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fact sheetSep 17, 2024

News Platform Fact Sheet

How Americans get news has greatly changed in the 21st century. Most now use digital devices for news at least sometimes. Read about the platforms they turn to.
short readsSep 16, 2024

Are you in the American middle class? Find out with our income calculator

About half of U.S. adults (52%) lived in middle-income households in 2022, according to our new analysis of government data.
short readsApr 9, 2024

7 facts about Americans and taxes

A majority of U.S. adults say they’re bothered a lot by the feeling that some corporations (61%) and some wealthy people (60%) don’t pay their fair share.
short readsApr 18, 2023

Who pays, and doesn’t pay, federal income taxes in the U.S.?

Since 2000, there has been a downward trend in average effective tax rates for all but the richest taxpayers.
reportSep 19, 2023

Americans’ Dismal Views of the Nation’s Politics

Americans’ views of politics and elected officials are unrelentingly negative, with little hope of improvement on the horizon. 65% of Americans say they always or often feel exhausted when thinking about politics. By contrast, just 10% say they always or often feel hopeful about politics.
short readsNov 10, 2022

Americans report more engagement with science news than in 2017

More than half of U.S. adults (56%) say they talk about science news with others at least a few times a month.
reportNov 30, 2023

Discrimination Experiences Shape Most Asian Americans’ Lives

Most Asian adults in the U.S. have been treated as a foreigner or experienced incidents where people assume they are a “model minority.”
data essayMay 13, 2025

What Is News?

As people are exposed to more information from more sources than ever before, how they define and feel about “news” has become less clear-cut.
reportMay 8, 2023

Diverse Cultures and Shared Experiences Shape Asian American Identities

Among Asian Adults living in the U.S., 52% say they most often describe themselves using ethnic labels that reflect their heritage and family roots, either alone or together with “American.” About six-in-ten (59%) say that what happens to Asians in the U.S. affects their own lives.
reportOct 6, 2022

The Role of Alternative Social Media in the News and Information Environment

In recent years, several new options have emerged in the social media universe, many of which explicitly present themselves as alternatives to more established social media platforms. Free speech ideals and heated political themes prevail on these sites, which draw praise from their users and skepticism from other Americans.