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More U.S. Adults Get Their News From TikTok—As Facebook And X Slide
Forbes ^ | 11/15/23 | Britney Nguyen

Posted on 11/15/2023 6:31:51 PM PST by DeathBeforeDishonor1

A growing number of U.S. adults regularly get their news from TikTok, with almost a third of adults between 18 and 29 relying on the video-sharing platform, according to a survey from the Pew Research Center—even as fewer people get news from social media sites like X and Facebook.

KEY FACTS Between 2020 and 2023, the percentage of U.S. adults who reported regularly getting their news from TikTok has increased four-fold from 3% to 14%, according to Pew Research, which surveyed 8,842 adults in late September and early October.

Fifteen percent of U.S. adults between the ages of 30 and 49 reported regularly getting news from the platform, while 7% of U.S. adults between 50 and 64 years old and 3% of adults over 65 said they regularly get their news from TikTok, the survey showed.

Overall, 43% of TikTok users said they regularly get news on the platform—10 points more users than a year ago, and double the percentage of users who said the same in 2020, according to Pew.

Users of X and Facebook are more likely to regularly get their news from those sites than users of TikTok, but the number of users who rely on them for news has declined since 2020, falling from 54% in 2020 to 43% this year for Facebook and 59% to 53% for X, according to Pew.

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TOPICS: Miscellaneous
KEYWORDS: chat; facebook; fakenews; pewpew; pewresearch; tiktok; twitter; x

Today I saw a US soldier hold a Communist Flag. Its over. Theres nothing to save.

1 posted on 11/15/2023 6:31:51 PM PST by DeathBeforeDishonor1
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To: DeathBeforeDishonor1

That’s why this country has gone full third world loaded with turd rollers from all over the planet.


2 posted on 11/15/2023 6:36:31 PM PST by FlingWingFlyer ('Build Back Better' is a Bidenskyyyyyyism for 'we gotta get rid of all dem white peoples'.)
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To: DeathBeforeDishonor1

How do they get their news off of TikTok, is it a separate part or do they just find it mixed in with everything else?


3 posted on 11/15/2023 6:36:35 PM PST by ansel12 ((NATO warrior under Reagan, and RA under Nixon, bemoaning the pro-Russians from Vietnam to Ukraine.))
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To: DeathBeforeDishonor1

Tik-Toc is aptly named.

Tic-tic-tic—


4 posted on 11/15/2023 6:37:38 PM PST by BrexitBen
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To: DeathBeforeDishonor1

China is easily the US’s number one news source.

I am going to fight this with a new and larger Gadsden flag!


5 posted on 11/15/2023 6:37:50 PM PST by NoLibZone (We have the nation we deserve The bad guys are willing to protest and riot while we email.)
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To: DeathBeforeDishonor1

“A growing number of U.S. adults regularly get their news from TikTok”

People to be avoided.


6 posted on 11/15/2023 6:40:31 PM PST by simpson96
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To: DeathBeforeDishonor1

Tik Tok sends me video clips of pigeons, parrots and parakeets, and I’m very happy.


7 posted on 11/15/2023 6:48:29 PM PST by Ciexyz (Prayers for America and Israel.)
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To: DeathBeforeDishonor1

Garbage in; garbage out.


8 posted on 11/15/2023 6:53:50 PM PST by OrangeHoof (No food in the stores; fuel prices too high? Thank a liberal.)
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To: OrangeHoof

Indeed.


9 posted on 11/15/2023 7:00:47 PM PST by No name given (Anonymous is who you’ll know me as )
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To: OrangeHoof
A rant desperately needed right now
10 posted on 11/15/2023 7:02:23 PM PST by knarf (I say things that are true . . . . . I have no proof, but they're true !)
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To: DeathBeforeDishonor1

I think elon musk made a mistake by changing the name of twitter.


11 posted on 11/15/2023 7:32:32 PM PST by webheart
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To: DeathBeforeDishonor1

Chinese infiltration has done its job.


12 posted on 11/15/2023 7:37:07 PM PST by Revel
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To: DeathBeforeDishonor1

The dempanic screwed up a lot of “adults’” brains. A lot cannot live without Tik Tok and it’s retarded “influencers” to show them the way.


13 posted on 11/15/2023 8:20:00 PM PST by FlingWingFlyer ('Build Back Better' is a Bidenskyyyyyyism for 'we gotta get rid of all dem white peoples'.)
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To: DeathBeforeDishonor1

Ah, so the mystery of why 18-29 year olds are so dumb has been solved.


14 posted on 11/15/2023 9:19:15 PM PST by Newtoidaho (All I ask of living is to have no chains on me.)
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To: DeathBeforeDishonor1
Consequences.

Meta Takes Another Step Away From News Content With the Removal of Facebook News in More Regions

Publishers see dramatic drop in Facebook referral traffic as the social platform signals exit from news business

15 posted on 11/16/2023 2:54:14 AM PST by Timber Rattler ("To be prepared for war is one of the most effectual means of preserving peace." --George Washington)
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To: DeathBeforeDishonor1

Brain dead idiots get news from TikTok. I trust no social media platform for news and it’s getting so any supposed news is total BS. Seems like everything is third, forth hand news and heresay.


16 posted on 11/16/2023 5:11:35 AM PST by maddog55 (The only thing systemic in America is the left's hatred of it!)
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