Numbers, Facts and Trends Shaping Your World
Overall, 56% of U.S. adults now say they have a lot of or some trust in the information they get from national news organizations – down 11 percentage points since March 2025.
Those who report often encountering inaccurate news are more likely than those who rarely or never do to say it’s hard to know what is true (59% vs. 31%).
Nearly half of Americans (46%) say the news they get makes them feel informed extremely often or often.
About one-in-ten U.S. adults say they get news often (2%) or sometimes (7%) from AI chatbots.
One-in-five U.S. adults say they find AI summaries in search results extremely or very useful, 52% say they’re somewhat useful, and 28% say they’re not too or not at all useful.
Among adults under 30, 43% say they regularly get news from TikTok, up from 9% in 2020.
Podcasts are playing a bigger role in Americans’ news diets. Around a third of U.S. adults say they get news from podcasts at least sometimes.
Many Americans use social media for news: About a fifth or more regularly get news on Facebook, YouTube, Instagram and TikTok.
How Americans get news continues to evolve as platforms emerge, like AI chatbots and email newsletters. Find out how often they get news from digital devices.
Fewer say they frequently get news about science and technology (32%), business and finance (32%), sports (27%) and entertainment (19%).
