Cable News Fact Sheet
In 2022, both prime-time and daytime cable news audiences increased for Fox News but decreased for CNN, MSNBC and Newsmax.
Numbers, Facts and Trends Shaping Your World
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Anti-Jewish harassment occurred in 94 countries in 2020, up from earlier years
Incidents against Jewish people in 2020 ranged from verbal and physical assaults to vandalism of cemeteries and scapegoating for the pandemic.
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U.S. women are outpacing men in college completion, including in every major racial and ethnic group
Today, 47% of U.S. women ages 25 to 34 have a bachelor’s degree, compared with 37% of men.
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Newspapers Fact Sheet
Newspapers are a critical part of the American news landscape, but they have been hard hit as more and more Americans consume news digitally.
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3. Median scores for government restrictions peak, social hostilities involving religion tick down in 2021
Government restrictions on religion, by region The global median score on the Government Restrictions Index (GRI) rose from 2.8 in 2020 to 3.0 in 2021, the highest it’s been since Pew Research Center created the index in 2007. Both Europe and the Americas saw increases in their regional GRI scores, though their median scores remained […]
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Experiences with estate planning and discussing end-of-life preferences
As part of our survey aimed at understanding how Americans are thinking about and experiencing aging, we asked U.S. adults some questions to learn: The survey of 8,750 U.S. adults was conducted Sept. 2-8, 2025. Read key findings from the full study. Who has done estate planning About three-in-ten U.S. adults say they have created: […]
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3. Many journalists say social media helps at work, but most decry its impact on journalism
The vast majority of U.S.-based journalists today use social media sites in their work. But even as they appreciate the ways it can be helpful with several reporting tasks, most journalists think social media is having a negative impact on journalism as a whole – and one-third report being harassed on these platforms by someone […]
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Brazilians Mostly Optimistic About Country’s Global Standing Ahead of G20 Summit
Brazilians increasingly say their country is or will become a top world power, and trust in their government has roughly doubled since 2017.
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Where in the world are people proud of their nation’s politics and economy, and why?
When people in 25 countries were asked what makes them proud of their country, at least some cited their political system and economy.
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Key findings about COVID-19 restrictions that affected religious groups around the world in 2020
Our study analyzes 198 countries and territories and is based on policies and events in 2020, the most recent year for which data is available.
