short readsOct 5, 2022 More Americans are joining the ‘cashless’ economy In less than a decade, the share of Americans who go “cashless” in a typical week has increased by double digits.
short readsSep 21, 2021 Who doesn’t read books in America? Roughly a quarter of American adults (23%) say they haven’t read a book in whole or in part in the past year.
short readsMar 26, 2021 About three-in-ten U.S. adults say they are ‘almost constantly’ online The share of U.S. adults who now report that they go online “almost constantly” has risen to 31%, up from 21% in 2015.
short readsMar 17, 2021 Cable and satellite TV use has dropped dramatically in the U.S. since 2015 The share of Americans who say they watch television via cable or satellite has plunged from 76% in 2015 to 56% this year.
short readsOct 8, 2020 Partisans in the U.S. increasingly divided on whether offensive content online is taken seriously enough Americans have grown more divided on whether offensive content online is taken seriously enough and on which is more important online, free speech or feeling safe.
short readsSep 24, 2020 54% of Americans say social media companies shouldn’t allow any political ads 77% of adults think it’s not acceptable for social media sites to use data about users’ online activities to show them political campaign ads.
short readsOct 5, 2020 Key facts about women’s suffrage around the world, a century after U.S. ratified 19th Amendment At least 20 nations preceded the U.S. in granting women the right to vote, according to an analysis of measures in 198 countries and territories.
short readsOct 15, 2020 64% of Americans say social media have a mostly negative effect on the way things are going in the U.S. today Just one-in-ten Americans say social media sites have a mostly positive effect on the way things are going in the U.S. today.
short readsApr 6, 2020 The state of Americans’ trust in each other amid the COVID-19 pandemic About a third of Americans register low levels of trust in other people, versus 29% who are “high trusters” and 32% who are “medium trusters.”
short readsJan 27, 2020 Most Americans support right to have some personal info removed from online searches The ability to keep personal information from being searchable online is at the crux of the debate around the “right to be forgotten.”