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.- 21786Murphy2025-03-20
While newspapers have seen steep job losses from 2008 to 2020, digital-native news organizations have seen considerable gains.- 22762Murphy2025-03-20
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.- 29022Murphy2025-03-20
Republican lawmakers have produced three-quarters of recent congressional social media posts that mention places and people in Asia.- 28905Murphy2025-03-20
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.- 28969Murphy2025-03-20
Black and Hispanic Americans remain less likely than White adults to say they own a traditional computer or have high-speed internet at home.- 28576Murphy2025-03-20
Americans who hold less consistently liberal or conservative views tend to be less engaged in national politics.- 25741Murphy2025-03-20
The 2020 election featured dramatic increases in lawmaker posts and audience engagement, but less overlap in the sources shared by members of each party.- 24636Murphy2025-03-20
Here is what our surveys found about the students most likely to lack the home internet connectivity needed to finish schoolwork.- 22015Murphy2025-03-20
A majority of Americans (68%) believe major technology companies have too much power and influence in the economy.- 22990Murphy2025-03-20
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.- 24048Murphy2025-03-20
Adoption of key technologies by those in the oldest age group has grown markedly since about a decade ago.- 26079Murphy2025-03-20
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.- 26175Murphy2025-03-20
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- 27290Murphy2025-03-20
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.- 26642Murphy2025-03-20
64% of members of Congress mentioned Black History Month on Facebook or Twitter in February 2021, up from just 29% in 2015.- 29181Murphy2025-03-20
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.- 28033Murphy2025-03-20
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.- 27399Murphy2025-03-20
44% of Americans think major technology companies should be regulated more than they are now, down from 56% in April 2021.- 20712Murphy2025-03-20
Public views are tied to how these technologies would be used and what constraints would be in place.- 22376Murphy2025-03-20
Algorithms can save lives, make things easier and conquer chaos. But experts worry about governmental and corporate control of the data, and how algorithms can produce biased results and worsen digital divides.
Majorities of Americans see at least some risk from food produced using hormones, antibiotics, pesticides or artificial ingredients; half the public says that foods with genetically modified ingredients are worse for one's health than foods without.
