Social Media

Americans who closely follow political news are more likely to have confidence that the public will accept election results. And that's true across party boundaries.

A majority of online daters say their overall experience was positive, but many users – particularly younger women – report being harassed or sent explicit messages on these platforms.

Most Americans are at least somewhat happy with their lives, but some have grappled with issues like loneliness and work-life balance.

The use of at-home DNA testing kits has raised concerns about whether consumers are comfortable with the use of their data by police.

A 56% majority of Democrats and Democratic-leaning independents who use Twitter describe their political views as liberal or very liberal.

Both Democrats and Republicans express far more distrust than trust of social media sites as sources for political and election news.

Among the changes: Smartphones and social media became the norm, church attendance fell, and same-sex marriage and legalizing marijuana gained support.

Every year, we publish hundreds of reports, blog posts, digital essays and other studies. Here are some of our most noteworthy findings from the past year.

Using public opinion surveys and large-scale data analysis, we have studied the content on YouTube and how the U.S. public engages with it.

How many ad preferences Facebook lists for its U.S. users – and how accurate they are – depends on how often, and for how long, they've used the platform.