{"id":311674,"date":"2025-08-28T15:24:28","date_gmt":"2025-08-28T19:24:28","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/alpha.pewresearch.org\/pewresearch-org\/?prc_email_campaign=how-the-audiences-of-30-major-news-sources-differ-by-education-and-age"},"modified":"2026-06-08T12:15:52","modified_gmt":"2026-06-08T16:15:52","slug":"how-the-audiences-of-30-major-news-sources-differ-by-education-and-age","status":"publish","type":"prc_email_campaign","link":"https:\/\/alpha.pewresearch.org\/pewresearch-org\/newsletter\/the-briefing\/how-the-audiences-of-30-major-news-sources-differ-by-education-and-age\/","title":{"rendered":"How the audiences of 30 major news sources differ by education and age"},"content":{"rendered":"\n\n\n\n\n<p class=\"wp-block-paragraph\"><strong>\u2600\ufe0f Happy Thursday!<\/strong>\u00a0<em>The Briefing is your guide to the world of news and information<\/em>.<em> <a href=\"https:\/\/alpha.pewresearch.org\/pewresearch-org\/sign-up-for-the-briefing\/\" data-type=\"URL\" data-id=\"https:\/\/alpha.pewresearch.org\/pewresearch-org\/sign-up-for-the-briefing\/\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noreferrer noopener\"><strong>Sign up here!<\/strong><\/a><\/em><\/p>\n\n\n\n<p class=\"wp-block-paragraph\"><strong>In today<em>\u2019<\/em>s email:<\/strong><\/p>\n\n\n\n<ul class=\"wp-block-list\">\n\n<li><strong>Featured story:<\/strong> Taylor Swift and Travis Kelce\u2019s engagement takes over the internet \u2013 but is it \u2018news\u2019?<\/li>\n\n\n<li><strong>New from Pew Research Center:<\/strong> How the audiences of 30 major news sources differ by education and age<\/li>\n\n\n<li><strong>In other news:<\/strong> Atlanta Journal-Constitution to end print edition<\/li>\n\n\n<li><strong>Looking ahead:<\/strong> Trump suggests FCC revoke ABC and NBC licenses<\/li>\n\n\n<li><strong>Chart of the week:<\/strong> What percentage of news sources\u2019 audiences are college graduates?<\/li>\n\n<\/ul>\n\n\n\n<div style=\"height:25px\" aria-hidden=\"true\" class=\"wp-block-spacer\"><\/div>\n\n\n\n<p class=\"wp-block-paragraph\">\ud83d\udd25\u00a0<strong>Featured story<\/strong><\/p>\n\n\n\n<p class=\"wp-block-paragraph\">Pop star <strong>Taylor Swift<\/strong> and Kansas City Chiefs tight end <strong>Travis Kelce<\/strong> announced their engagement this week after two years of dating, <a href=\"https:\/\/www.hollywoodreporter.com\/lifestyle\/lifestyle-news\/taylor-swift-travis-kelce-engagement-instagram-record-1236354963\/\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noreferrer noopener\">breaking a record on Instagram<\/a> and also spurring <a href=\"https:\/\/www.niemanlab.org\/2025\/08\/the-media-reacts-to-the-internet-reacting-to-taylor-swift-reacting-to-travis-kelce-proposing-to-her\/\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noreferrer noopener\">widespread media coverage<\/a>. The announcement came two weeks after Swift appeared on Kelce and his brother\u2019s New Heights podcast. The episode with Swift set a <a href=\"https:\/\/www.nbcnews.com\/pop-culture\/pop-culture-news\/taylor-swift-sets-guinness-world-record-new-heights-podcast-appearance-rcna227245\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noreferrer noopener\">Guinness World Record<\/a> for <strong>most concurrent views<\/strong> on a podcast on YouTube.<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p class=\"wp-block-paragraph\">But is the engagement \u201cnews\u201d? Perhaps not, according to many Americans. A March <a href=\"https:\/\/alpha.pewresearch.org\/pewresearch-org\/journalism\/2025\/05\/13\/what-is-news\/\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noreferrer noopener\">Pew Research Center survey<\/a> found that just 3% of U.S. adults say they think of <strong>celebrities and their lives<\/strong> as \u201cdefinitely news,\u201d and another 13% think of this as \u201cprobably news.\u201d The vast majority say this topic is probably (33%) or definitely (46%) <em>not <\/em>news. Out of seven topics of information mentioned in the survey, celebrities and their lives are the least likely to be thought of as news, followed by sports information.<\/p>\n\n\n\n<div style=\"height:25px\" aria-hidden=\"true\" class=\"wp-block-spacer\"><\/div>\n\n\n\n<p class=\"wp-block-paragraph\">\ud83d\udea8 <strong>New from Pew Research Center<\/strong><\/p>\n\n\n\n<p class=\"wp-block-paragraph\">The American audiences of 30 prominent news sources vary dramatically in their <a href=\"https:\/\/alpha.pewresearch.org\/pewresearch-org\/short-reads\/2025\/08\/18\/how-the-audiences-of-30-major-news-sources-differ-in-their-levels-of-education\/\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noreferrer noopener\">levels of education<\/a> and <a href=\"https:\/\/alpha.pewresearch.org\/pewresearch-org\/short-reads\/2025\/08\/28\/how-the-audiences-of-30-major-news-sources-differ-by-age\/\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noreferrer noopener\">median ages<\/a>, according to a <a href=\"https:\/\/alpha.pewresearch.org\/pewresearch-org\/journalism\/feature\/news-media-tracker\/\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noreferrer noopener\">recent Center survey<\/a>.<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p class=\"wp-block-paragraph\">For example, the median age of American adults who regularly get news from Univision is 39 years old \u2013 the youngest of any source included in the survey. At the other end of the spectrum, the median ages of adults who regularly get news from Newsmax and Breitbart are 63 and 62, respectively.<\/p>\n\n\n\n<div style=\"height:25px\" aria-hidden=\"true\" class=\"wp-block-spacer\"><\/div>\n\n\n\n<p class=\"wp-block-paragraph\">\ud83d\udccc\u00a0<strong>In other news<\/strong><\/p>\n\n\n\n<ul class=\"wp-block-list\">\n\n<li><strong><strong>Atlanta Journal-Constitution<\/strong> <\/strong>to\u00a0<a href=\"https:\/\/www.nytimes.com\/2025\/08\/28\/business\/media\/atlanta-journal-constitution-print-edition.html\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noreferrer noopener\">end print edition<\/a>, prioritize online coverage<\/li>\n\n\n<li><strong>Trump administration\u00a0<\/strong><a href=\"https:\/\/www.reuters.com\/business\/media-telecom\/trump-administration-moves-tighten-duration-visas-students-media-2025-08-27\/\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noreferrer noopener\">moves to shorten visa duration<\/a>\u00a0for students and\u00a0<strong>members of the media<\/strong><\/li>\n\n\n<li>After deaths of several\u00a0<strong>journalists in Gaza,\u00a0<\/strong>a look at the\u00a0<a href=\"https:\/\/www.nytimes.com\/2025\/08\/26\/world\/middleeast\/palestinian-journalists-risk-reporting.html\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noreferrer noopener\">risks reporters face there<\/a><\/li>\n\n\n<li>Federal judge orders\u00a0<strong>Trump adviser<\/strong> <strong>Kari Lake<\/strong>\u00a0to\u00a0<a href=\"https:\/\/www.npr.org\/2025\/08\/26\/nx-s1-5506283\/judge-order-kari-lake-sworn-deposition-voice-of-america-oath-usagm\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noreferrer noopener\">submit to questioning under oath<\/a>\u00a0in ongoing litigation about\u00a0<strong>Voice of America<\/strong><\/li>\n\n\n<li>AI-powered search engine\u00a0<strong>Perplexity\u00a0<\/strong><a href=\"https:\/\/www.axios.com\/2025\/08\/26\/perplexity-comet-plus-subscription\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noreferrer noopener\">launches new subscription product<\/a>\u00a0that gives participating publishers an <strong>80% cut from subscription fees <\/strong><\/li>\n\n\n<li><strong>Local newsrooms<\/strong>\u00a0are increasingly\u00a0<a href=\"https:\/\/www.niemanlab.org\/2025\/08\/local-newsrooms-are-building-ai-chatbots-fast-and-cheap\/\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noreferrer noopener\">building and using AI chatbots<\/a><\/li>\n\n\n<li><strong>YouTube TV<\/strong>\u00a0<a href=\"https:\/\/variety.com\/2025\/tv\/news\/youtube-tv-pro-trump-oan-fox-news-contract-expire-1236499981\/\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noreferrer noopener\">signs deal to carry<\/a>\u00a0pro-Trump <strong>One America News<\/strong><\/li>\n\n\n<li><strong>TikTok\u00a0<\/strong>accounts are using\u00a0<strong>AI-generated versions of real Latino journalists<\/strong>\u00a0<a href=\"https:\/\/www.nbcnews.com\/news\/latino\/fake-ai-videos-spanish-language-journalists-misinformation-rcna225201\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noreferrer noopener\">to spread false information<\/a><\/li>\n\n<\/ul>\n\n\n\n<div style=\"height:25px\" aria-hidden=\"true\" class=\"wp-block-spacer\"><\/div>\n\n\n\n<p class=\"wp-block-paragraph\">\ud83d\udcc5\u00a0<strong>Looking ahead<\/strong><\/p>\n\n\n\n<p class=\"wp-block-paragraph\"><strong>President Donald Trump<\/strong> <a href=\"https:\/\/www.npr.org\/2025\/08\/25\/nx-s1-5515480\/fcc-abc-nbc-reviews\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noreferrer noopener\">wrote in a Truth Social post Sunday<\/a> that the <strong>Federal Communications Commission<\/strong> should revoke broadcast licenses from <strong>ABC <\/strong>and <strong>NBC <\/strong>for what he described as biased political coverage. This statement comes amid  formal reviews from the FCC of the two major broadcast networks, among others. ABC News and NBC News are both <a href=\"https:\/\/alpha.pewresearch.org\/pewresearch-org\/journalism\/feature\/news-media-tracker\/\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noreferrer noopener\">more likely to be used and trusted<\/a> by Democrats than Republicans.<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p class=\"wp-block-paragraph\">The vast majority of Americans (77%) say the <strong>freedom of the press<\/strong> is extremely or very important to the well-being of society, according to a <a href=\"https:\/\/alpha.pewresearch.org\/pewresearch-org\/short-reads\/2025\/04\/24\/americans-remain-concerned-about-press-freedoms-but-partisan-views-have-flipped-since-2024\/\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noreferrer noopener\">2025 Center survey<\/a>. But many (43%) are highly concerned about potential restrictions on press freedoms in the U.S.<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p class=\"wp-block-paragraph\">Democrats are about twice as likely as Republicans to express this view (60% vs. 28%) \u2013 a change from 2024 during the Biden administration, when Republicans (47%) were more likely than Democrats (38%) to say they were extremely or very concerned about potential restrictions on press freedoms.<\/p>\n\n\n\n<div style=\"height:25px\" aria-hidden=\"true\" class=\"wp-block-spacer\"><\/div>\n\n\n\n<p class=\"wp-block-paragraph\">\ud83d\udcca\u00a0<strong>Chart of the week<\/strong><\/p>\n\n\n\n<p class=\"wp-block-paragraph\">Our chart this week highlights how the audiences of 30 news sources differ in their levels of education, according to a <a href=\"https:\/\/alpha.pewresearch.org\/pewresearch-org\/short-reads\/2025\/08\/18\/how-the-audiences-of-30-major-news-sources-differ-in-their-levels-of-education\/\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noreferrer noopener\">recent Center survey<\/a>. Roughly six-in-ten U.S. adults (62%) who say they regularly get news from The Atlantic have at least a bachelor\u2019s degree. More than half of the audiences of sources such as Axios, NPR and The New York Times also have a college degree. Overall, 36% of all U.S. adults are college graduates.<\/p>\n\n\n\n<div style=\"height:25px\" aria-hidden=\"true\" class=\"wp-block-spacer\"><\/div>\n\n\n\n<figure class=\"wp-block-image size-640-wide\"><img data-dominant-color=\"ddd4d5\" data-has-transparency=\"false\" style=\"--dominant-color: #ddd4d5;\" loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\"  srcset=\"https:\/\/alpha.pewresearch.org\/pewresearch-org\/wp-content\/uploads\/sites\/20\/2025\/08\/SR_25.08.18_media-brands-edu_1_645b47.png?resize=480,942 480w, https:\/\/alpha.pewresearch.org\/pewresearch-org\/wp-content\/uploads\/sites\/20\/2025\/08\/SR_25.08.18_media-brands-edu_1_645b47.png?resize=782,1534 782w, https:\/\/alpha.pewresearch.org\/pewresearch-org\/wp-content\/uploads\/sites\/20\/2025\/08\/SR_25.08.18_media-brands-edu_1_645b47.png?resize=840,1648 840w\" sizes=\"(max-width: 480px) 480px, (max-width: 782px) 782px, 640px\" height=\"1256\" width=\"640\" src=\"https:\/\/alpha.pewresearch.org\/pewresearch-org\/wp-content\/uploads\/sites\/20\/2025\/08\/SR_25.08.18_media-brands-edu_1_645b47.png?w=640\" alt=\"\" class=\"wp-image-273237 not-transparent\"\/><\/figure>\n\n\n\n<div style=\"height:25px\" aria-hidden=\"true\" class=\"wp-block-spacer\"><\/div>\n\n\n\n<p class=\"wp-block-paragraph\"><em>\ud83d\udc4b That&#8217;s all for this week.\u00a0<\/em><\/p>\n\n\n\n<p class=\"wp-block-paragraph\">The Briefing is compiled by Pew Research Center staff, including Naomi Forman-Katz, Jacob Liedke, Christopher St. Aubin, Luxuan Wang, Emily Tomasik, Joanne Haner and Mary Randolph. 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