{ "question": "How many Americans get news from TikTok and social media?", "answer": "59% of US adults say they get news from social media at least sometimes, according to Pew Research Center's survey of 24 to 30 August 2026, up slightly on recent years. Facebook (40%) and YouTube (34%) are the biggest regular news sources. 20% regularly get news on TikTok, up from 3% in 2020; among adults under 30 it is 39%.", "period": "Aug 2026", "key_numbers": [ { "value": "59%", "label": "US adults who get news from social media at least sometimes", "note": "Pew Research Center, Aug 2026" }, { "value": "40%", "label": "US adults who regularly get news on Facebook, the largest site for news", "note": "Pew, Aug 2026" }, { "value": "20%", "label": "US adults who regularly get news on TikTok, up from 3% in 2020", "note": "Pew, Aug 2026", "stat": "social-media/us-adults-get-news-on-tiktok" }, { "value": "39%", "label": "US adults ages 18 to 29 who regularly get news on TikTok", "note": "Pew, Aug 2026", "stat": "social-media/young-adults-get-news-on-tiktok" }, { "value": "53%", "label": "US adult TikTok users who regularly get news there, up from 22% in 2020", "note": "Pew, Aug 2026", "stat": "social-media/tiktok-users-get-news-there" } ], "tables": [ { "id": "by-site", "title": "US adults who regularly get news on each social media site (Aug 2026)", "columns": [ "Site", "All US adults", "Users of the site" ], "rows": [ [ "Facebook", "40%", "57%" ], [ "YouTube", "34%", "41%" ], [ "Instagram", "23%", "46%" ], [ "TikTok", "20%", "53%" ], [ "X (Twitter)", "10%", "57%" ], [ "Reddit", "9%", "35%" ], [ "Nextdoor", "8%", "45%" ], [ "LinkedIn", "6%", "20%" ], [ "WhatsApp", "5%", "16%" ], [ "Rumble", "2%", "53%" ], [ "Truth Social", "2%", "55%" ], [ "Bluesky", "1%", "39%" ] ], "row_ids": [ "site-facebook", "site-youtube", "site-instagram", "site-tiktok", "site-x", "site-reddit", "site-nextdoor", "site-linkedin", "site-whatsapp", "site-rumble", "site-truth-social", "site-bluesky" ], "note": "Only people who said they use a site were asked whether they regularly get news there; the all-adults column counts non-users as not getting news there. Survey of 5,166 US adults, 24 to 30 August 2026.", "source": "pew" }, { "id": "tiktok-by-age", "title": "US adults who regularly get news on TikTok, by age", "columns": [ "Year", "All US adults", "Ages 18-29", "30-49", "50-64", "65+" ], "rows": [ [ "2020", "3%", "9%", "2%", "1%", "<1%" ], [ "2021", "6%", "18%", "6%", "3%", "1%" ], [ "2022", "10%", "26%", "10%", "4%", "1%" ], [ "2023", "14%", "32%", "15%", "7%", "3%" ], [ "2024", "17%", "39%", "19%", "9%", "3%" ], [ "2025", "20%", "43%", "25%", "10%", "3%" ], [ "2026", "20%", "39%", "25%", "11%", "4%" ] ], "row_ids": [ "tiktok-2020", "tiktok-2021", "tiktok-2022", "tiktok-2023", "tiktok-2024", "tiktok-2025", "tiktok-2026" ], "note": "Pew short read of 19 Oct 2026. In 2026, 32% of Black and 35% of Hispanic adults regularly got news on TikTok, against 14% of both White and Asian adults.", "source": "pew" }, { "id": "by-group", "title": "US adults who regularly get news on each site, by group (Aug 2026)", "columns": [ "Group", "Facebook", "YouTube", "Instagram", "TikTok", "X (Twitter)", "Reddit" ], "rows": [ [ "Men", "33%", "41%", "21%", "15%", "15%", "12%" ], [ "Women", "47%", "28%", "25%", "24%", "6%", "6%" ], [ "Ages 18-29", "40%", "39%", "43%", "39%", "18%", "18%" ], [ "Ages 30-49", "49%", "38%", "28%", "25%", "11%", "12%" ], [ "Ages 50-64", "39%", "33%", "15%", "11%", "10%", "3%" ], [ "Ages 65+", "30%", "26%", "8%", "4%", "4%", "1%" ], [ "White", "38%", "27%", "16%", "14%", "9%", "8%" ], [ "Black", "42%", "47%", "37%", "32%", "16%", "10%" ], [ "Hispanic", "51%", "42%", "35%", "35%", "13%", "10%" ], [ "Asian (English speakers)", "33%", "53%", "30%", "14%", "12%", "14%" ], [ "High school or less", "46%", "36%", "23%", "25%", "10%", "6%" ], [ "Some college", "43%", "36%", "23%", "21%", "11%", "9%" ], [ "College degree or more", "32%", "32%", "23%", "13%", "11%", "11%" ], [ "Republican or lean Republican", "43%", "35%", "20%", "15%", "16%", "8%" ], [ "Democrat or lean Democrat", "38%", "36%", "29%", "22%", "12%", "17%" ] ], "row_ids": [ "group-men", "group-women", "group-age-18-29", "group-age-30-49", "group-age-50-64", "group-age-65", "group-white", "group-black", "group-hispanic", "group-asian", "group-hs-or-less", "group-some-college", "group-college", "group-republican", "group-democrat" ], "note": "Pew Social Media and News Fact Sheet, 19 Oct 2026. Share of all US adults in each group, not of the site's users.", "source": "pew" }, { "id": "by-site-history", "title": "US adults who regularly get news on the largest sites, by year", "columns": [ "Year", "Facebook", "YouTube", "Instagram", "TikTok", "X (Twitter)" ], "rows": [ [ "2020", "36%", "23%", "11%", "3%", "15%" ], [ "2021", "31%", "22%", "11%", "6%", "13%" ], [ "2022", "31%", "25%", "13%", "10%", "14%" ], [ "2023", "30%", "26%", "16%", "14%", "12%" ], [ "2024", "33%", "32%", "20%", "17%", "12%" ], [ "2025", "38%", "35%", "20%", "20%", "12%" ], [ "2026", "40%", "34%", "23%", "20%", "10%" ] ], "row_ids": [ "site-history-2020", "site-history-2021", "site-history-2022", "site-history-2023", "site-history-2024", "site-history-2025", "site-history-2026" ], "source": "pew" }, { "id": "reuters-sources", "title": "US online respondents who used each source for news in the last week, Reuters Institute", "columns": [ "Year", "Social media", "Any online", "TV", "Print" ], "rows": [ [ "2013", "27%", "75%", "72%", "47%" ], [ "2015", "40%", "74%", "64%", "27%" ], [ "2016", "46%", "73%", "66%", "26%" ], [ "2017", "51%", "77%", "66%", "26%" ], [ "2018", "45%", "73%", "57%", "21%" ], [ "2019", "46%", "72%", "58%", "19%" ], [ "2020", "48%", "72%", "59%", "20%" ], [ "2021", "42%", "66%", "52%", "16%" ], [ "2022", "42%", "67%", "48%", "15%" ], [ "2023", "48%", "72%", "48%", "16%" ], [ "2024", "48%", "72%", "51%", "16%" ], [ "2025", "54%", "76%", "50%", "14%" ], [ "2026", "56%", "77%", "45%", "8%" ] ], "row_ids": [ "reuters-2013", "reuters-2015", "reuters-2016", "reuters-2017", "reuters-2018", "reuters-2019", "reuters-2020", "reuters-2021", "reuters-2022", "reuters-2023", "reuters-2024", "reuters-2025", "reuters-2026" ], "note": "Reuters Institute Digital News Report, US country page 2026, 'Sources of news' chart. Online survey by YouGov; 2,058 US respondents in 2026, fieldwork mid-January to end of February. 'Any online' includes news websites and apps and social and video networks. No 2014 point on the chart. A different question and sample from Pew's, so do not mix the two series.", "source": "reuters-dnr" }, { "id": "history", "title": "How often US adults get news from social media, every year since 2020", "columns": [ "Year", "Often", "Sometimes", "Rarely", "Never" ], "rows": [ [ "2020", "23%", "30%", "18%", "29%" ], [ "2021", "19%", "29%", "19%", "32%" ], [ "2022", "17%", "33%", "20%", "29%" ], [ "2023", "19%", "31%", "19%", "31%" ], [ "2024", "25%", "29%", "18%", "28%" ], [ "2025", "21%", "32%", "19%", "27%" ], [ "2026", "26%", "33%", "17%", "23%" ] ], "note": "Adults who do not use the internet were not asked and are counted under Never. Pew's 2026 total for often or sometimes is 59%.", "source": "pew" } ], "sources": [ { "name": "Pew Research Center", "publisher": "Pew Research Center", "type": "survey", "url": "https://www.pewresearch.org/" }, { "name": "Digital News Report", "publisher": "Reuters Institute for the Study of Journalism, University of Oxford", "type": "survey", "url": "https://reutersinstitute.politics.ox.ac.uk/" } ], "content_changed_on": "2026-11-01", "page_url": "https://digitaltreed.com/statistics/social-media/news-on-social-media", "csv_url": "https://digitaltreed.com/statistics/social-media/news-on-social-media.csv" }