"One in five Americans say they regularly get news on TikTok, a dramatic uptick from just 3% in 2020, according to a Pew Research Center analysis published last week. "During that span, no social media platform we've studied has experienced faster growth in news consumption," Pew researchers noted. TikTok's growing prevalence as a source of news isn't limited to young people. Older adults are also turning to it more frequently for news."
"In Pew's survey, 43% of adults under 30 said they regularly get news on TikTok, up from 9% five years ago, while a quarter of adults between the ages of 30 and 49 also get news there regularly, compared to just 2% in 2020. ("It's not just younger people making the shift," Reuters' first social video reporter, Tristan Werkmeister, told Nieman Lab this month.)"
TikTok use for news among U.S. adults has surged, with one in five Americans now reporting they regularly get news on the platform, up from 3% in 2020. Growth is steepest among younger adults: 43% of adults under 30 regularly get news on TikTok, up from 9% five years earlier; 25% of adults 30–49 do so, compared to 2% in 2020. Among adult TikTok users, the platform matches X, Facebook and Truth Social in the share who regularly get news there. The Trump administration is negotiating an American-owned TikTok variant that could involve content censorship, underscoring TikTok’s influence. The analysis is based on a survey of 5,153 U.S. adults from August 18–24.
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