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reportApr 24, 2025

3. How people rate press, speech and internet freedoms in their country

A median of 31% across 35 countries say they’re completely free to speak without censorship, and 28% say their media are completely free to report the news.
reportOct 17, 2024

6. How men and women rate their own masculinity and femininity

To understand how U.S. adults see their own masculinity and femininity, we asked men and women to rate themselves on two scales: We then subtracted ratings on the femininity scale from ratings on the masculinity scale to come up with an overall rating for each respondent. For example, if someone rated themselves a 4 on […]
reportOct 8, 2024

Who U.S. Adults Follow on TikTok

American TikTok users follow far more pop culture and entertainment accounts than news and politics ones.
short readsSep 26, 2024

Friends, family and neighbors are Americans’ most common source of local news

About three-quarters of Americans (73%) say they often or sometimes get local news from friends, family and neighbors.
reportOct 10, 2024

2. Where Americans turn for election news

The types of platforms Americans turn to for election news differ by age, and partisans rely on different media outlets.
reportJul 24, 2024

1. Consumption and sources of local political news

Older Americans are more likely to follow local government news. People often get this news from friends, family and local outlets.
reportJun 12, 2024

How Americans Navigate Politics on TikTok, X, Facebook and Instagram

X stands out as a place people go to keep up with politics. Still, some users see political posts on Facebook, TikTok and Instagram, too.
reportMar 19, 2024

1. Hispanic Americans’ news habits and sources

About one-in-five Hispanic adults (22%) say they follow the news all or most of the time, down from 28% in 2022. The share of U.S. adults overall who say they closely follow the news also has been declining. Although we did not ask this question of the overall U.S. population in 2023, Latinos were less […]
short readsOct 31, 2023

81% of U.S. adults – versus 46% of teens – favor parental consent for minors to use social media

U.S. adults and teens are more likely to support than oppose requiring parental consent for minors to create a social media account.
reportAug 29, 2024

1. Sources of local crime news

Americans get local crime news from a variety of sources, turning most often to people they know and local news outlets.

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