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Most-Used Platforms: YouTube (85%) and Facebook (70%) are the most widely used online platforms among U.S. adults. (Read the fact sheet)
News on Social Media: Just over half of U.S. adults (54%) say they at least sometimes get news from social media. (Read the fact sheet)
Teens & Social Media: Many teens are on social media daily – if not constantly – but daily use varies by platform. (Read the fact sheet)

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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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reportDec 22, 2003

America’s Online Pursuits

This report analyzes the responses of more than 64,000 Americans to phone surveys in the past three years. It finds that 63% of U.S. adults now are online and many of them have built Internet use into their lives in practical ways.
presentationNov 17, 2003

Opportunities and Challenges: Using the Internet for Prevention

Susannah Fox discusses national and California state survey findings.
presentationNov 3, 2003

The Online Healthcare Revolution and the Rise of e-Patients and e-Caregivers

This presentation is an overview of the Project’s ongoing research about how people use the Internet to get medical and health information.
presentationOct 8, 2003

Generation IM: Teens & Technology: The Findings of the Pew Internet & American Life Project

Ms. Lenhart’s speech covered how young Americans use the Internet, with a particular focus on instant messaging.
reportJul 16, 2003

Internet Health Resources

Half of American adults have searched online for 16 health topics ranging from disease information to smoking cessation strategies. Health seekers go online to become informed, to prepare for appointments and surgery, to share information, and to see…
reportDec 29, 2002

Counting on the Internet: Most find the information they seek, expect

Americans expect to find what they are looking for online in news, health care, government information, and shopping.
reportNov 17, 2002

Parents Online

Parents are more wired than non-parents and they are more enthusiastic about technology than non-parents and more likely to use the Web for health information, for their work or training, and for getting religious information.
reportOct 2, 2002

Digital Town Hall

Fully 88% of local elected officials use the Internet in the course of their official duties and many say their online activities have helped them learn more about local public opinion, stay in touch better with community groups, and encounter new voices in local civic life.
reportSep 5, 2002

One year later: September 11 and the Internet

This report contains the first scholarly studies built around analysis of hundreds of Web sites that have been cached in the September 11 Web Archives, and makes clear that no event in the Web era has so dominated so many Web sites in such a short, intense period of time.
presentationMar 6, 2002

The Commons of the Tragedy

The speech covers our basic findings about how people used the Internet immediately after 9/11.

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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