5 facts about how Americans use Facebook, two decades after its launch
Around seven-in-ten U.S. adults (68%) say they ever use Facebook, a share that has remained relatively flat since 2016.
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Around seven-in-ten U.S. adults (68%) say they ever use Facebook, a share that has remained relatively flat since 2016.
61% of U.S. adults say they have heard at least a fair amount about the phrase “cancel culture,” up from 44% in September 2020.
Only 9% of adult social media users say they often post or share things about political or social issues on social media.
Democrats are about 10 percentage points or more likely than Republicans to say they ever use Instagram, Twitter, WhatsApp, LinkedIn or Reddit.
Here’s a look at how adults in the United States see cancel culture, political correctness and related issues, based on the Center’s surveys.
Just one-in-ten Americans say social media sites have a mostly positive effect on the way things are going in the U.S. today.
The share of social media users who say they have changed their views on an issue has increased since we last asked this question in 2018.
We have studied Americans’ attitudes toward tech companies for years. Here are takeaways from our recent research.
Roughly half of Americans think social media companies should be regulated more than they are now, our survey found.
Amid the back-and-forth between Twitter and President Trump, here are facts about Americans’ attitudes toward social media companies.
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