65% of US adults ages 18 to 29 use TikTok, against 11% of those 65 and older (2026).
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Why you can trust it. Pew Research Center: survey, sampled survey with a published method. National Public Opinion Reference Survey: 5,511 US adults, online, mail or phone, 30 Jan-18 Jun 2026; margin of error +/-1.8 points
23 Oct 2026: Read on pewresearch.org Social Media Fact Sheet ('Americans' Use of Social Media in 2026', 19 Oct 2026), chart data table row 6/18/2026; Pew's 19 Oct 2026 TikTok news short read repeats the same shares in text.
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Pew Research Center. (2026). 65% of US adults ages 18 to 29 use TikTok, against 11% of those 65 and older. Via digitaltreed, https://digitaltreed.com/statistics/social-media/young-adults-use-tiktok
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"65% of US adults ages 18 to 29 use TikTok, against 11% of those 65 and older." Pew Research Center, 2026. digitaltreed, https://digitaltreed.com/statistics/social-media/young-adults-use-tiktok.
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65% of US adults ages 18 to 29 use TikTok, against 11% of those 65 and older, for 2026, according to Pew Research Center. We checked it at the source on 23 Oct 2026.
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