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Research from the Pew Research Center shows a small but growing share of U.S. adults say they regularly get news on TikTok. This is in stark contrast to many other social media sites, where news consumption has either declined or remained flat in recent years.
In just three years, the share of U.S. adults who say they regularly get news from TikTok has more than quadrupled, from 3% in 2020 to 14% in 2023.
TikTok, known primarily for short-form video sharing, is especially popular among teens and young adults, two-thirds of whom say they have used the platform.
Among adults, those ages 18 to 29 are most likely to say they regularly get news on TikTok, the study shows. About one-third of Americans in this age group (32%) say they often get their news there, which is higher than in previous years. This compares with 15% of those aged 30 to 49, 7% of those aged 50 to 64, and just 3% of those aged 65 and older. More U.S. adult users of TikTok also get their news there.
Currently, 43% of TikTok users say they regularly get news on the site, up from 33% in 2022. TikTok users are now as likely to get their news from TikTok as Facebook users are to get their news from Facebook. Still, TikTok users are less likely than users of X (formerly Twitter) to get news on the site.
(Source: Pew Research Center, USA Image source: freepik)
