Social Media

Americans inhabited different information environments, with wide gaps in how they viewed the election and COVID-19.

Three-quarters of U.S. adults who have recently faced some kind of online harassment say it happened on social media.

Americans are more likely to support than oppose banning Donald Trump's social media accounts, but views are divided along political lines.

Voting members of the 116th Congress collectively produced more than 2.2 million tweets and Facebook posts in 2019 and 2020.

Social media activity by members of Congress changed in notable ways following the rioting at the Capitol by supporters of President Trump.

Roughly four-in-ten Americans have experienced online harassment, with half of this group citing politics as the reason they think they were targeted. Growing shares face more severe online abuse such as sexual harassment or stalking

79% of Americans think social media companies are doing an only fair to poor job when it comes to addressing online harassment or bullying.

In preelection tweets about the U.S., lawmakers abroad focused on how the election will affect bilateral ties and trade.

About half of U.S. adults say they get news from social media “often” or “sometimes,” and this use is spread out across a number of different sites. Facebook stands out as a regular source of news for about a third of Americans.

Partisans differ on whether social media companies’ decisions had a major impact on the election.