30% of U.S. Adults Get News on Facebook
According to Pew Research's State of the News Media, the role that social media plays in the spreading of news isn’t as big as many people tend to believe. The only social network that is really relevant as a news source is Facebook with 30 percent of U.S. adults at least occasionally using it to get news.
Main reasons adults like getting news on social media in the United States as of October 2023
Share of adults who have used selected news sources to access news in the past month in the United States as of May 2026
Penetration of news usage among social network users in the United States as of August 2018, by platform
Share of adults who use social media as a source of news in the United States as of the 4th quarter of 2019, by gender
Frequency of news consumption via social media among adults in the United States from 2020 to 2022
Share of adults who use social media as a source of news in selected countries worldwide as of February 2026
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