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.
Fucking hell.
GenZ and younger are going to make what happened to their Fox News, Rush Limbaugh, AM talk radio hate filled grandparents and parents look tame in comparison.
I’m glad I don’t have kids.
All for profit social media controlled by billionaires and government propaganda are a cancer that should be destroyed. Now.
The solution is for parents to talk to their kids. Crazy, I know.