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.
Numbers, Facts and Trends Shaping Your World
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Methodology
The American Trends Panel survey methodology Overview Data in this report comes from Wave 168 of the American Trends Panel (ATP), Pew Research Center’s nationally representative panel of randomly selected U.S. adults. The survey was conducted from April 14 to April 20, 2025. A total of 9,397 panelists responded out of 10,559 who were sampled, […]
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How Americans View Journalists in the Digital Age
U.S. adults largely value journalists’ role in society but see their influence declining – and they differ over what a journalist is.
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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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Email Newsletters as a Source of News
Three-in-ten U.S. adults say they at least sometimes get news from newsletters, but many don’t read most of the newsletters they get.
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Social Media and News Fact Sheet
Many Americans use social media for news: About a fifth or more regularly get news on Facebook, YouTube, Instagram and TikTok.
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Q&A: How we used large language models to identify guests on popular podcasts
We asked researchers how they used the newest generation of large language models to analyze roughly 24,000 podcast episodes.
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1. What do Americans want from their news providers?
Large majorities say it’s important for the people they get news from to display honesty, intelligence and authenticity in their work.
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9. News influencers on X (formerly Twitter)
News influencers on the site are more likely to explicitly identify with the political right than left. They’re also much more likely to be men.
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1. Americans’ experiences with social media news influencers
We looked at the experiences and attitudes of the 21% of U.S. adults who regularly get news from news influencers on social media.
