Facebook remains the most popular social media site for news consumption, with 30% of US adults regularly using the platform for this purpose. It's followed by YouTube (26%), Instagram (16%), TikTok (14%), and X (12%).
"We know that people don't come to Facebook for news and political content - they come to connect with people and discover new opportunities, passions, and interests," Meta wrote in the Facebook News tab deprecation announcement.
Pew Research also looked at the demographic differences between social media platform users, including genders. Male users were more prevalent on Reddit (67%), X (62%) and YouTube (58%), while females made up a greater number of users on Nextdoor (66%), Facebook (62%), Instagram (5
[
add
]
[
|
|
...
]