{"id":87730,"date":"2021-01-12T12:03:11","date_gmt":"2021-01-12T17:03:11","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/beta.pewresearch.org\/pewresearch-org\/2021\/01\/12\/news-use-across-social-media-platforms-in-2020\/"},"modified":"2024-07-25T17:03:57","modified_gmt":"2024-07-25T21:03:57","slug":"news-use-across-social-media-platforms-in-2020","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/beta.pewresearch.org\/pewresearch-org\/journalism\/2021\/01\/12\/news-use-across-social-media-platforms-in-2020\/","title":{"rendered":"News Use Across Social Media Platforms in 2020"},"content":{"rendered":"<div style=\"border-width:1px;padding-bottom:var(--wp--preset--spacing--20);padding-left:var(--wp--preset--spacing--30);padding-right:var(--wp--preset--spacing--30);padding-top:var(--wp--preset--spacing--20);--block-gap: inherit\" class=\"wp-block-prc-block-collapsible has-background has-ui-beige-very-light-background-color has-border-color has-ui-beige-dark-border-color\" id=\"how-we-did-this\" data-wp-interactive=\"{&quot;namespace&quot;:&quot;prc-block\\\/collapsible&quot;}\" data-wp-context=\"{&quot;collapsibleId&quot;:&quot;how-we-did-this&quot;,&quot;isOpen&quot;:false}\" data-wp-class--is-open=\"context.isOpen\" data-wp-init--scroll-into-view=\"callbacks.onInitScrollIntoView\"><div class=\"wp-block-prc-block-collapsible__title\" data-wp-on--click=\"actions.onClick\"><div>How we did this<\/div><button class=\"wp-block-prc-block-collapsible__icon\"><span data-wp-bind--hidden=\"context.isOpen\"><i class=\"icon icon-library__light icon__circle-plus\"><svg style=\"width: 1em; height: 1em;\"><use xlink:href=\"https:\/\/beta.pewresearch.org\/pewresearch-org\/wp-content\/plugins\/prc-icon-library\/build\/icons\/sprites\/light.svg#circle-plus\"><\/use><\/svg><\/i><\/span><span data-wp-bind--hidden=\"!context.isOpen\" hidden><i class=\"icon icon-library__light icon__circle-minus\"><svg style=\"width: 1em; height: 1em;\"><use xlink:href=\"https:\/\/beta.pewresearch.org\/pewresearch-org\/wp-content\/plugins\/prc-icon-library\/build\/icons\/sprites\/light.svg#circle-minus\"><\/use><\/svg><\/i><\/span><\/button><\/div><div class=\"wp-block-prc-block-collapsible__content\">\n\n<p class=\"wp-block-paragraph\">To better understand the ways Americans get their news in the digital age, we surveyed 9,220 U.S. adults from Aug. 31 to Sept. 7, 2020. Everyone who took part is a member of Pew Research Center\u2019s American Trends Panel (ATP), an online survey panel that is recruited through national, random sampling of residential addresses. This way nearly all U.S. adults have a chance of selection. The survey is weighted to be representative of the U.S. adult population by gender, race, ethnicity, partisan affiliation, education and other categories. Read more about&nbsp;<a href=\"https:\/\/legacy.pewresearch.org\/methods\/u-s-survey-research\/american-trends-panel\/\">the ATP\u2019s methodology<\/a>.<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p class=\"wp-block-paragraph\">Here are the&nbsp;<a href=\"https:\/\/legacy.pewresearch.org\/journalism\/wp-content\/uploads\/sites\/8\/2021\/01\/PJ_2021.01.12_News-and-Social-Media_TOPLINE.pdf\">questions used for this analysis<\/a>, along with responses, and&nbsp;<a href=\"https:\/\/legacy.pewresearch.org\/journalism\/2021\/01\/12\/news-consumption-on-social-media-methodology\/\">its methodology<\/a>.<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p class=\"wp-block-paragraph\">This is the latest report in Pew Research Center\u2019s ongoing investigation of the state of news, information and journalism in the digital age, a research program funded by The Pew Charitable Trusts, with generous support from the John S. and James L. Knight Foundation.<\/p>\n\n<\/div><\/div>\n\n<div style=\"border-width:1px;padding-bottom:var(--wp--preset--spacing--20);padding-left:var(--wp--preset--spacing--30);padding-right:var(--wp--preset--spacing--30);padding-top:var(--wp--preset--spacing--20);--block-gap: inherit\" class=\"wp-block-prc-block-collapsible has-background has-ui-beige-very-light-background-color has-border-color has-ui-beige-dark-border-color\" id=\"changing-the-way-we-measure-news-consumption-on-social-media\" data-wp-interactive=\"{&quot;namespace&quot;:&quot;prc-block\\\/collapsible&quot;}\" data-wp-context=\"{&quot;collapsibleId&quot;:&quot;changing-the-way-we-measure-news-consumption-on-social-media&quot;,&quot;isOpen&quot;:false}\" data-wp-class--is-open=\"context.isOpen\" data-wp-init--scroll-into-view=\"callbacks.onInitScrollIntoView\"><div class=\"wp-block-prc-block-collapsible__title\" data-wp-on--click=\"actions.onClick\"><div>Changing the way we measure news consumption on social media<\/div><button class=\"wp-block-prc-block-collapsible__icon\"><span data-wp-bind--hidden=\"context.isOpen\"><i class=\"icon icon-library__light icon__circle-plus\"><svg style=\"width: 1em; height: 1em;\"><use xlink:href=\"https:\/\/beta.pewresearch.org\/pewresearch-org\/wp-content\/plugins\/prc-icon-library\/build\/icons\/sprites\/light.svg#circle-plus\"><\/use><\/svg><\/i><\/span><span data-wp-bind--hidden=\"!context.isOpen\" hidden><i class=\"icon icon-library__light icon__circle-minus\"><svg style=\"width: 1em; height: 1em;\"><use xlink:href=\"https:\/\/beta.pewresearch.org\/pewresearch-org\/wp-content\/plugins\/prc-icon-library\/build\/icons\/sprites\/light.svg#circle-minus\"><\/use><\/svg><\/i><\/span><\/button><\/div><div class=\"wp-block-prc-block-collapsible__content\">\n\n<p class=\"wp-block-paragraph\">Past research by Pew Research Center has tracked the portion of Americans who use\u00a0<a href=\"https:\/\/legacy.pewresearch.org\/journalism\/2019\/10\/02\/americans-are-wary-of-the-role-social-media-sites-play-in-delivering-the-news\/\">social media sites for news<\/a>. This survey asks about similar topics in a different way (<a href=\"https:\/\/legacy.pewresearch.org\/journalism\/2021\/01\/12\/appendix-changing-measurements-of-news-consumption-on-social-media\/\">see more details here<\/a>); because of this, some of these measures cannot be directly compared with past findings. These changes in question wording reflect the Center\u2019s efforts to\u00a0<a href=\"https:\/\/legacy.pewresearch.org\/journalism\/2020\/12\/08\/measuring-news-consumption-in-a-digital-era\/\">improve the way we measure news consumption.<\/a><\/p>\n\n<\/div><\/div>\n\n\n<figure class=\"wp-block-image alignright size-310-wide\"><a href=\"https:\/\/beta.pewresearch.org\/pewresearch-org\/journalism\/2021\/01\/12\/news-use-across-social-media-platforms-in-2020\/pj_2021-01-12_news-social-media_0-01-png\/\" rel=\"attachment wp-att-108341\"><img data-dominant-color=\"e7e3e3\" data-has-transparency=\"false\" style=\"--dominant-color: #e7e3e3;\" loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\"  srcset=\"https:\/\/beta.pewresearch.org\/pewresearch-org\/wp-content\/uploads\/sites\/20\/2021\/01\/PJ_2021.01.12_news-social-media_0-01.png?resize=480,451 480w, https:\/\/beta.pewresearch.org\/pewresearch-org\/wp-content\/uploads\/sites\/20\/2021\/01\/PJ_2021.01.12_news-social-media_0-01.png?resize=622,584 622w\" sizes=\"(max-width: 480px) 480px, (max-width: 782px) 782px, 640px\" height=\"291\" width=\"310\" src=\"https:\/\/beta.pewresearch.org\/pewresearch-org\/wp-content\/uploads\/sites\/20\/2021\/01\/PJ_2021.01.12_news-social-media_0-01.png?w=310\" alt=\"About half of Americans get news on social media at least sometimes\" class=\"wp-image-108341 not-transparent\" \/><\/a><\/figure>\n\n\n\n<p class=\"wp-block-paragraph\">As social media companies struggle to deal with misleading information on their platforms about <a href=\"https:\/\/apnews.com\/article\/social-media-election-misinformation-632a5d93a6cc3ff37311a641d86bf5a1\">the election<\/a>, <a href=\"https:\/\/www.washingtonpost.com\/technology\/2020\/12\/18\/faq-coronavirus-vaccine-misinformation\/\">the COVID-19 pandemic<\/a> and more, a large portion of Americans continue to rely on these sites for news. About half of U.S. adults (53%) say they <a href=\"https:\/\/beta.pewresearch.org\/pewresearch-org\/short-reads\/2021\/01\/12\/more-than-eight-in-ten-americans-get-news-from-digital-devices\/\">get news from social media \u201coften\u201d or \u201csometimes,\u201d<\/a> and this use is spread out across a number of different sites, according to a Pew Research Center survey conducted Aug. 31-Sept. 7, 2020.<\/p>\n\n\n\n<figure class=\"wp-block-image alignright size-420-wide\"><a href=\"https:\/\/beta.pewresearch.org\/pewresearch-org\/journalism\/2021\/01\/12\/news-use-across-social-media-platforms-in-2020\/pj_2021-01-12_news-social-media_0-02-png\/\" rel=\"attachment wp-att-108346\"><img data-dominant-color=\"f5f1f2\" data-has-transparency=\"false\" style=\"--dominant-color: #f5f1f2;\" loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\"  srcset=\"https:\/\/beta.pewresearch.org\/pewresearch-org\/wp-content\/uploads\/sites\/20\/2021\/01\/PJ_2021.01.12_news-social-media_0-02.png?resize=480,802 480w, https:\/\/beta.pewresearch.org\/pewresearch-org\/wp-content\/uploads\/sites\/20\/2021\/01\/PJ_2021.01.12_news-social-media_0-02.png?resize=782,1307 782w, https:\/\/beta.pewresearch.org\/pewresearch-org\/wp-content\/uploads\/sites\/20\/2021\/01\/PJ_2021.01.12_news-social-media_0-02.png?resize=840,1404 840w\" sizes=\"(max-width: 480px) 480px, (max-width: 782px) 782px, 640px\" height=\"702\" width=\"420\" src=\"https:\/\/beta.pewresearch.org\/pewresearch-org\/wp-content\/uploads\/sites\/20\/2021\/01\/PJ_2021.01.12_news-social-media_0-02.png?w=420\" alt=\"Facebook stands out as regular source of news for Americans\" class=\"wp-image-108346 not-transparent\" \/><\/a><\/figure>\n\n\n\n<p class=\"wp-block-paragraph\">Among 11 social media sites asked about as a regular source of news, Facebook sits at the top, with about a third (36%) of Americans getting news there regularly. YouTube comes next, with 23% of U.S. adults regularly getting news there. Twitter serves as a regular news source for 15% of U.S. adults.<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p class=\"wp-block-paragraph\">Other social media sites are less likely to be regular news sources. About one-in-ten Americans or fewer report regularly getting news on Instagram (11%), Reddit (6%), Snapchat (4%), LinkedIn (4%), TikTok (3%), WhatsApp (3%), Tumblr (1%) and Twitch (1%).<\/p>\n\n\n\n<figure class=\"wp-block-image alignright size-200-wide\"><a href=\"https:\/\/beta.pewresearch.org\/pewresearch-org\/journalism\/2021\/01\/12\/news-use-across-social-media-platforms-in-2020\/pj_2021-01-12_news-social-media_0-03-png\/\" rel=\"attachment wp-att-108351\"><img data-dominant-color=\"e5e0e1\" data-has-transparency=\"false\" style=\"--dominant-color: #e5e0e1;\" loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\"  srcset=\"https:\/\/beta.pewresearch.org\/pewresearch-org\/wp-content\/uploads\/sites\/20\/2021\/01\/PJ_2021.01.12_news-social-media_0-03.png?resize=416,1038 416w\" sizes=\"(max-width: 480px) 480px, (max-width: 782px) 782px, 640px\" height=\"499\" width=\"200\" src=\"https:\/\/beta.pewresearch.org\/pewresearch-org\/wp-content\/uploads\/sites\/20\/2021\/01\/PJ_2021.01.12_news-social-media_0-03.png?w=200\" alt=\"Large portion of Twitter users regularly get news on the site\" class=\"wp-image-108351 not-transparent\" \/><\/a><\/figure>\n\n\n\n<p class=\"wp-block-paragraph\">These lower percentages for news use are in some cases related to the fact that fewer Americans report using them at all, compared with the shares who use Facebook and YouTube. If we consider news users as a portion of a site\u2019s overall user base, some sites stand out as being more \u201cnewsy\u201d even if their total audience is relatively small. Twitter, for example, is used by 25% of U.S. adults, but over half of those users get news on the site regularly. And 42% of Reddit users get news regularly on the site, though it overall has a very small user base (15% of U.S. adults say they use Reddit). On the other hand, YouTube, though widely used, sees a smaller portion of its users turning to the site for news regularly (32%).<\/p>\n\n\n\n<h4 class=\"wp-block-heading\" id=\"demographics-of-regular-social-media-news-consumers\">Demographics of regular social media news consumers<\/h4>\n\n\n\n<p class=\"wp-block-paragraph\">There are in some cases drastic demographic differences between the people who turn to each social media site for news. For example, White adults make up a majority of the regular news users of Facebook and Reddit but fewer than half of those who turn to Instagram for news. Both Black and Hispanic adults make up about a quarter of Instagram\u2019s regular news users (22% and 27%, respectively). People who regularly get news on Facebook are more likely to be women than men (63% vs. 35%), while two-thirds of Reddit\u2019s regular news users are men.<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p class=\"wp-block-paragraph\">The majority of regular news users of many sites \u2013 YouTube, Twitter, Instagram, Reddit and LinkedIn \u2013 are Democrats or lean Democratic. This may be related to <a href=\"https:\/\/beta.pewresearch.org\/pewresearch-org\/politics\/2020\/06\/02\/the-changing-composition-of-the-electorate-and-partisan-coalitions\/\">the relatively young age profile<\/a> of the news user base of these social media sites. No social media site included here has regular news users who are more likely to be Republican or lean Republican.<\/p>\n\n\n\n<figure class=\"wp-block-image aligncenter size-640-wide\"><a href=\"https:\/\/beta.pewresearch.org\/pewresearch-org\/journalism\/2021\/01\/12\/news-use-across-social-media-platforms-in-2020\/pj_2021-01-12_news-social-media_0-04-png\/\" rel=\"attachment wp-att-108356\"><img data-dominant-color=\"ebe8e8\" data-has-transparency=\"false\" style=\"--dominant-color: #ebe8e8;\" loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\"  srcset=\"https:\/\/beta.pewresearch.org\/pewresearch-org\/wp-content\/uploads\/sites\/20\/2021\/01\/PJ_2021.01.12_news-social-media_0-04.png?resize=480,388 480w, https:\/\/beta.pewresearch.org\/pewresearch-org\/wp-content\/uploads\/sites\/20\/2021\/01\/PJ_2021.01.12_news-social-media_0-04.png?resize=782,631 782w, https:\/\/beta.pewresearch.org\/pewresearch-org\/wp-content\/uploads\/sites\/20\/2021\/01\/PJ_2021.01.12_news-social-media_0-04.png?resize=960,775 960w, https:\/\/beta.pewresearch.org\/pewresearch-org\/wp-content\/uploads\/sites\/20\/2021\/01\/PJ_2021.01.12_news-social-media_0-04.png?resize=1200,969 1200w, https:\/\/beta.pewresearch.org\/pewresearch-org\/wp-content\/uploads\/sites\/20\/2021\/01\/PJ_2021.01.12_news-social-media_0-04.png?resize=1278,1032 1278w\" sizes=\"(max-width: 480px) 480px, (max-width: 782px) 782px, 640px\" height=\"517\" width=\"640\" src=\"https:\/\/beta.pewresearch.org\/pewresearch-org\/wp-content\/uploads\/sites\/20\/2021\/01\/PJ_2021.01.12_news-social-media_0-04.png?w=640\" alt=\"Demographic profiles and party of regular social media news users in the U.S.\" class=\"wp-image-108356 not-transparent\" \/><\/a><\/figure>\n\n\n\n<h4 class=\"wp-block-heading\" id=\"news-on-social-media-sites-still-seen-as-inaccurate-as-about-three-in-ten-say-it-helps-them-understand-current-events\">News on social media sites still seen as inaccurate, as about three-in-ten say it helps them understand current events<\/h4>\n\n\n\n<figure class=\"wp-block-image alignright size-310-wide\"><a href=\"https:\/\/beta.pewresearch.org\/pewresearch-org\/journalism\/2021\/01\/12\/news-use-across-social-media-platforms-in-2020\/pj_2021-01-12_news-social-media_0-05-png\/\" rel=\"attachment wp-att-108360\"><img data-dominant-color=\"e0d9ce\" data-has-transparency=\"false\" style=\"--dominant-color: #e0d9ce;\" loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\"  srcset=\"https:\/\/beta.pewresearch.org\/pewresearch-org\/wp-content\/uploads\/sites\/20\/2021\/01\/PJ_2021.01.12_news-social-media_0-05.png?resize=480,591 480w, https:\/\/beta.pewresearch.org\/pewresearch-org\/wp-content\/uploads\/sites\/20\/2021\/01\/PJ_2021.01.12_news-social-media_0-05.png?resize=622,766 622w\" sizes=\"(max-width: 480px) 480px, (max-width: 782px) 782px, 640px\" height=\"382\" width=\"310\" src=\"https:\/\/beta.pewresearch.org\/pewresearch-org\/wp-content\/uploads\/sites\/20\/2021\/01\/PJ_2021.01.12_news-social-media_0-05.png?w=310\" alt=\"As in past years, most social media news consumers expect news there to be inaccurate\" class=\"wp-image-108360 not-transparent\" \/><\/a><\/figure>\n\n\n\n<p class=\"wp-block-paragraph\">A majority of the Americans who are getting news on social media continue to question its accuracy. About six-in-ten (59%) of those who at least rarely get news on social media say they expect that news to be largely inaccurate, while 39% expect it to be largely accurate. And though there has been increasing discussion of the information on social media, including <a href=\"https:\/\/www.congress.gov\/event\/116th-congress\/house-event\/109710\">congressional hearings in 2019<\/a> and <a href=\"https:\/\/www.washingtonpost.com\/technology\/2020\/10\/28\/twitter-facebook-google-senate-hearing-live-updates\/\">in 2020<\/a>, this is not a new sentiment among social media news users: Similar portions have said they expected the news to be inaccurate <a href=\"https:\/\/beta.pewresearch.org\/pewresearch-org\/journalism\/2018\/09\/10\/news-use-across-social-media-platforms-2018\/\">since 2018<\/a>.<\/p>\n\n\n\n<figure class=\"wp-block-image alignright size-420-wide\"><a href=\"https:\/\/beta.pewresearch.org\/pewresearch-org\/journalism\/2021\/01\/12\/news-use-across-social-media-platforms-in-2020\/pj_2021-01-12_news-social-media_0-06-png\/\" rel=\"attachment wp-att-108364\"><img data-dominant-color=\"e1dcd7\" data-has-transparency=\"false\" style=\"--dominant-color: #e1dcd7;\" loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\"  srcset=\"https:\/\/beta.pewresearch.org\/pewresearch-org\/wp-content\/uploads\/sites\/20\/2021\/01\/PJ_2021.01.12_news-social-media_0-06.png?resize=480,429 480w, https:\/\/beta.pewresearch.org\/pewresearch-org\/wp-content\/uploads\/sites\/20\/2021\/01\/PJ_2021.01.12_news-social-media_0-06.png?resize=782,700 782w, https:\/\/beta.pewresearch.org\/pewresearch-org\/wp-content\/uploads\/sites\/20\/2021\/01\/PJ_2021.01.12_news-social-media_0-06.png?resize=836,748 836w\" sizes=\"(max-width: 480px) 480px, (max-width: 782px) 782px, 640px\" height=\"376\" width=\"420\" src=\"https:\/\/beta.pewresearch.org\/pewresearch-org\/wp-content\/uploads\/sites\/20\/2021\/01\/PJ_2021.01.12_news-social-media_0-06.png?w=420\" alt=\"A minority say news on social media has improved their understanding of current events\" class=\"wp-image-108364 not-transparent\" \/><\/a><\/figure>\n\n\n\n<p class=\"wp-block-paragraph\">Most Americans do not say news on social media has helped them better understand current events. The largest segment, 47%, says it doesn\u2019t make much of a difference, while 29% say that it has helped their understanding and 23% say it has actually left them more confused. This largely reflects responses to similar questions in 2018 and 2019, when a minority said that social media news helped them better understand current events.<\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>About half of U.S. adults say they get news from social media \u201coften\u201d or \u201csometimes,\u201d and this use is spread out across a number of different sites. 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