A fifth of U.S. adults now regularly get news on TikTok, up from just 3% in 2020. In fact, during that span, no social media platform we’ve studied has experienced faster growth in news consumption, according to a new Pew Research Center analysis.
TikTok is primarily known for short-form video sharing and is especially popular among teens – 63% of whom report ever using the platform.
But it has also become a popular news source for young adults. In our new survey, 43% of adults under 30 say they regularly get news there, up from 9% in 2020.
That’s a terrible way to get news.
I actually follow government subsidised but independent news from Germany. They are also doing a “news in 100 seconds”-podcast on Spotify. Some of the channels I follow also cover events like the general strike in Italy (and how it is not widely covered in mainstream media) but I stay vigilant and don’t treat it as a single source of truth.