A Fifth Of All Consumers Get News On TikTok

MediaPost.com: MediaDailyNews · last updated October 19, 2026 – 7:01 PM

One-fifth of U.S. adults regularly get their news on TikTok, the Pew Research Center reports. While the share is flat from 2025, 39% of Americans ages 18 to 29 regularly go to TikTok for news, compared with 25% of people in the 30-49 age category and 11% of those ages 50 to 64. In addition, 32% of Black Americans and 35% of Hispanic consumers regularly get news there, versus 14% of White and Asian consumers.

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