{"id":4818,"date":"2015-10-08T09:45:58","date_gmt":"2015-10-08T14:45:58","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/alpha.pewresearch.org\/pewresearch-org\/chart\/social-media-users-over-time-by-educational-attainment\/"},"modified":"2025-07-18T14:11:41","modified_gmt":"2025-07-18T18:11:41","slug":"social-media-users-over-time-by-educational-attainment","status":"publish","type":"chart","link":"https:\/\/alpha.pewresearch.org\/pewresearch-org\/chart\/social-media-users-over-time-by-educational-attainment\/","title":{"rendered":"Those With Lower Levels of Education Are Less Likely to Use Social Media"},"content":{"rendered":"<figure class=\"wp-chart-builder\">\t\t<div style=\"max-width:640px\" class=\"wp-chart-builder-wrapper alignnone wp-block-prc-chart-builder-controller\" id=\"3af10cdb-cd68-441b-b3e2-74fc794a756fabfru\" data-wp-interactive=\"prc-chart-builder\/controller\" data-wp-context=\"{&quot;id&quot;:&quot;3af10cdb-cd68-441b-b3e2-74fc794a756fabfru&quot;,&quot;postId&quot;:4818,&quot;postUrl&quot;:&quot;https:\\\/\\\/alpha.pewresearch.org\\\/pewresearch-org\\\/chart\\\/social-media-users-over-time-by-educational-attainment\\\/&quot;,&quot;chartPostUrl&quot;:&quot;https:\\\/\\\/alpha.pewresearch.org\\\/pewresearch-org\\\/chart\\\/social-media-users-over-time-by-educational-attainment\\\/&quot;,&quot;postPubDate&quot;:&quot;2015-10-08&quot;,&quot;rootUrl&quot;:&quot;https:\\\/\\\/alpha.pewresearch.org\\\/pewresearch-org&quot;,&quot;featuredImageId&quot;:null,&quot;featuredImageUrl&quot;:null,&quot;title&quot;:&quot;Those With Lower Levels of Education Are Less Likely to Use Social Media&quot;,&quot;subtitle&quot;:&quot;Among all American adults, % who use social networking sites, by education level&quot;,&quot;note&quot;:&quot;&quot;,&quot;source&quot;:&quot;Source: Pew Research Center surveys, 2005-2006, 2008-2015. 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