News consumption on social media U.S. 2022

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

Characteristic	Often	Sometimes	Rarely	Never
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Release date

September 2022

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Region

United States

Survey time period

2020 to 2022

Number of respondents

12,147 respondents

Age group

18 years and older

Method of interview

Online panel

Supplementary notes

This statistic previously included data running back to the year 2016. The source changed its methodology in 2020 and altered the available response choices, changing them from 'often', 'sometimes', and 'hardly ever' to 'often', 'sometimes', 'rarely', and 'never'. Data for years prior to 2020 can be found in the Excel download file.

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