{"id":169371,"date":"2024-06-12T09:50:25","date_gmt":"2024-06-12T13:50:30","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/alpha.pewresearch.org\/pewresearch-org\/?p=169371"},"modified":"2025-07-20T23:23:18","modified_gmt":"2025-07-21T03:23:18","slug":"facebook-users-experiences-with-news","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/alpha.pewresearch.org\/pewresearch-org\/journalism\/2024\/06\/12\/facebook-users-experiences-with-news\/","title":{"rendered":"3. Facebook users\u2019 experiences with news\u00a0"},"content":{"rendered":"\n<p class=\"wp-block-paragraph\">Facebook, an early major player in the social media space, is now <a href=\"https:\/\/alpha.pewresearch.org\/pewresearch-org\/internet\/2022\/08\/10\/teens-social-media-and-technology-2022\/\">relatively unpopular with American teenagers<\/a> and has declined as a news destination in recent years as its parent company <a href=\"https:\/\/www.cnbc.com\/2024\/01\/22\/metas-retreat-from-news-accelerated-in-2023-leaving-media-scrambling.html\">moves to deemphasize news on the platform<\/a>. Still, as of 2023, a larger share of Americans say they <a href=\"https:\/\/alpha.pewresearch.org\/pewresearch-org\/journalism\/fact-sheet\/social-media-and-news-fact-sheet\/#news-consumption-on-social-media\">regularly get news there<\/a> (30%) than on any other social media site.<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p class=\"wp-block-paragraph\">Our survey looks at U.S. Facebook users\u2019 experiences with getting news. Among the key findings:<\/p>\n\n\n\n<ul class=\"wp-block-list\">\n<li><strong>Although fewer than half of Facebook users say news is a reason they use the site, <a href=\"https:\/\/alpha.pewresearch.org\/pewresearch-org\/journalism\/2024\/06\/12\/how-americans-get-news-on-tiktok-x-facebook-and-instagram\/\">most see some kind of news content on the platform<\/a>.<\/strong> This content is more commonly opinions or funny posts related to current events rather than news articles linked or shared, similar to patterns seen on Instagram and TikTok.<\/li>\n\n\n\n<li><strong>Friends, family and acquaintances are major sources of news on Facebook.<\/strong> A large majority of regular Facebook news consumers say they get news from friends and family (85%). This is higher than the share who say they get news from news outlets or journalists on the platform (68%).&nbsp;<\/li>\n\n\n\n<li><strong>Republican news consumers on Facebook are more skeptical toward news on the platform than Democrats.<\/strong> Among regular news consumers on Facebook, 38% of Republicans say they often see inaccurate news there, compared with 29% of Democrats. Republican Facebook news consumers also are more likely than Democrats to say they think Facebook influences the news stories they see a lot (40% vs. 26%).<\/li>\n<\/ul>\n\n\n\n<h3 data-is-section=\"true\" data-wp-context=\"{&quot;id&quot;:&quot;how-people-get-news-on-facebook&quot;}\" data-wp-interactive=\"{&quot;namespace&quot;:&quot;prc-block\\\/table-of-contents&quot;}\" class=\"wp-block-heading\" id=\"how-people-get-news-on-facebook\">How people get news on Facebook<\/h3>\n\n\n\n<figure class=\"wp-block-image alignright size-310-wide\"><a href=\"https:\/\/alpha.pewresearch.org\/pewresearch-org\/?attachment_id=169447\"><img data-dominant-color=\"eceaea\" data-has-transparency=\"false\" style=\"--dominant-color: #eceaea;\" loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\"  srcset=\"https:\/\/alpha.pewresearch.org\/pewresearch-org\/wp-content\/uploads\/sites\/20\/2024\/05\/PJ_2024.06.12_social-media-platforms-news_3-01.png?resize=480,440 480w, https:\/\/alpha.pewresearch.org\/pewresearch-org\/wp-content\/uploads\/sites\/20\/2024\/05\/PJ_2024.06.12_social-media-platforms-news_3-01.png?resize=620,568 620w\" sizes=\"(max-width: 480px) 480px, (max-width: 782px) 782px, 640px\" height=\"284\" width=\"310\" src=\"https:\/\/alpha.pewresearch.org\/pewresearch-org\/wp-content\/uploads\/sites\/20\/2024\/05\/PJ_2024.06.12_social-media-platforms-news_3-01.png?w=620\" alt=\"Bar chart showing a minority of Facebook users say news is a reason they use the platform\" class=\"wp-image-169447 not-transparent\" \/><\/a><\/figure>\n\n\n\n<p class=\"wp-block-paragraph\">Fewer than half of Facebook users (37%) say they regularly get news on the site.<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p class=\"wp-block-paragraph\">A similar share say that news is either a major (7%) or minor (30%) reason they use Facebook. A majority (63%) say news is not a reason they are on the platform.<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p class=\"wp-block-paragraph\"><a href=\"https:\/\/alpha.pewresearch.org\/pewresearch-org\/internet\/2024\/06\/12\/how-facebook-users-view-experience-the-platform\/\"><em>Read more:<\/em> <em>Reasons for using Facebook<\/em><\/a><\/p>\n\n\n\n<p class=\"wp-block-paragraph\">Regardless of whether they regularly get news from Facebook \u2013 or whether news is a reason they visit the site \u2013 a large majority of Facebook users see news-related content on the platform.<\/p>\n\n\n\n<figure class=\"wp-block-image alignright size-420-wide\"><a href=\"https:\/\/alpha.pewresearch.org\/pewresearch-org\/?attachment_id=169448\"><img data-dominant-color=\"e2dbdc\" data-has-transparency=\"false\" style=\"--dominant-color: #e2dbdc;\" loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\"  srcset=\"https:\/\/alpha.pewresearch.org\/pewresearch-org\/wp-content\/uploads\/sites\/20\/2024\/05\/PJ_2024.06.12_social-media-platforms-news_3-02.png?resize=480,352 480w, https:\/\/alpha.pewresearch.org\/pewresearch-org\/wp-content\/uploads\/sites\/20\/2024\/05\/PJ_2024.06.12_social-media-platforms-news_3-02.png?resize=782,573 782w, https:\/\/alpha.pewresearch.org\/pewresearch-org\/wp-content\/uploads\/sites\/20\/2024\/05\/PJ_2024.06.12_social-media-platforms-news_3-02.png?resize=840,616 840w\" sizes=\"(max-width: 480px) 480px, (max-width: 782px) 782px, 640px\" height=\"308\" width=\"420\" src=\"https:\/\/alpha.pewresearch.org\/pewresearch-org\/wp-content\/uploads\/sites\/20\/2024\/05\/PJ_2024.06.12_social-media-platforms-news_3-02.png?w=840\" alt=\"Bar chart showing a vast majority of Facebook users see content there about current events focused on opinion and humor\" class=\"wp-image-169448 not-transparent\" \/><\/a><\/figure>\n\n\n\n<p class=\"wp-block-paragraph\">The most common types of content related to news that U.S. Facebook users see are opinions about current events (84% of users say they see this type of content) and funny posts that reference current events (81%). About three-quarters of users (74%) say they see news articles, whether from posts, reposts, links or screenshots, and 58% say they ever see breaking news about an event as it is happening on Facebook.<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p class=\"wp-block-paragraph\">Roughly nine-in-ten Facebook users (91%) ever see at least one of these types of content on the platform.<\/p>\n\n\n\n<h4 class=\"wp-block-heading\" id=\"what-sources-people-get-news-from-on-facebook\">What sources people get news from on Facebook<\/h4>\n\n\n\n<figure class=\"wp-block-image alignright size-420-wide\"><a href=\"https:\/\/alpha.pewresearch.org\/pewresearch-org\/?attachment_id=169449\"><img data-dominant-color=\"e7e1e2\" data-has-transparency=\"false\" style=\"--dominant-color: #e7e1e2;\" loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\"  srcset=\"https:\/\/alpha.pewresearch.org\/pewresearch-org\/wp-content\/uploads\/sites\/20\/2024\/05\/PJ_2024.06.12_social-media-platforms-news_3-03.png?resize=480,390 480w, https:\/\/alpha.pewresearch.org\/pewresearch-org\/wp-content\/uploads\/sites\/20\/2024\/05\/PJ_2024.06.12_social-media-platforms-news_3-03.png?resize=782,635 782w, https:\/\/alpha.pewresearch.org\/pewresearch-org\/wp-content\/uploads\/sites\/20\/2024\/05\/PJ_2024.06.12_social-media-platforms-news_3-03.png?resize=840,682 840w\" sizes=\"(max-width: 480px) 480px, (max-width: 782px) 782px, 640px\" height=\"341\" width=\"420\" src=\"https:\/\/alpha.pewresearch.org\/pewresearch-org\/wp-content\/uploads\/sites\/20\/2024\/05\/PJ_2024.06.12_social-media-platforms-news_3-03.png?w=840\" alt=\"Bar chart showing on Facebook, news commonly comes from friends, family and acquaintances\" class=\"wp-image-169449 not-transparent\" \/><\/a><\/figure>\n\n\n\n<p class=\"wp-block-paragraph\">True to Facebook\u2019s social origins, friends, family and acquaintances are the most common source of news on the site. Among Americans who say they regularly get news on the site, 85% say they ever get news from friends, family or acquaintances.<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p class=\"wp-block-paragraph\">That\u2019s higher than the percentage of regular news consumers on Facebook who get news from news outlets or journalists (68%), advocacy groups or nonprofits (55%), influencers or celebrities (44%), or any other people they don\u2019t know personally (58%).<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p class=\"wp-block-paragraph\">Facebook news consumers are also more likely than news consumers on other major social media sites to <a href=\"https:\/\/alpha.pewresearch.org\/pewresearch-org\/journalism\/2024\/06\/12\/how-americans-get-news-on-tiktok-x-facebook-and-instagram\/#what-types-of-sources-are-americans-getting-news-from-on-social-media-sites\">get news from friends and family<\/a>.<\/p>\n\n\n\n<h3 data-is-section=\"true\" data-wp-context=\"{&quot;id&quot;:&quot;views-about-news-on-facebook&quot;}\" data-wp-interactive=\"{&quot;namespace&quot;:&quot;prc-block\\\/table-of-contents&quot;}\" class=\"wp-block-heading\" id=\"views-about-news-on-facebook\">Views about news on Facebook<\/h3>\n\n\n\n<h4 class=\"wp-block-heading\" id=\"inaccurate-information\">Inaccurate information<\/h4>\n\n\n\n<figure class=\"wp-block-image alignright size-310-wide\"><a href=\"https:\/\/alpha.pewresearch.org\/pewresearch-org\/?attachment_id=169450\"><img data-dominant-color=\"e5dedf\" data-has-transparency=\"false\" style=\"--dominant-color: #e5dedf;\" loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\"  srcset=\"https:\/\/alpha.pewresearch.org\/pewresearch-org\/wp-content\/uploads\/sites\/20\/2024\/05\/PJ_2024.06.12_social-media-platforms-news_3-04.png?resize=480,615 480w, https:\/\/alpha.pewresearch.org\/pewresearch-org\/wp-content\/uploads\/sites\/20\/2024\/05\/PJ_2024.06.12_social-media-platforms-news_3-04.png?resize=620,794 620w\" sizes=\"(max-width: 480px) 480px, (max-width: 782px) 782px, 640px\" height=\"397\" width=\"310\" src=\"https:\/\/alpha.pewresearch.org\/pewresearch-org\/wp-content\/uploads\/sites\/20\/2024\/05\/PJ_2024.06.12_social-media-platforms-news_3-04.png?w=620\" alt=\"Bar chart one-third of Facebook news consumers say they often see news there that seems inaccurate\" class=\"wp-image-169450 not-transparent\" \/><\/a><\/figure>\n\n\n\n<p class=\"wp-block-paragraph\">A third of U.S. adults who regularly get news on Facebook say they extremely or fairly often see news on the platform that seems inaccurate, while about half (51%) say they see this sometimes.<\/p>\n\n\n\n<h5 class=\"wp-block-heading\" id=\"views-by-party\"><em>Views by party<\/em><\/h5>\n\n\n\n<p class=\"wp-block-paragraph\">Republican news consumers (including independents who lean Republican) on Facebook are slightly more likely than their Democratic counterparts (including Democratic leaners) to say they often see news on Facebook that seems inaccurate (38% vs. 29%).<\/p>\n\n\n\n<h4 class=\"wp-block-heading\" id=\"facebook-s-influence-on-news\">Facebook\u2019s influence on news<\/h4>\n\n\n\n<figure class=\"wp-block-image alignright size-310-wide\"><a href=\"https:\/\/alpha.pewresearch.org\/pewresearch-org\/?attachment_id=169451\"><img data-dominant-color=\"e5dedf\" data-has-transparency=\"false\" style=\"--dominant-color: #e5dedf;\" loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\"  srcset=\"https:\/\/alpha.pewresearch.org\/pewresearch-org\/wp-content\/uploads\/sites\/20\/2024\/05\/PJ_2024.06.12_social-media-platforms-news_3-05.png?resize=480,610 480w, https:\/\/alpha.pewresearch.org\/pewresearch-org\/wp-content\/uploads\/sites\/20\/2024\/05\/PJ_2024.06.12_social-media-platforms-news_3-05.png?resize=620,788 620w\" sizes=\"(max-width: 480px) 480px, (max-width: 782px) 782px, 640px\" height=\"394\" width=\"310\" src=\"https:\/\/alpha.pewresearch.org\/pewresearch-org\/wp-content\/uploads\/sites\/20\/2024\/05\/PJ_2024.06.12_social-media-platforms-news_3-05.png?w=620\" alt=\"Bar chart showing more Republican Facebook news consumers see the platform as influencing the news stories they see\" class=\"wp-image-169451 not-transparent\" \/><\/a><\/figure>\n\n\n\n<p class=\"wp-block-paragraph\">Most Americans who regularly get news from Facebook (74%) say they think the platform influences which news stories they see at least some, including 32% who say Facebook influences which news stories they see <em>a lot<\/em>.<\/p>\n\n\n\n<h5 class=\"wp-block-heading\" id=\"views-by-party-0\"><em>Views by party<\/em><\/h5>\n\n\n\n<p class=\"wp-block-paragraph\">Republican news consumers on Facebook are more likely than their Democratic counterparts to say that Facebook influences which news stories they see. Eight-in-ten Republican Facebook news consumers think Facebook influences which stories they see at least some, compared with about two-thirds of Democrats who get news on the site (68%). This includes 40% of Republicans (vs. 26% of Democrats) who think Facebook influences which news stories they see <em>a lot<\/em>.<\/p>\n\n\n\n<h4 class=\"wp-block-heading\" id=\"facebook-as-a-source-of-unique-news\">Facebook as a source of unique news<\/h4>\n\n\n\n<figure class=\"wp-block-image alignright size-420-wide\"><a href=\"https:\/\/alpha.pewresearch.org\/pewresearch-org\/?attachment_id=169452\"><img data-dominant-color=\"e9e6e3\" data-has-transparency=\"false\" style=\"--dominant-color: #e9e6e3;\" loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\"  srcset=\"https:\/\/alpha.pewresearch.org\/pewresearch-org\/wp-content\/uploads\/sites\/20\/2024\/05\/PJ_2024.06.12_social-media-platforms-news_3-06.png?resize=480,349 480w, https:\/\/alpha.pewresearch.org\/pewresearch-org\/wp-content\/uploads\/sites\/20\/2024\/05\/PJ_2024.06.12_social-media-platforms-news_3-06.png?resize=782,568 782w, https:\/\/alpha.pewresearch.org\/pewresearch-org\/wp-content\/uploads\/sites\/20\/2024\/05\/PJ_2024.06.12_social-media-platforms-news_3-06.png?resize=840,610 840w\" sizes=\"(max-width: 480px) 480px, (max-width: 782px) 782px, 640px\" height=\"305\" width=\"420\" src=\"https:\/\/alpha.pewresearch.org\/pewresearch-org\/wp-content\/uploads\/sites\/20\/2024\/05\/PJ_2024.06.12_social-media-platforms-news_3-06.png?w=840\" alt=\"Bar chart showing few Facebook news consumers say the site mostly provides news they wouldn\u2019t have seen elsewhere\" class=\"wp-image-169452 not-transparent\" \/><\/a><\/figure>\n\n\n\n<p class=\"wp-block-paragraph\">Relatively few Facebook news consumers see the news they get on the platform as <em>mostly<\/em> unique to Facebook. Just 14% say the news they see on Facebook is mostly news they would not have gotten elsewhere, while far more (36%) say it is mostly news they would have seen somewhere else if they didn\u2019t use Facebook. The largest portion (48%) say the news they see is about an even mix of both.<\/p>\n\n\n\n<h4 class=\"wp-block-heading\" id=\"feeling-worn-out-by-news-on-facebook\">Feeling worn out by news on Facebook<\/h4>\n\n\n\n<figure class=\"wp-block-image alignright size-310-wide\"><a href=\"https:\/\/alpha.pewresearch.org\/pewresearch-org\/?attachment_id=169453\"><img data-dominant-color=\"e7e2e3\" data-has-transparency=\"false\" style=\"--dominant-color: #e7e2e3;\" loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\"  srcset=\"https:\/\/alpha.pewresearch.org\/pewresearch-org\/wp-content\/uploads\/sites\/20\/2024\/05\/PJ_2024.06.12_social-media-platforms-news_3-07.png?resize=480,478 480w, https:\/\/alpha.pewresearch.org\/pewresearch-org\/wp-content\/uploads\/sites\/20\/2024\/05\/PJ_2024.06.12_social-media-platforms-news_3-07.png?resize=620,617 620w\" sizes=\"(max-width: 480px) 480px, (max-width: 782px) 782px, 640px\" height=\"309\" width=\"310\" src=\"https:\/\/alpha.pewresearch.org\/pewresearch-org\/wp-content\/uploads\/sites\/20\/2024\/05\/PJ_2024.06.12_social-media-platforms-news_3-07.png?w=620\" alt=\"Bar chart showing most Facebook news consumers at least sometimes feel worn out by the news they see on the site\" class=\"wp-image-169453 not-transparent\" \/><\/a><\/figure>\n\n\n\n<p class=\"wp-block-paragraph\">Among Americans who regularly get news on Facebook, 23% say they extremely or fairly often feel worn out by the news there, while an additional 46% say they sometimes feel this way.<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p class=\"wp-block-paragraph\">News consumers who see at least some political content on Facebook are more likely than those who see less politics-related content to feel worn out by the news on the platform at least sometimes (79% vs. 55%).<\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>Just 37% of Facebook users say news is a reason they use the site, but most see some news content there \u2013 often from friends or family.<\/p>\n","protected":false},"author":675,"featured_media":0,"comment_status":"closed","ping_status":"closed","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"sub_headline":"","sub_title":"","_crdt_document":"","_prc_public_revisions":[],"_ppp_expiration_hours":0,"_ppp_enabled":false,"ai_generated_summary":"","relatedPosts":[],"reportMaterials":[],"multiSectionReport":[],"package_parts__enabled":false,"package_parts":[],"_prc_fork_parent":0,"_prc_fork_status":"","_prc_active_fork":0,"datacite_doi":"","datacite_doi_citation":"","_prc_seo_qr_attachment_id":0,"spoken_article_player_enabled":true,"bylines":[],"acknowledgements":[],"displayBylines":true,"footnotes":"","prc_watchers":[]},"categories":[311,403,352,424,312],"tags":[],"bylines":[848,651,983,646],"collection":[2367],"datasets":[2775],"level_of_effort":[],"primary_audience":[],"information_type":[],"_post_visibility":[],"formats":[458],"_fund_pool":[],"languages":[],"regions-countries":[515],"research-teams":[527],"workflow-status":[],"class_list":["post-169371","post","type-post","status-publish","format-standard","hentry","category-facebook","category-instagram","category-social-media-news","category-tiktok","category-twitter-x","bylines-elisa-shearer","bylines-jacob-liedke","bylines-katerina-eva-matsa","bylines-sarah-naseer","collection-pew-knight-initiative","datasets-american-trends-panel-wave-144","formats-report","regions-countries-united-states","research-teams-journalism"],"label":false,"post_parent":169348,"word_count":848,"canonical_url":"https:\/\/alpha.pewresearch.org\/pewresearch-org\/journalism\/2024\/06\/12\/facebook-users-experiences-with-news\/","art_direction":{"A1":{"id":169908,"rawUrl":"https:\/\/alpha.pewresearch.org\/pewresearch-org\/wp-content\/uploads\/sites\/20\/2024\/06\/PJ_2024.06.12_social-media-platforms-news_topic.png","url":"https:\/\/alpha.pewresearch.org\/pewresearch-org\/wp-content\/uploads\/sites\/20\/2024\/06\/PJ_2024.06.12_social-media-platforms-news_topic.png?w=564&h=317&crop=1","width":564,"height":317,"caption":"A Facebook livestream of a naturalization ceremony held at New York City's Public Library for the Performing Arts in on April 28, 2021. 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