Pew Survey: One in Five U.S. Adults Regularly Get News on TikTok, Rising to 39% Among Ages 18 to 29
A survey released October 19 by the Pew Research Center found that 20% of U.S. adults now regularly get news on the short-video platform TikTok. The share is unchanged from 2025 but up sharply from 3% in 2020.
Among TikTok users, 53% say they regularly get news on the platform. The generational gap is wide: 39% of adults ages 18 to 29 regularly get news on TikTok, compared with just 4% of those 65 and older.
The survey was conducted August 24-30, 2026, among 5,166 U.S. adults, as part of Pew's ongoing research on social media and news consumption.
(Source: Pew Research Center survey short read)
Source: Pew Research Center survey short read
Published by GSM · USA (original Chinese edition)
Photo: 一部智能手机上显示的TikTok应用。（Wikimedia Commons，CC BY-SA 2.0，Solen Feyissa摄）The TikTok app displayed on a smartphone. (Wikimedia Commons, CC BY-SA 2.0, photo by Solen Feyissa)
