Today, 51% of U.S. adults say they support the Black Lives Matter movement – down from 67% in June 2020. A majority of Americans say the increased focus on race and racial inequality in the past three years hasn't led to improvement for Black America- 20889Murphy2025-03-20
Americans’ understanding of digital topics varies notably depending on the subject. For example, majorities of U.S. adults know what cookies on websites do and can identify a secure password, but far fewer can recognize an example of two-factor authentica- 21972Murphy2025-03-20
Through the first three quarters of 2023, retail e-commerce totaled $793.7 billion, or 14.9% of all retail sales.- 20708Murphy2025-03-20
True crime is the most common topic, making up 24% of top-ranked podcasts; 15% of the top podcasts focus on news. The next most common topics are politics and government (10%); entertainment, pop culture and the arts (9%); and self-help and relationships- 22941Murphy2025-03-20
19% of employed U.S. adults who have heard of ChatGPT think chatbots will have a major impact on their job.- 25982Murphy2025-03-20
True crime stands out as the most common topic of top-ranked podcasts in the United States.- 28672Murphy2025-03-20
As they watch the splashy emergence of generative artificial intelligence and an array of other AI applications, experts participating in a new Pew Research Center canvassing say they have deep concerns about people's and society's overall well-- 22206Murphy2025-03-20
52% of Americans say they feel more concerned than excited about the increased use of artificial intelligence.- 25063Murphy2025-03-20
17% of U.S. adults have unfollowed, unfriended, blocked or changed their settings to see less of someone on social media because of religious content the person posted or shared.- 23570Murphy2025-03-20
Some 17% of U.S. adults regularly attend religious services in person and watch them online or on TV.- 27922Murphy2025-03-20
Lesbian, gay and bisexual Americans are far more likely than those who are straight to say they have ever used a dating site or app (51% vs. 28%).- 25633Murphy2025-03-20
Here’s a look back at 2023 through some of our most striking research findings.- 21380Murphy2025-03-20
About six-in-ten Americans (62%) say they follow professional or college sports not too or not at all closely.- 20292Murphy2025-03-20
More than 44 million #BlackLivesMatter tweets from nearly 10 million distinct users currently exist on Twitter today. Over half of all existing tweets that include the #BlackLivesMatter hashtag were posted from May to September 2020.- 26981Murphy2025-03-20
About six-in-ten Americans (59%) see TikTok as a major or minor threat to national security in the United States.- 28767Murphy2025-03-20
YouTube, TikTok, Snapchat and Instagram remain the most widely used online platforms among U.S. teens. And teens are less likely to be using Facebook and Twitter (recently renamed X) than they were a decade ago.- 22642Murphy2025-03-20
The share of Americans who say they are very or somewhat concerned about government use of people’s data has increased from 64% in 2019 to 71% today. Two-thirds (67%) of adults say they understand little to nothing about what companies are doing with thei- 23541Murphy2025-03-20
One-in-six Americans ages 50 and older (17%) say they have ever used a dating site or app.- 22740Murphy2025-03-20
38% of U.S. adults say they would support the U.S. government banning TikTok, compared with 18% of U.S. teens ages 13 to 17.- 27479Murphy2025-03-20
Most Americans say the U.S. government and technology companies should each take steps to restrict false information and extremely violent content online.- 22421Murphy2025-03-20
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.
