Women make up a greater portion of regular news consumers on Nextdoor (66%), Facebook (62%), Instagram (59%) and TikTok (58%), while men make up a greater share on sites like Reddit (67%), X (62%) and YouTube (58%). There are demographic differences, such as by gender, in who turns to each social media site regularly for news. Who consumes news on each social media site On the other hand, only 15% of Snapchat users regularly get news on the app. Some social media sites – despite having relatively small overall audiences – stand out for having high shares of users who regularly go to the site for news. For example, roughly half of users on X (53%) get news there. The platform’s name change took place in July 2023.) adults say they have seen or heard something about the renaming of Twitter as X. Even fewer Americans regularly get news on Nextdoor (5%), LinkedIn (5%), Snapchat (4%), WhatsApp (3%) or Twitch (1%). Smaller shares regularly get news on Instagram (16%), TikTok (14%), X (12%) or Reddit (8%). Slightly fewer (26%) regularly get news on YouTube.

adults say they regularly get news there. When it comes to where Americans regularly get news on social media, Facebook outpaces all other social media sites. adults get news at least sometimes from social media. Digital news has become an important part of Americans’ news media diets, with social media playing a crucial role in news consumption.

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