Social Media

38% of U.S. adults say they would support the U.S. government banning TikTok, compared with 18% of U.S. teens ages 13 to 17.

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.

Here’s a look back at 2023 through some of our most striking research findings.

In just three years, the share of U.S. adults who say they regularly get news from TikTok has more than quadrupled, from 3% in 2020 to 14% in 2023.

U.S. adults and teens are more likely to support than oppose requiring parental consent for minors to create a social media account.

71% of adults say they are very or somewhat concerned about how the government uses the data it collects about them, up from 64% in 2019.

The share of Americans who say they are very or somewhat concerned about government use of people’s data has increased from 64% in 2019 to 71% today. Two-thirds (67%) of adults say they understand little to nothing about what companies are doing with their personal data, up from 59%.

As Elon Musk rebrands Twitter to "X," here are eight facts about Americans' use of the social media platform.

About six-in-ten Americans (59%) see TikTok as a major or minor threat to national security in the United States.

More than 44 million #BlackLivesMatter tweets from nearly 10 million distinct users currently exist on Twitter today. Over half of all existing tweets that include the #BlackLivesMatter hashtag were posted from May to September 2020.