Mobile Fact Sheet
Americans today are increasingly connected to the world of digital information while “on the go” via smartphones. Explore the latest patterns, trends and statistics that have shaped the mobile revolution.
Numbers, Facts and Trends Shaping Your World
Americans today are increasingly connected to the world of digital information while “on the go” via smartphones. Explore the latest patterns, trends and statistics that have shaped the mobile revolution.
Just 14% of all U.S. adults say they have used ChatGPT for entertainment, to learn something new, or for their work.
Today YouTube and Facebook are the most-widely used online platforms. Explore the demographic patterns and trends shaping the social media landscape.
About half of all U.S. adults who use TikTok have never posted a video themselves. And the top 25% of U.S. adults on the site by posting volume produce 98% of all publicly accessible videos from this group. Users who have posted videos are generally more active on the platform than non-posters.
71% of adults say they are very or somewhat concerned about how the government uses the data it collects about them, up from 64% in 2019.
About six-in-ten Americans (59%) see TikTok as a major or minor threat to national security in the United States.
The share of Americans who say they are very or somewhat concerned about government use of people’s data has increased from 64% in 2019 to 71% today. Two-thirds (67%) of adults say they understand little to nothing about what companies are doing with their personal data, up from 59%.
Concern among U.S. adults about cryptocurrency is broad, but some groups are more concerned than others. Only 18% are somewhat confident in crypto.
U.S. adults and teens are more likely to support than oppose requiring parental consent for minors to create a social media account.
A quarter of Americans who have used Twitter in the past year say they are not likely to use it a year from now.
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