Some 16% of Americans have ever earned money from an online gig platform. While most gig platform workers say they have had a positive experience with these jobs, some report facing on-the-job troubles like being treated rudely or sexually harassed.- 21837Murphy2025-03-20
While newspapers have seen steep job losses from 2008 to 2020, digital-native news organizations have seen considerable gains.- 22812Murphy2025-03-20
About half (48%) of U.S. adults say they get news from social media “often” or “sometimes,” a 5 percentage point decline compared with 2020. More than half of Twitter users get news on the site regularly.- 29074Murphy2025-03-20
Republican lawmakers have produced three-quarters of recent congressional social media posts that mention places and people in Asia.- 28954Murphy2025-03-20
Here is how the average adult Twitter user in the U.S. tweeted about the news in 2021, as well as how these patterns have changed since 2015.- 29020Murphy2025-03-20
Black and Hispanic Americans remain less likely than White adults to say they own a traditional computer or have high-speed internet at home.- 28628Murphy2025-03-20
Americans who hold less consistently liberal or conservative views tend to be less engaged in national politics.- 25790Murphy2025-03-20
The 2020 election featured dramatic increases in lawmaker posts and audience engagement, but less overlap in the sources shared by members of each party.- 24688Murphy2025-03-20
Here is what our surveys found about the students most likely to lack the home internet connectivity needed to finish schoolwork.- 22067Murphy2025-03-20
A majority of Americans (68%) believe major technology companies have too much power and influence in the economy.- 23041Murphy2025-03-20
75% of U.S. adults say they have read a book in the past 12 months in any format, a figure that has remained largely unchanged since 2011.- 24098Murphy2025-03-20
Adoption of key technologies by those in the oldest age group has grown markedly since about a decade ago.- 26128Murphy2025-03-20
53% of parents of K-12 students say schools in the United States should be providing a mix of in-person and online instruction this winter.- 26226Murphy2025-03-20
Asked to "imagine a better world online," experts hope for a ubiquitous – even immersive – digital environment that promotes fact-based knowledge, offers better defense of individuals’ rights, empowers diverse voices and provides tools for techn- 27341Murphy2025-03-20
The share of Americans who say they often get news from a podcast is quite small, at just 7%; 16% of adults say they sometimes do.- 26691Murphy2025-03-20
64% of members of Congress mentioned Black History Month on Facebook or Twitter in February 2021, up from just 29% in 2015.- 29230Murphy2025-03-20
73% of U.S. adult Twitter users include identifiable text in their profile, but 27% include no text apart from the display and username fields.- 28084Murphy2025-03-20
Roughly half of American adults who use Twitter (49%) post fewer than five tweets per month; 59% of infrequent tweeters are ages 30 to 49.- 27451Murphy2025-03-20
44% of Americans think major technology companies should be regulated more than they are now, down from 56% in April 2021.- 20761Murphy2025-03-20
Public views are tied to how these technologies would be used and what constraints would be in place.- 22428Murphy2025-03-20
Read key findings from an analysis that looks into the public's interest in guns as potential consumer products, rather than as a subject of general interest.
A majority of Americans say they use YouTube and Facebook, while use of Instagram, Snapchat and TikTok is especially common among adults under 30.
