facts
About a quarter of U.S. adults use YouTube to get news … and YouTube news consumers are about evenly split between those seeking opinions, facts
Most YouTube news consumers say the site is an important way they get news, but not the most important
Half of YouTube news consumers say the news they see in YouTube videos is politically moderate-03
How YouTube news consumers use the site-05
Fewer than half of YouTube news consumers say they are loyal to a few shows, people or channels … and a similar share say they pay a lot of attention to who created the news videos they watch on YouTube
YouTube news consumers who rely heavily on the site for news more likely to go there for facts than opinions
YouTube news consumers who rely heavily on the site for news more likely to go there for facts than opinions
Most YouTube news consumers occasionally watch the news videos recommended by the site’s algorithm … and say the recommendations are at least somewhat good
News videos on YouTube are helpful, largely accurate, according to those who get news there-09
Most YouTube news consumers do not see major problems with getting news from the site
Partisan differences on whether censorship, misinformation, harassment are very big problems with news on YouTube-12
YouTube news consumers are equally likely to often get news on the site from news outlets, independent channels
YouTube news consumers are disproportionately more likely to be young, male
YouTube news consumers say access to sources outside the mainstream, commentary make YouTube news unique
Impeachment and Trump administration most common topics that YouTube news consumers learned the most about-14

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