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The TikTok logo appears on a smartphone screen in the Apple app store in this photo illustration in Ontario, Canada, on February 19, 2026. (Photo by Thomas Fuller/NurPhoto via Getty Images)

8 facts about Americans and TikTok

In the wake of TikTok’s deal to make its U.S. operations backed largely by non-Chinese investors, here’s what we know about Americans and TikTok.

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    Twitter Update

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

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    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.

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    The Twitter Question

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

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    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.

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    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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