Business50 mOctober 20, 2026, 17:15

20% of US adults regularly get news on TikTok, up from 3% in 2020

A Pew Research Center survey found that 20% of US adults regularly consume news on TikTok, up from 3% in 2020. The share is 39% among those aged 18 to 29 and 25% among those aged 30 to 49.

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Regular TikTok news consumption among US adults rose from 3% in 2020 to 20%
39% of Americans aged 18 to 29 regularly get news on TikTok
25% of those aged 30 to 49 do so regularly

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