Only 6% of adults get news from conservative social media networks: Pew

Published October 7, 2022 12:00am ET



New data show that only a small minority of users go to conservative social media alternative networks for their news, a statistic that shows the scale of the challenge facing the fledgling industry.

Only 6% of U.S. adults get their news from conservative social networks like Gab, Gettr, Truth Social, Parler, Rumble, or Telegram, according to a report Thursday from the Pew Research Center. It’s a noticeably lower number of users than Facebook and Twitter. However, many users said they found community and camaraderie on these websites.

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