Overview

• Fifty-four percent of Americans now get their news from social media, surpassing the 50% who rely on television networks.
• One-fifth of Americans encountered news or commentary from podcasters and video commentators such as Joe Rogan, Tucker Carlson and Ben Shapiro in the week following the presidential inauguration.
• More than half of U.S. residents under 35 depend primarily on social and video platforms for news.
• AI chatbots like ChatGPT and Google's Gemini are used weekly by 15% of those under 25 and 7% of all respondents for news updates.
• Over 70% of Americans express concern about distinguishing true news from false information online, compared with a global average of 58%.