How the audiences of 30 major news sources differ by age
The median age of regular news consumers ranges from 39 for Univision to 63 for Newsmax.
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The median age of regular news consumers ranges from 39 for Univision to 63 for Newsmax.
The share of regular news consumers with college degrees ranges from 62% for The Atlantic to 15% and 16%, respectively, for Univision and Telemundo.
76% of Black adults say they at least sometimes get news on TV, compared with 62% of both White and Hispanic adults and 52% of Asian adults.
News media made by and for Black and Hispanic Americans – the two largest racial and ethnic minority groups in the U.S. – have been a consistent part of the country’s news landscape. Explore statistics on the Hispanic- and Black-oriented news industry.
Roughly half of U.S. adults say they have listened to a podcast in the past year, including one-in-five who report listening at least a few times a week. Most podcast listeners say this experience includes hearing news, which they largely expect to be mostly accurate. Large shares of listeners say they turn to podcasts for entertainment, learning or having something to listen to while doing something else.
Those ages 18 to 29 differ from older Americans in their news consumption habits and in their responses to major news events and coverage.
59% of Americans think news organizations do not understand people like them, while a minority – 37% – say they do feel understood.
Black adults were much more likely than whites and somewhat more likely than Hispanic adults to frequently discuss the pandemic with others.
More than two-thirds of adults ages 65 or older said they were following news of the pandemic very closely.
Older Americans, black adults and those with a high school education or less show considerably more interest in local news than their counterparts.
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