Jeffrey Gottfried

YouTube and Facebook are by far the most used online platforms among U.S. adults. But TikTok's user base has grown significantly in recent years: 33% of U.S. adults now say they use it, up from 21% in 2021.

YouTube, TikTok, Snapchat and Instagram remain the most widely used online platforms among U.S. teens. And teens are less likely to be using Facebook and Twitter (recently renamed X) than they were a decade ago.

Roughly one-in-five teenagers who have heard of ChatGPT say they have used it to help them do their schoolwork.

Black Americans see a range of problems with how Black people are covered in the news. Almost two-thirds of Black adults (63%) say news about Black people is often more negative than news about other racial and ethnic groups. And while few are optimistic that will change in the foreseeable future, many see ways in which that coverage could be improved.

A survey of nearly 12,000 working U.S.-based journalists found that the beats American journalists cover vary widely by gender and other factors.

Half of 18- to 29-year-olds say they have at least some trust in the information they get from social media sites.

The social media sites that journalists use most frequently for their jobs differ from those that the public turns to for news.  

A survey of U.S.-based journalists finds 77% would choose their career all over again, though 57% are highly concerned about future restrictions on press freedom.

In just five years, the percentage of Republicans with at least some trust in national news organizations has been cut in half.

Americans’ trust in media varies widely by political party and whether they see the outlet in question as part of the “mainstream media.”