1 in 5 Americans Regularly Get News on TikTok
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A TikTok creator does interviews in New York City’s Washington Square Park on Jan. 17, 2025. (Alex Kent/Getty Images) TikTok is primarily known for short-form video sharing, but it has also become a common place for many people to get news. A fifth of U.S. adults regularly get news on TikTok, according to a Pew […] Thank you for subscribing to our RSS feed!
TikTok's popularity as a news source appears to be reaching a plateau
Many Americans use TikTok to gather the latest headlines, but in 2026, other social media platforms siphoned off some of that activity. That's one of the conclusions that can be taken away from the Pew Research Center's latest study on U.S. news-gathering habits. According to Pew, 20% of Americans regularly get news from TikTok. One in five might sound like a big number, but it's the same percentage Pew reported for TikTok last year. Among the 1…
One fifth of U.S. adults say they receive regular news in TikTok, a proportion that is maintained in comparison to 2025, but far exceeds the 3% recorded in 2020. Informational use is especially frequent among young people and has differences by age, race and political affinity.
Survey: 20% of US adults regularly consume news on TikTok, up from just 3% in 2020; 39% of those aged 18 to 29 and 25% of those aged 30 to 49 do so regularly (Katerina Eva Matsa/Pew Research Center)
Katerina Eva Matsa / Pew Research Center: Survey: 20% of US adults regularly consume news on TikTok, up from just 3% in 2020; 39% of those aged 18 to 29 and 25% of those aged 30 to 49 do so regularly — TikTok is primarily known for short-form video sharing, but it has also become a common place for many people to get news.
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