Digital News Landscape

True crime is the most common topic, making up 24% of top-ranked podcasts; 15% of the top podcasts focus on news. The next most common topics are politics and government (10%); entertainment, pop culture and the arts (9%); and self-help and relationships (8%).

57% of U.S. journalists surveyed say they are extremely or very concerned about potential restrictions on press freedoms in the country.

Roughly half of U.S. adults say they have listened to a podcast in the past year, including one-in-five who report listening at least a few times a week. Most podcast listeners say this experience includes hearing news, which they largely expect to be mostly accurate. Large shares of listeners say they turn to podcasts for entertainment, learning or having something to listen to while doing something else.

BitChute is a video-sharing site and an alternative social media platform; here are key facts about the site and its users.

One-in-ten U.S. adults have heard of the alternative social media site Gettr, and only 1% say they regularly get news there.

About one-in-ten U.S. adults have heard of Gab, an alternative social media site, and 1% say that they get news there regularly.

Here are key facts about the alternative social media service Rumble, an online video-sharing platform founded in 2013.

While 27% of U.S. adults say they have heard of Telegram, only 2% use the alternative social media app for news.

Most think social media has made it easier to manipulate and divide people, but they also say it informs and raises awareness.

With Donald Trump’s 2024 presidential bid now officially underway, here are key facts about Truth Social and its users.