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  "id": "pew-53-percent-get-news-from-social-media-2025",
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  "url": "https://groundedkit.com/claims/pew-53-percent-get-news-from-social-media-2025/",
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  "claim": "53% of US adults at least sometimes get news from social media",
  "commonly_cited_as": "\"Half of Americans get news from social media\"",
  "verdict": "verified",
  "verdict_definition": "Primary source found; it says the same thing, the scope matches, and it is reasonably current.",
  "confidence": "high",
  "rating": {
    "value": 5,
    "best": 5,
    "worst": 1
  },
  "origin": {
    "publisher": "Pew Research Center",
    "title": "Social Media and News Fact Sheet",
    "year": "2025"
  },
  "quote": "Overall, about half of U.S. adults (53%) say they at least sometimes get news from social media, roughly stable over the last few years. ... Source: Survey of U.S adults conducted Aug. 18-24, 2025.",
  "method": "Pew American Trends Panel survey of US adults, Aug. 18–24, 2025.",
  "drift": [
    "'At least sometimes' includes occasional use"
  ],
  "interest": "n/a (nonpartisan research center funded mainly by The Pew Charitable Trusts).",
  "safe_rephrasing": "Pew's August 2025 survey found 53% of US adults at least sometimes get news from social media, a share that has been roughly stable.",
  "sources": [
    {
      "title": "Pew — Social Media and News Fact Sheet",
      "url": "https://www.pewresearch.org/journalism/fact-sheet/social-media-and-news-fact-sheet/",
      "primary": true
    }
  ],
  "kind": "stat_check",
  "as_of": "Survey Aug. 18–24, 2025",
  "last_checked": "2026-10-16",
  "stale": false,
  "date_reviewed": "2026-10-16",
  "license": "CC BY 4.0",
  "license_url": "https://creativecommons.org/licenses/by/4.0/"
}