short readsFeb 19, 2025 No consensus on who comes to mind when Americans are asked to name a news influencer In an open-ended question, we asked U.S. adults who say they regularly get news from news influencers to name the first one who comes to mind for them.
reportApr 24, 2025 Free Expression Seen as Important Globally, but Not Everyone Thinks Their Country Has Press, Speech and Internet Freedoms Across 35 countries, there are some disconnects between how people rate the importance of free expression and how free they feel they actually are.
reportNov 18, 2024 2. How we created a list of popular news influencers, and where they post Our researchers cast a wide net across the most popular social media sites to form an inclusive list of influencers who regularly discuss news.
short readsSep 2, 2025 Many Americans who generally distrust national news organizations still express trust in certain outlets In general, Republicans and Republican leaners are much less likely than Democrats to trust the information they get from national news organizations.
short readsAug 28, 2025 How the audiences of 30 major news sources differ by age The median age of regular news consumers ranges from 39 for Univision to 63 for Newsmax.
reportAug 20, 2025 4. How do Americans think journalists should act? About half say it’s acceptable for journalists to advocate for communities they cover; fewer favor them expressing personal views.
reportNov 18, 2024 4. How news influencers who have worked for news organizations differ from those who haven’t News influencers with a current or past connection to a news organization are less likely to explicitly advertise their political orientations.
short readsAug 26, 2024 Many Israelis say social media content about the Israel-Hamas war should be censored Most Israeli adults do not post or share about political and social issues online – including the war between Israel and Hamas.
reportNov 18, 2024 7. News influencers on Instagram News influencers on Instagram were less likely than those on other sites to post about politics during summer 2024.
reportNov 18, 2024 6. News influencers on Facebook Far more of the site’s news influencers explicitly identify with the political right than left, and two-thirds are men.