More Americans – especially young adults – are regularly getting news on TikTok

Author:Murphy  |  View: 23832  |  Time: 2025-03-20 12:58:55

A small but growing share of U.S. adults are regularly getting news on TikTok. In fact, since 2020, no social media platform we've studied has seen faster growth in the share of Americans who regularly turn to it for news, according to a new Pew Research Center analysis.

In just four years, the share of adults who say they 

Note: This is an update of a post originally published Nov. 15, 2023. Here are the questions used for this analysis, along with responses, and its methodology.

CORRECTION (Oct. 16, 2024): The topline for this survey previously included incorrect figures (refer to topline for details). These have been updated in the topline and do not affect the overall findings in this analysis. Nothing on this page has been changed.

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