SurveyAll sizesUSA
20%
of US adults regularly get news on TikTok, unchanged from 2025 and up from 3% in 2020
Sample: 5,166 US adults, American Trends Panel, 24-30 Aug 2026
Pew Research Center, Aug 2026
SurveyUpdated 23 Oct 2026
53%of US adult TikTok users regularly get news on TikTok, up from 22% in 2020
53% of US adult TikTok users regularly get news on TikTok, up from 22% in 2020 (Aug 2026, Pew Research Center)
SurveyChecked at source, 23 Oct 2026All sizesUSASocial media and internet · News
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What this number really says
53% of US adult TikTok users regularly get news on TikTok, up from 22% in 2020 (Aug 2026).
53%
the latest figure (Aug 2026)
Survey
type of source
Why you can trust it. Pew Research Center: survey, sampled survey with a published method. 5,166 US adults, American Trends Panel, 24-30 Aug 2026
Key facts
- Period Aug 2026
- Region USA
- Company size All sizes
- Next data Irregular
Source: Pew Research Center, Aug 2026
Method and use
How it was measured, and how to use it
How it was measured
- Publisher
- Pew Research Center
- Source type
- Survey: Sampled survey with a published method
- What it measures
- 53% of US adult TikTok users regularly get news on TikTok, up from 22% in 2020
- Data period
- Aug 2026 (ends 30 Aug 2026)
- Published by the source
- 19 Oct 2026
- Who is counted
- 5,166 US adults, American Trends Panel, 24-30 Aug 2026
- In the source's words
Looking specifically at U.S. adults who use TikTok , 53% say they regularly get news on the platform. That’s about the same as the share who said this in 2025 (55%) but well above the 22% who did so in 2020.
- Checked at source
- 23 Oct 2026: Read on pewresearch.org short read of 19 Oct 2026.
- Reuse
- Free to quote with credit. American Trends Panel, a probability panel of US adults.
- Next expected update
- Irregular (Pew Research Center, irregular)
- Original page
- www.pewresearch.org: Pew Research Center
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No changes recorded yet. First checked at the source on 23 Oct 2026.
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Pew Research Center. (2026). 53% of US adult TikTok users regularly get news on TikTok, up from 22% in 2020. Via digitaltreed, https://digitaltreed.com/statistics/social-media/tiktok-users-get-news-there
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"53% of US adult TikTok users regularly get news on TikTok, up from 22% in 2020." Pew Research Center, Aug 2026. digitaltreed, https://digitaltreed.com/statistics/social-media/tiktok-users-get-news-there.
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53% of US adult TikTok users regularly get news on TikTok, up from 22% in 2020, for Aug 2026, according to Pew Research Center. We checked it at the source on 23 Oct 2026.
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