Short Reads

While 27% of U.S. adults say they have heard of Telegram, only 2% use the alternative social media app for news.

A majority of U.S. parents are keeping a watchful eye on what their teens do on social media; some are also imposing screen time restrictions.

74% of Republicans say social media has been more of a bad thing for U.S. democracy, compared with a smaller majority of Democrats (57%).

A quarter of U.S. parents of K-12 students say racism or racial inequality comes up in conversation with their children very or fairly often.

Here’s a look back at the past year and some of its biggest news events through 15 of our most striking research findings.

58% of those ages 18 to 29 have experienced high levels of psychological distress at least once between March 2020 and September 2022.

Only one of this year’s 35 Senate elections didn’t go the same way as the state’s 2020 presidential vote. The exception was Wisconsin.

58% of U.S. adults say they do not believe “we are living in the end times” – the destruction of the world as we know it.

The new House will have 80 members who’ve served in the military, or 18.4% of members. That’s up from 75, or 17.2%, in the 117th Congress.

Additionally, about half of lower-income parents (52%) say they have not had enough money for food or their rent or mortgage.