Mason Walker

The share of Americans who say they often get news from a podcast is quite small, at just 7%; 16% of adults say they sometimes do.

About half (48%) of U.S. adults say they get news from social media “often” or “sometimes,” a 5 percentage point decline compared with 2020. More than half of Twitter users get news on the site regularly.

48% of US adults say the government should restrict false information online, even if it means losing some freedom to access/publish content.

While newspapers have seen steep job losses from 2008 to 2020, digital-native news organizations have seen considerable gains.

Staff layoffs continued to pummel the beleaguered U.S. newspaper industry in 2020, a period complicated by the impact of the pandemic.

Though this figure is a sliver of all PPP loans lent out to small businesses as of August, it represents a large segment of U.S. newspaper companies.

About eight-in-ten Americans (79%) say news organizations tend to favor one side when presenting the news on political and social issues.

A majority (82%) say there are times when it is acceptable for journalists to use anonymous sources, with 67% saying it is acceptable only in special cases.

72% of U.S. adults say news organizations do an insufficient job telling their audiences where their money comes from.

More Americans hold positive than negative views of the news media’s COVID-19 coverage, but Republicans and Democrats remain starkly divided.