What’s new with you? What Americans talk about with family and friends
Nearly seven-in-ten Americans (69%) say they talk to their close friends and family a lot about what’s happening with them.
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This is a Pew Research Center report from the Pew-Knight Initiative, a research program funded jointly by The Pew Charitable Trusts and the John S. and James L. Knight Foundation. The American Trends Panel survey methodology Overview Data in this report comes from Wave 184 of the American Trends Panel (ATP), Pew Research Center’s nationally […]
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The American Trends Panel survey methodology Overview Data in this report comes from Wave 176 of the American Trends Panel (ATP), Pew Research Center’s nationally representative panel of randomly selected U.S. adults. The survey was conducted Aug. 4-10, 2025. A total of 3,554 panelists responded out of 3,784 who were sampled, for a survey-level response […]
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The American Trends Panel survey methodology Overview Data in this report comes from Wave 168 of the American Trends Panel (ATP), Pew Research Center’s nationally representative panel of randomly selected U.S. adults. The survey was conducted from April 14 to April 20, 2025. A total of 9,397 panelists responded out of 10,559 who were sampled, […]
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4. Instagram users’ experiences with news
Just a third of Instagram users say news is a reason they use the site. News content they do see there is often from friends or family.
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4. Family responsibilities
Family members help each other in a variety of ways, and oftentimes that assistance cuts across generations. The public makes clear distinctions between the types of things family members should be expected to do for their loved ones and the things that are less essential. Roughly two-thirds of adults (66%) say grown children should have […]
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1. The future of the family
In thinking about the future of the United States, Americans are more pessimistic than optimistic about the institution of marriage and the family. Overall, 40% say they are very or somewhat pessimistic, while 25% are very or somewhat optimistic. About three-in-ten (29%) say they’re neither optimistic nor pessimistic. To be sure, the public is pessimistic […]
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The Modern American Family
Key trends in marriage and family life in the United States.
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Buddhism’s Recent Decline in East Asia
Buddhism is the only major religion whose global population shrank between 2010 and 2020. Learn why it declined in East Asia, particularly in Japan and South Korea.
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2025 National Public Opinion Reference Survey methodology Summary SSRS conducted the National Public Opinion Reference Survey (NPORS) for Pew Research Center using address-based sampling and a multimode protocol. The survey was fielded from Feb. 5, 2025, to June 18, 2025. Participants were first mailed an invitation to complete an online survey. A paper survey was […]
