A declining share of adults, and few teens, support a U.S. TikTok ban
38% of U.S. adults say they would support the U.S. government banning TikTok, compared with 18% of U.S. teens ages 13 to 17.
38% of U.S. adults say they would support the U.S. government banning TikTok, compared with 18% of U.S. teens ages 13 to 17.
YouTube, TikTok, Snapchat and Instagram remain the most widely used online platforms among U.S. teens. And teens are less likely to be using Facebook and Twitter (recently renamed X) than they were a decade ago.
In just three years, the share of U.S. adults who say they regularly get news from TikTok has more than quadrupled, from 3% in 2020 to 14% in 2023.
About six-in-ten Americans (59%) see TikTok as a major or minor threat to national security in the United States.
More than half of U.S. teens say it would be difficult for them to give up social media. 36% say they spend too much time on social media.
Americans support banning TikTok by a more than two-to-one margin, according to a new Pew Research Center survey.
In April 2021, we followed up with many of the same parents surveyed in March 2020 on their children’s use of technology and social media.