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Safe rephrasing
Pew's 2024 study of prominent news influencers found 77% had no affiliation or background with a news organization, and 63% were men.
What the source says
A clear majority of news influencers are men (63%). Most (77%) have no affiliation or background with a news organization.
Pew Research Center — America's News Influencers (Nov. 18, 2024)
- Commonly cited as
- "Most news influencers aren't journalists"
- True origin
- Pew Research Center — America's News Influencers (Nov. 18, 2024)
- Type
- Stat check: A widely repeated statistic traced back to its origin.
- Year
- 2024
- Data as of
- Summer 2024
- Last checked
- Method & sample
- Pew analysis of a sample of 500 news influencers drawn from 28,266 accounts on Facebook, Instagram, TikTok, X and YouTube, plus 104,786 of their posts, summer 2024.
- Drift between quote and source
- Applies to Pew's sample of prominent news influencers, not all creators
- Interest
- n/a (nonpartisan research center funded mainly by The Pew Charitable Trusts).