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.
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 174 of the American Trends Panel (ATP), Pew Research Center’s nationally representative panel of randomly selected U.S. adults. The survey was conducted June 16-29, 2025. A total of 6,871 panelists responded out of 12,032 who were sampled, for a survey-level response […]
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From political speeches to songs, how would Americans react if they found out AI was involved?
Responses to all seven scenarios that we asked about lean more negative than positive. But many Americans don’t express an opinion in either direction.
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Appendix: Did attitudes shift after Alex Pretti was killed?
Pew Research Center surveyed 8,512 adults from Jan. 20 to 26, 2026 about Americans’ views of immigration. Read findings on immigration officers’ actions and the public’s response to immigration enforcement. This survey was in the field on January 24, the day Alex Pretti was shot and killed by Border Patrol agents in Minneapolis. While the […]
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1. Views of how much discrimination racial and ethnic groups in the U.S. face
Most Americans say there is at least some discrimination against Black, Hispanic and Asian people, while fewer than half say White people experience a lot of or some discrimination. These attitudes differ considerably across racial and ethnic groups. Read the overview of this report for Americans’ views of all 20 groups asked about on the […]
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Nearly 8 in 10 Americans say politicians should avoid heated or aggressive speech
Most Americans (78%) say elected officials should avoid using heated or aggressive language because it could encourage some people to take violent action.
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Latinos Are Split on Whether the American Dream Is Achievable
Far more Latinos say their standard of living is better than their parents’ (57%), rather than worse (23%). More also say their children’s standard of living will be better than their own (53%) as opposed to worse (14%).
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How connected do Americans feel to their neighbors?
When it comes to trust, 44% of adults say they trust all or most of the people in their neighborhood.
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Federal workforce shrank 10% in Trump’s first year back in office
The federal workforce shrank by 10.3% in 2025, losing nearly 238,000 workers. Among major agencies, the Education Department and USAID had the steepest cuts.
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Appendix B: Selected tables by expert and public demographics
Note: We did not receive enough responses from Hispanic or Black experts to be able to report expert views by race and ethnicity; this reflects the racial and ethnic makeup of the field. These groups’ responses are incorporated into the general figures throughout. We also did not receive enough responses from experts working at nonprofits, […]