Short Reads

It can be useful to talk about generations, but generational categories are not scientifically defined and labels can lead to stereotypes and oversimplification.

23% of the prominent accounts on the seven alternative social media sites studied sought financial support from their audiences in June 2022.

The number of people ages 5 and older who speak Arabic at home in the U.S. has risen from 215,000 in 1980 to 1.4 million in 2021.

With Musk at the helm, here are four facts about how adult Twitter users in the United States are using the site.

A quarter of Americans who have used Twitter in the past year say they are not likely to use it a year from now.

If a Biden-Trump rematch comes about in 2024, it would be the seventh presidential rematch in U.S. history, and the first since the 1950s.

Across the nations surveyed, a median of 62% of adults – including 63% in the United States – say their country will be better off if it is open to changes.

Most parents pass along religious and political affiliations, and they do so at similarly high rates, according to a new analysis of several surveys.

91% of Americans have unfavorable views of Russia and 83% have unfavorable views of China.

For Mother’s Day, here’s a snapshot of what motherhood looks like in the U.S. today, drawn from government data and Pew Research Center surveys.