News Platforms & Sources

The declining public trust in the news media and polarization of news audiences have profound effects on civic life.

Here is how the average adult Twitter user in the U.S. tweeted about the news in 2021, as well as how these patterns have changed since 2015.

Fully 70% of U.S. adult Twitter news consumers say they have used Twitter to follow live news events, up from 59% who said this in 2015.

Pew Research Center’s political typology sorts Americans into cohesive, like-minded groups based on their values, beliefs, and views about politics and the political system. Use this tool to compare the groups on some key topics and their demographics.

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.

Roughly half of Americans say that they have been getting some (30%) or a lot (18%) of news and info about COVID-19 vaccines on social media.

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

Differences within each party on views of foreign policy emerge based on where Americans turn for political news.

Majorities of Americans support an array of measures to address climate change but stop short of a full break with fossil fuels.

We asked U.S. adults whether they consider each of 13 different news outlets to be a part of the mainstream media or not.