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short readJun 5, 2025

Most X users say their recent experiences using the platform have been mostly positive or neutral.

short readMay 29, 2025

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.

short readMar 25, 2025

A TikTok user records a video outside the U.S. Supreme Court in Washington, D.C., on Jan. 17, 2025. (Kent Nishimura/The Washington Post via Getty Images)

The share of Americans who perceive TikTok as a national security threat has also dipped – from 59% in 2023 to 49% now.

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reportNov 16, 2009

Participatory medicine and health data rights on NPR

NPR’s Morning Edition story, “Patients Turn to Online Buddies for Help Healing,” combined research and real-life examples, participatory medicine and health data rights.
short readsNov 10, 2009

Twitter Update

About one-in-five internet users now say they use Twitter or another similar service, up from 11% in April.
short readsNov 10, 2009

The Age of Tweets

The median age of a Twitter user is 31.
reportNov 4, 2009

Social Isolation and New Technology

How the internet and mobile phones impact Americans’ social networks.
presentationOct 30, 2009

Surviving in the new information ecology

Lee discusses the latest findings of the Pew Internet Project and why they suggest that libraries can play a role in people’s social networks in the future.
presentationOct 26, 2009

Trends: The Social Life of Health Information

Connected patients spread new ideas, new treatments, and new ways of approaching a condition. Put them on your team.
reportOct 23, 2009

The Twitter Question

How we measure Twitter and status updating (and an invitation to help us improve).
reportOct 21, 2009

Twitter and Status Updating, Fall 2009

Some 19% of internet users now say they use Twitter or another service to share updates about themselves, or to see updates about others–up from 11% in April.
presentationOct 21, 2009

The Magic of Social Networks

Libraries can play a role in people’s social networks in the future.
reportOct 21, 2009

Portrait of a Twitter user: Status update demographics

Some 19% of internet users now say they use Twitter or another service to share updates about themselves, or to see updates about others. This represents a significant increase over previous surveys in December 2008 and April 2009, when 11% of inter…

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Republicans and Democrats on X differ over the site’s politics and their experiences

Bluesky has caught on with many news influencers, but X remains popular

Fewer Americans now support TikTok ban, see the platform as a national security threat than in spring 2023

Twitter Update

The Age of Tweets