{"id":288387,"date":"2026-02-19T13:55:32","date_gmt":"2026-02-19T18:55:32","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/alpha.pewresearch.org\/pewresearch-org\/?p=288387"},"modified":"2026-02-19T13:55:50","modified_gmt":"2026-02-19T18:55:50","slug":"email-newsletters-as-a-source-of-news","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/alpha.pewresearch.org\/pewresearch-org\/journalism\/2026\/02\/19\/email-newsletters-as-a-source-of-news\/","title":{"rendered":"Email Newsletters as a Source of News"},"content":{"rendered":"\n\n\n
About this research<\/summary>\n

This Pew Research Center report examines how Americans are getting news from email newsletters.<\/p>\n\n\n\n

Why we did this<\/strong><\/p>\n\n\n\n

Each year, we ask a set of questions to track how Americans get their news \u2013 and how it is changing. We measure traditional platforms like television, radio and print, as well as several digital pathways to news, such as news websites and apps, social media<\/a>, search engines and podcasts<\/a>. Refer to our news platform fact sheet<\/a> for full results.<\/p>\n\n\n\n

The news environment is always changing, and this year we asked about two platforms for the first time: email newsletters and artificial intelligence (AI) chatbots<\/a>. This report focuses on newsletters, which have gotten growing attention in recent years as many journalists have left traditional news outlets and joined self-publishing platforms like Substack<\/a>.<\/p>\n\n\n\n

Learn more about Pew Research Center<\/a> and our other research on Americans\u2019 news habits<\/a>.<\/p>\n\n\n\n

How we did this<\/strong><\/p>\n\n\n\n

We surveyed 5,153 U.S. adults from Aug. 18 to 24, 2025. Everyone who participated in our survey is a member of our American Trends Panel<\/a>, a nationally representative sample which is weighted to represent the views of the full U.S. population.<\/p>\n\n\n\n

Here are the survey questions<\/a> used for this report, the detailed responses<\/a> and the survey methodology<\/a>.<\/p>\n<\/details>\n\n\n\n

Email newsletters have become a familiar format for news. But this pathway to news remains somewhat niche, and even among Americans who get news from email newsletters, a majority say they don\u2019t end up reading most of the newsletters they receive.<\/p>\n\n\n\n

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3 in 10 Americans get news from newsletters at least sometimes<\/div>\n\t\t\t\t\t\t
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Note: Respondents who did not answer are not shown. Respondents who do not use the internet did not receive this question; they are included with those who said \u201cNever,\u201d along with those who do not say they get news from digital devices. <\/div>\n\t\t\t\t\t\t
Source: Survey of U.S. adults conducted Aug. 18-24, 2025.
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