Pew: One-Half of US Adults Sometimes Get News From Social Media, Led by Facebook

82% often or sometimes do so via smartphone, computer, tablet

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Pew Research Center published two fact sheets related to news consumption in the U.S. Tuesday: One related to social media and the other to news platforms.

Both analyses are based on a survey of 12,147 U.S. adults conducted between July 18 and Aug. 21.

The think tank found that one-half of respondents at least sometimes get news from social media, and Facebook topped the 11 platforms in Pew’s survey, with 31% of Americans getting news there regularly.

Facebook was followed by: YouTube (25%), Twitter (14%), Instagram (13%), TikTok (10%), Reddit (8%), LinkedIn (4%), Snapchat (4%), Nextdoor (4%), WhatsApp (3%) and Twitch (1%).

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