Fact Sheet

NPORS is an annual survey of U.S. adults conducted by the Pew Research Center used to to produce benchmark estimates for several topics.

Key trends and data on women in top U.S. political, business and higher education positions.

Local TV companies generated more revenue in 2022 than in 2021, consistent with a cyclical pattern in which advertising revenue rises in election years and falls in non-election years.

In 2022, both prime-time and daytime cable news audiences increased for Fox News but decreased for CNN, MSNBC and Newsmax.

Financially, advertiser expenditures for the news programs of the three major networks have declined substantially since 2020.

There were nearly 62.5 million Latinos in the United States in 2021, accounting for approximately 19% of the total U.S. population.

News media made by and for Black and Hispanic Americans – the two largest racial and ethnic minority groups in the U.S. – have been a consistent part of the country’s news landscape. Explore statistics on the Hispanic- and Black-oriented news industry.

Hundreds of local and regional radio and television stations comprise the U.S. public media system.

The audio news sector in the U.S. is split by modes of delivery: traditional terrestrial (AM/FM) radio and digital formats such as online radio and podcasting.

Sort through the more than 30 jurisdictions that have enacted laws allowing gays and lesbians to marry.