Numbers, Facts and Trends Shaping Your World
Americans now navigate a quickly changing information environment, with a wide variety of news sources across many different platforms and channels. Explore data on how Americans use, trust and distrust 30 major news sources with our interactive tool.
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Staff layoffs continued to pummel the beleaguered U.S. newspaper industry in 2020, a period complicated by the impact of the pandemic.
When Americans were asked to evaluate the media’s standing in the nation, 41% say news organizations are growing in their influence.
Immigration was one of the five topics most covered by 25 major news outlets in the first 60 days of the Biden administration.
We asked U.S. adults whether they consider each of 13 different news outlets to be a part of the mainstream media or not.
Only 9% of adult social media users say they often post or share things about political or social issues on social media.
About two-thirds of news coverage dealt with Biden’s policy agenda, while about three-quarters of early Trump coverage was framed around leadership skills.
We thought it would be valuable to combine our study of news coverage itself with data on people’s views about, and exposure to, that coverage.
Democrats are about 10 percentage points or more likely than Republicans to say they ever use Instagram, Twitter, WhatsApp, LinkedIn or Reddit.
The percentage of Americans following news of the pandemic very closely has slipped to its lowest level since the beginning of the outbreak.
While Fox’s audience spans ideologies on the right, its new challengers attract mainly conservatives.
This study explores the makeup of the social media news influencer universe, including who they are, what content they create and who their audiences are.
X is still more of a news destination than these other platforms, but the vast majority of users on all four see news-related content.
More Americans now prefer to get local news online, while fewer turn to TV or print. And most say local news outlets are important to their community.
U.S.-born Latinos mostly get their news in English and prefer it in English, while immigrant Latinos have much more varied habits.
