Bluesky has caught on with many news influencers, but X remains popular
The share of news influencers in our sample with a Bluesky account roughly doubled in the four months after Election Day 2024, from 21% beforehand to 43% by March.
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Online Communities Rarely Focus on Politics, and Many Say It Should Stay That Way
Most people in online communities see little to no politics in their go-to space, and 54% say it doesn’t belong there.
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Online Communities Rarely Focus on Politics, and Many Say It Should Stay That Way
Politics can find a way into online communities, whether they are focused on politics or built around other topics from neighborhoods to parenting. But a new Pew Research Center survey from the Pew-Knight Initiative finds that politics is not a big driver of conversation in the online communities people visit most. And a majority don’t […]
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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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Local News Fact Sheet
Americans’ attention to local news has declined since 2016. Explore how people get local news today, shifting from TV and print to digital sources.
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How online discussion boards informed our study of what ‘news’ means to Americans
We share the “why” and “how” behind our use of an online discussion board as a qualitative research method.
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What we know about TikTok content creators
On TikTok, Americans often follow people who have a strong social media presence. These creator accounts make up about half of all accounts that U.S. users follow.
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2. How we created a list of popular news influencers, and where they post
Our researchers cast a wide net across the most popular social media sites to form an inclusive list of influencers who regularly discuss news.
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What Is News?
As people are exposed to more information from more sources than ever before, how they define and feel about “news” has become less clear-cut.
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🗳️ Where voters stand ahead of the midterms
Weekly Roundup The latest findings from Pew Research Center · Subscribe ↗ From our research The share of voters who consider President Donald Trump a factor in their vote for Congress this year. Far more think of their choice as a vote against Trump (44%) than for him (19%).