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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Democrats are much more likely than Republicans to both use and trust many major news sources, according to Pew Research Center.
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.
53% of Republicans have at least some trust in information from national news outlets in 2025, up from 40% in 2024.
About six-in-ten Americans (59%) say AI will lead to fewer jobs for journalists in the next two decades.
A majority of Democrats (60%) are highly concerned about press freedoms – about double the share of Republicans (28%).
Across 35 countries, there are some disconnects between how people rate the importance of free expression and how free they feel they actually are.
Democrats and Democratic leaners are more likely than Republicans and Republican leaners to support government restrictions on false information online.
Far fewer are hearing about the administration’s relationship with the media than was the case early in President Donald Trump’s first term.
Republicans are much more likely than Democrats to support ending federal funding for public media.
In an open-ended question, we asked U.S. adults who say they regularly get news from news influencers to name the first one who comes to mind for them.
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.
