A closer look at Americans’ experiences with news on TikTok
Many TikTok accounts mix in news with a variety of other topics, from celebrity gossip to jokes and memes.
Numbers, Facts and Trends Shaping Your World
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2. Where men and women turn for emotional support and social connection
About three-quarters of U.S. adults (74%) say they would be extremely or very likely to turn to their spouse or partner if they needed emotional support.[3. numoffset=”3″ Shares who say they would reach out to their spouse or partner, mother, father, or another family member are based on those who did not indicate that these […]
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Teens, Social Media and Technology 2023
YouTube, TikTok, Snapchat and Instagram remain the most widely used online platforms among U.S. teens. And teens are less likely to be using Facebook and Twitter (recently renamed X) than they were a decade ago.
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Methodology
For our latest survey data about news influencers, read the “News Influencers Fact Sheet.” This report – a study of popular news influencers – uses three different research components and methodologies, including a nationally representative survey of U.S. adults conducted through Pew Research Center’s American Trends Panel (ATP), as well as an analysis of news influencers […]
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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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5. A closer look at the topics of news influencers’ posts
Over three weeks studied, a majority of posts on current events or civic issues (55%) by news influencers were about government, politics or the election.
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News Media Tracker Frequently Asked Questions
Read about why and how Pew Research Center created the News Media Tracker, which provides a snapshot of the news sources Americans have heard of, use and trust.
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Why Many Parents and Teens Think It’s Harder Being a Teen Today
Is it harder being a teen today? Or do they have it easier than those of past generations? We asked parents and teens who say being a teenager has gotten harder or easier to explain in their own words why they think so.
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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 […]
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3. Quality of local crime news
Local crime news is widely consumed in the U.S., but only a third who get this type of news are highly satisfied with its quality.
