According to data gathered in a survey held in 2022, 17 percent of responding U.S. adults said that they got their news from social media on a regular basis, down from 19 percent in the previous year and 23 percent 2020. After a growth of people who claimed to never get news from social media from 21 percent in 2020 to 24 percent in 2021, this share dropped back to 21 percent in 2022.
Share of adults getting their news from social media sites in the United States from 2020 to 2022
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Social Media Today. (September 20, 2022). Share of adults getting their news from social media sites in the United States from 2020 to 2022 [Graph]. In Statista. Retrieved December 21, 2024, from https://www.statista.com/statistics/248931/social-networking-devices-preferred-for-sharing-news-in-the-us/
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Share of adults getting their news from social media sites in the United States from 2020 to 2022 [Graph], Social Media Today, September 20, 2022. [Online]. Available: https://www.statista.com/statistics/248931/social-networking-devices-preferred-for-sharing-news-in-the-us/
