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1 in 5 Americans Regularly Get News on TikTok
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 Research Center survey from August. That share is unchanged from 2025 but up from just 3% in 2020.
% of U.S. adults who say they regularly get news from TikTok, by age group
Note: The other response option was “No, I don’t regularly get news on this.” Only respondents who indicated that they use TikTok were asked if they regularly get news there.
Source: Survey of U.S. adults conducted Aug. 24-30, 2026.
PEW RESEARCH CENTER
TikTok is increasingly a place for news, especially among young U.S. adults
% of U.S. adults who say they regularly get news from TikTok, by age group
U.S. adults
Ages 18-29
30-49
50-64
65+
2020
3
9
2
1
<1
2021
6
18
6
3
1
2022
10
26
10
4
1
2023
14
32
15
7
3
2024
17
39
19
9
3
2025
20
43
25
10
3
2026
20
39
25
11
4
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Younger adults are especially likely to regularly get news on TikTok. Among Americans ages 18 to 29, around four-in-ten (39%) say they do this regularly. That compares with 25% of those ages 30 to 49, 11% of those ages 50 to 64 and 4% of those ages 65 and older.
Black and Hispanic Americans are more likely than White and Asian Americans to get news on TikTok. Roughly a third of Black (32%) and Hispanic (35%) adults regularly get news there, social media platforms in the United States. Overall, 37% of Americans say they use TikTok. That trails the shares who use YouTube (84%), Facebook (70%) and Instagram (51%). But more U.S. adults say they use TikTok than WhatsApp (33%), LinkedIn (31%), Reddit (25%) or X (18%).
Looking specifically at U.S. adults whouse TikTok, 53% say they regularly get news on the platform. That’s about the same as the share who said this in 2025 (55%) but well above the 22% who did so in 2020. Today, the share of TikTok users who get news there is similar to the shares of Facebook users (57%) and X users (57%) who regularly get news on those sites, and higher than the shares among users of other social media platforms.
% of each social media site’s users who say theyregularlyget news there
Note: The other response option was “No, I don’t regularly get news on this.” Only respondents who indicated that they use each site were asked if they regularly get news there.
Source: Survey of U.S. adults conducted Aug. 24-30, 2026.
PEW RESEARCH CENTER
About half of U.S. adult TikTok users get news there, up from 22% in 2020
% of each social media site’s users who say theyregularlyget news there
YouTube
TikTok
X (Twitter)
Nextdoor
Rumble
Truth Social
Bluesky
2020
54
32
28
22
59
42
15
13
2021
47
30
27
29
55
39
14
14
2022
44
30
29
33
53
37
23
13
10
2023
43
32
34
43
53
38
28
17
12
2024
48
37
40
52
59
33
27
14
16
48
57
2025
53
41
41
55
57
35
33
15
49
55
38
2026
57
41
46
53
57
35
45
20
16
53
55
39
Note: The other response option was “No, I don’t regularly get news on this.” Only respondents who indicated that they use each site were asked if they regularly get news there.
Source: Survey of U.S. adults conducted Aug. 24-30, 2026.
PEW RESEARCH CENTER
Note: This is an update of a post originally published Nov. 15, 2023. Here are the questions used for this analysis, the topline and the survey methodology.
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