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    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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    News Platform Fact Sheet

    How Americans get news continues to evolve as platforms emerge, like AI chatbots and email newsletters. Find out how often they get news from digital devices.

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    2. What makes someone a journalist?

    Americans largely see those who work on news content in “traditional” media as journalists, but less so for those working in “new” media.

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    Most Top-Ranked Podcasts Bring On Guests

    Thousands of guests appeared on the top-ranked podcasts in 2022, but a relatively small number accounted for a majority of appearances. 76% of top-ranked podcasts brought on at least one guest in 2022, and 27% almost always or regularly featured guests.

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    News Media Tracker Frequently Asked Questions

    Read about why and how Pew Research Center created the News Media Tracker, which provides a snapshot of the news sources Americans have heard of, use and trust.

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    Methodology

    This study takes a close look at the guests who appeared on top-ranked podcasts in the United States in 2022. The methodology for how the 451 top-ranked podcasts and their content are identified, as well as how their episode data were collected, is available here. The vast majority of these podcasts (434 of 451) published […]

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    10. News influencers on YouTube

    YouTube news influencers are more likely to explicitly identify with the political right than the left. Few have links to the news industry.

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