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featureJun 9, 2025

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.

Accompanying report: The Political Gap in Americans’ News Sources

short readJul 30, 2025

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short readsJul 15, 2013

News magazines hit by big drop in ad pages

In a difficult advertising environment for the magazine industry overall, newly-released numbers from the Association of Magazine Media (MPA) show the nation’s news magazines being hit particularly hard.
short readsJul 11, 2013

Royal baby news? Most Americans don’t follow the British royal family

Prince William and the Duchess of Cambridge – formerly known as Kate Middleton – are expecting the birth of their first child any day now, an event that will once again bring the royal family into the spotlight, whether the public welcomes the news coverage or not. In December 2012, a quarter of Americans said […]
reportJul 11, 2013

Public Esteem for Military Still High

More than three-quarters of Americans continue to believe that members of the military contribute “a lot” to society’s well-being. By contrast, only 37% say clergy make a big contribution to society, and journalists have dropped the most in public esteem since 2009.
short readsJul 10, 2013

Sanford, Weiner and Spitzer: Trying to overcome the headlines from their scandals

Three politicians who were forced from office by scandal are currently attempting comebacks. They are trying to overcome misdeeds that put them in the top five political scandals of recent years as measured by the amount of news coverage.
short readsJul 9, 2013

Many Venezuelans want better relations with the U.S.

A plurality of Venezuelans (44%) prefer to have a closer relationship with the U.S. than existed during the presidency of Hugo Chavez.
short readsJul 8, 2013

Challenge for Egypt: Finding leaders with wide support

Political unrest continued in Egypt after a chaotic political week in which two of the key players – both unpopular with the Egyptian public – illustrated the difficulty in finding a leader who can overcome the country’s divisions.
short readsJul 2, 2013

Egypt’s restrictions on religion coincide with lack of religious tolerance

In Egypt, the government’s restrictions on religion also are coupled with a Muslim public that is considerably less tolerant of religious pluralism than Muslims elsewhere.
short readsJul 1, 2013

Men, for the most part, still run newsrooms

In August, Deborah Turness will become the first woman to head a network news division as she takes the reins as president of NBC News. Nine years ago, she made history in precisely the same way in Great Britain, as she headed ITV News, a BBC rival. But industry data show that men continue to […]
short readsJun 25, 2013

Newspaper newsrooms suffer large staffing decreases

The American Society of News Editors released its annual newsroom census figures today showing a severe decline in the size of newspaper staffs..
short readsJun 25, 2013

In Senegal, an overwhelming majority has a positive opinion of the U.S.

Around eight-in-ten Senegalese have a favorable view of the United States

Signature Reports

reportNov 18, 2024

Pew Research Center illustration for America's News Influencers report; photos via Getty Images

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.

reportJun 12, 2024

A Facebook livestream of a naturalization ceremony held at New York City's Public Library for the Performing Arts in on April 28, 2021.

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.

reportMay 7, 2024

Reporters question a defense attorney at Harris County Criminal Courts at Law in Houston on March 26, 2024. (Yi-Chin Lee/Houston Chronicle via Getty Images)

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.

reportMar 19, 2024