Social News, By the Numbers

In Pew’s 2021 U.S. data, 48% of adults got news from social media often or sometimes.

Facebook led U.S. social news use in 2021 at 31%, ahead of YouTube at 22%.

Younger people were more likely to regularly get news on TikTok, Instagram, Reddit and X.

In 2021, Twitter was the most news-oriented platform: 55% of its users regularly got news there.