Trust in news sources in the U.S. 2022

A survey held in February 2022 examining trust in the accuracy of news and information from various sources revealed that radio was considered the most trustworthy place to get news, with 64 percent of surveyed Americans saying that they had some or a lot of trust in radio news. Social media was the least trusted source with 58 percent of adults saying that they had little or no trust in news from social networks.

Level of trust in selected news sources in the United States as of February 2022

Characteristic	A lot/some	Not much/not at all	Don't know/no opinion
Radio	64%	23%	14%
Newspapers	61%	27%	13%
Network news	59%	31%	10%
Cable news networks	54%	33%	14%
Online-only news sites	52%	32%	16%
Podcasts	39%	33%	28%
Social media	34%	58%	7%

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Release date

February 2022

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Region

United States

Survey time period

February 9 to 10, 2022

Number of respondents

2,210 respondents

Age group

18 years and older

Method of interview

Online survey

Supplementary notes

Question: In general, how much do you trust the following sources?

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