Podcasts and News Fact Sheet
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.
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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.
Republicans are much more likely than Democrats to support ending federal funding for public media.
Most U.S. adults follow news about local government and politics, yet only a quarter are highly satisfied with the quality of coverage.
In general, Republicans and Republican leaners are much less likely than Democrats to trust the information they get from national news organizations.
The median age of regular news consumers ranges from 39 for Univision to 63 for Newsmax.
About one-in-five Hispanic adults (22%) say they follow the news all or most of the time, down from 28% in 2022. The share of U.S. adults overall who say they closely follow the news also has been declining. Although we did not ask this question of the overall U.S. population in 2023, Latinos were less […]
Half of Hispanic Americans say that they at least sometimes get news from Hispanic news outlets – outlets that focus on providing news and information specifically to Hispanic audiences, whether in Spanish, English or another language. This includes about 21% who say they get news from Hispanic news outlets extremely or very often. Although the […]
The Pew-Knight Initiative will deliver a comprehensive, real-time look at the information landscape from the standpoints of both consumers and producers of news.
U.S.-born Latinos mostly get their news in English and prefer it in English, while immigrant Latinos have much more varied habits.
About three-quarters of Americans (73%) say they often or sometimes get local news from friends, family and neighbors.
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