According to data from Pew Research Center,
while digital devices are the most common way to get news content, a majority of adults in a recent survey (63%) say they get news from television -- at least sometimes.
Pew, a nonpartisan
research organization, found that 31% “often” get news from TV -- a percentage that has not changed much over the past few years -- compared to 12% for radio and 6% for print
newspapers/magazines.
Pew says there is overlap. According to the data -- from a survey of 5,166 U.S. adults conducted Aug. 4 through Aug. 30 of this year -- 59% of U.S. adults say
they get news "often" from digital devices, up from 56% in 2025.
Social media, digital websites and streaming TV platforms -- like YouTube -- continue to pull more viewers onto their platforms
when it comes to news consumers, the survey found.
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Looking more in depth at digital-first platforms, Pew finds that 40% of U.S. adults say they "regularly" get news on Facebook, and 34% on
YouTube, followed by Instagram at 23%, TikTok with 20%, X at 10%, Reddit at 9%, Nextdoor with 8%, LinkedIn at 6%, WhatsApp with 5%, Rumble at 2%, Truth Social with 2% and Bluesky at 1%.
When
it comes to estimating the percentage of social media sites’ own users, Pew says 57% of both X and Facebook users regularly get their news on those platforms. On TikTok, it is 53%; For
Instagram, it is 46%.
Focusing on the broad demographic breakdown of news consumers, women are more likely to regularly get news from Facebook and TikTok, while men are more likely to go to
YouTube and X.
Younger adults are more likely to go to TikTok, Instagram and Reddit for news, according to the data, while adults without a college degree are more likely than college
graduates to get news from Facebook and TikTok.