---
title: "Appendix A: News influencers studied"
description: "For our latest survey data about news influencers, read the “News Influencers Fact Sheet.”"
date: "2024-11-18"
authors:
  - name: "Galen Stocking"
    job_title: "Associate Director, Research"
    link: "https://www.pewresearch.org/staff/galen-stocking/"
  - name: "Luxuan Wang"
    job_title: "Research Associate"
    link: "https://www.pewresearch.org/staff/luxuan-wang/"
  - name: "Michael Lipka"
    job_title: "Associate Director, Research"
    link: "https://www.pewresearch.org/staff/michael-lipka/"
  - name: "Katerina Eva Matsa"
    job_title: "Director, News and Information Research"
    link: "https://www.pewresearch.org/staff/katerina-eva-matsa/"
  - name: "Regina Widjaya"
    job_title: "Computational Social Scientist"
    link: "https://www.pewresearch.org/staff/regina-widjaya/"
  - name: "Emily Tomasik"
    job_title: "Research Analyst"
    link: "https://www.pewresearch.org/staff/emily-tomasik/"
  - name: "Jacob Liedke"
    job_title: "Former Research Analyst"
    link: "https://www.pewresearch.org/staff/jacob-liedke/"
url: "https://www.pewresearch.org/journalism/2024/11/18/appendix-a-news-influencers-studied/"
categories:
  - "Influencers"
  - "Media Industry"
  - "News Influencers"
  - "Politics & Media"
  - "Politics Online"
  - "Social Media"
  - "Social Media & the News"
datasets:
  - name: "American Trends Panel Wave 150"
    url: "https://www.pewresearch.org/dataset/american-trends-panel-wave-150/"
---

# Appendix A: News influencers studied

*For our latest survey data about news influencers, [read the “News Influencers Fact Sheet.”](https://www.pewresearch.org/journalism/fact-sheet/news-influencers-fact-sheet/)*

[![Table showing account names of news influencers sampled from Facebook](https://www.pewresearch.org/wp-content/uploads/sites/20/2024/11/PJ_2024.11.18_news-influencers_A-01.png?w=859)](https://www.pewresearch.org/?attachment_id=191793)

[![Table showing account names of news influencers sampled from Instagram](https://www.pewresearch.org/wp-content/uploads/sites/20/2024/11/PJ_2024.11.18_news-influencers_A-02.png?w=832)](https://www.pewresearch.org/?attachment_id=191794)

[![Table showing account names of news influencers sampled from TikTok](https://www.pewresearch.org/wp-content/uploads/sites/20/2024/11/PJ_2024.11.18_news-influencers_A-03.png?w=833)](https://www.pewresearch.org/?attachment_id=191795)

[![Table showing account names of news influencers sampled from X (formerly Twitter)](https://www.pewresearch.org/wp-content/uploads/sites/20/2024/11/PJ_2024.11.18_news-influencers_A-04.png?w=1024)](https://www.pewresearch.org/?attachment_id=191796)

[![Table showing account names of news influencers sampled from YouTube](https://www.pewresearch.org/wp-content/uploads/sites/20/2024/11/PJ_2024.11.18_news-influencers_A-05.png?w=833)](https://www.pewresearch.org/?attachment_id=191797)

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**Next:** [Appendix B: Detailed tables for analysis of sample of news influencers](https://www.pewresearch.org/journalism/2024/11/18/appendix-b-detailed-tables-for-analysis-of-sample-of-news-influencers.md)