More Americans get news on Twitter and Facebook than in the past, according to a new report by Pew Research Center in association with the John S. and James L. Knight Foundation.
The survey of 2,035 U.S. adults sheds light on Americans’ evolving news and information habits on the two platforms.
Here are five key takeaways from the report:
- More users are getting news on both sites than in the past. Nearly two-thirds (63%) of Facebook users and the same share of Twitter users get news via each of the social media sites.
- The percentage of Twitter users who follow breaking news there is nearly twice as high as that of Facebook users.
- Twitter news users see a somewhat greater mix of topics than Facebook news users.
- Facebook users are more likely to post and comment on political content, whereas Twitter users are more likely to follow news organizations and political parties.
- The increase in the share of users getting news on each platform cuts across nearly every demographic measured – gender, race, age, education and household income.
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