The share of U.S. adults who regularly get their news from TikTok is growing, due to the app's growing popularity among adults under 30, according to the research firm. New Analysis From the Pew Research Center.
An analysis of the survey, conducted between July 15 and Aug. 4, released Tuesday, found that 17% of respondents said they regularly get their news from TikTok, up nearly five-fold from just 3% in 2020.
Since 2020, an increase in people of all age groups have said they regularly get their news from the platform.
Thirty-nine percent of adults ages 18-29 say they regularly get their news from TikTok, up from 9% in 2020. Nearly one-fifth, or 19%, of respondents ages 30-49 regularly get their news from TikTok, up from 2% in 2020.
9% of people ages 50-64 regularly get their news from TikTok, up from 1% in 2020. And 3% of adults ages 65 and older regularly get their news from TikTok, up from less than 1% in 2020.
Additionally, more Americans are turning to TikTok for news, and the share of people using TikTok for news purposes on the platform is also growing.
Now, 52% of TikTok users say they regularly get their news there, up from 22% in 2020. Instagram has seen a similar increase among users, with 40% of users now saying they regularly go to Instagram to get news, up from 28% in 2020.
YouTube is also seeing a slight increase in the percentage of users who say they get their news regularly, from 37% in 2024 to 32% in 2020.
Compared to 2020, the percentage of platform users who regularly get news from X (formerly Twitter) remained unchanged at 59% and from Snapchat at 19%.
The analysis comes as news organizations and public officials have had to adapt to the nation's changing news consumption habits in order to reach people where they are. Former President Trump, Vice President Harris and President Biden all joined TikTok during their election campaigns, despite previously criticizing various aspects of the app.
The survey included 10,658 U.S. adults and has a sampling margin of error of 1.2 percentage points.
