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  "claim": "38% of U.S. adults regularly get news on Facebook, 35% on YouTube and 20% on TikTok (Pew, 2025)",
  "commonly_cited_as": "\"How many Americans get news from TikTok?\" / \"20% of Americans get news on TikTok\"",
  "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": "38% of U.S. adults say they regularly get news on Facebook, and 35% say the same about YouTube. Smaller shares of Americans regularly get news on Instagram (20%), TikTok (20%) or X, formerly known as Twitter (12%).",
  "method": "Pew Research Center survey of U.S. adults conducted Aug. 18–24, 2025.",
  "drift": [
    "None — 'regularly get news', self-reported"
  ],
  "interest": "n/a (nonpartisan research center funded mainly by The Pew Charitable Trusts).",
  "safe_rephrasing": "In an August 2025 Pew Research Center survey, 38% of U.S. adults said they regularly get news on Facebook, 35% on YouTube, and 20% each on Instagram and TikTok.",
  "sources": [
    {
      "title": "Pew Research Center — Social Media and News Fact Sheet",
      "url": "https://www.pewresearch.org/journalism/fact-sheet/social-media-and-news-fact-sheet/",
      "primary": true
    }
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  "kind": "reference_fact",
  "as_of": "Survey fielded 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/"
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