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.
Numbers, Facts and Trends Shaping Your World
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.
YouTube news influencers are more likely to explicitly identify with the political right than the left. Few have links to the news industry.
Democrats and Democratic leaners are more likely than Republicans and Republican leaners to support government restrictions on false information online.
In this post, we’ll highlight a few of our favorite visuals from 2025 and walk through how we made them and what makes them successful.
Americans are most skeptical about U.S. trade with China: 10% say it benefits the U.S. more than China, while 46% take the opposite view.
In an open-ended question, we asked U.S. adults who say they regularly get news from news influencers to name the first one who comes to mind for them.
The American Trends Panel survey methodology Overview Data in this report comes from Wave 180 of the American Trends Panel (ATP), Pew Research Center’s nationally representative panel of randomly selected U.S. adults. The survey was conducted from Sept. 22 to 28, 2025. A total of 3,445 panelists responded out of 3,926 who were sampled, for […]
In addition to views of Biden and Trump, our survey asked people how much confidence they have in French President Emmanuel Macron, Russian President Vladimir Putin and Chinese President Xi Jinping. Confidence in Macron is similar, overall, to confidence in Biden: A median of 44% trust the French president to do the right thing in […]
Wide majorities of Republicans and Democrats alike view both the positive and negative aspects of the nation’s history as important to focus on.
The American Trends Panel survey methodology Overview Data in this report comes from Wave 180 of the American Trends Panel (ATP), Pew Research Center’s nationally representative panel of randomly selected U.S. adults. The survey was conducted from Sept. 22 to Sept. 28, 2025. A total of 3,445 panelists responded out of 3,926 who were sampled, […]
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