Social Media Channels As News Sources [TABLE]

By David Erickson | December 25, 2017

Table: Social Media Channels As News Sources

A Pew Research Center survey of US social media users found that more are turning to Twitter, YouTube—and even Tumblr—to get news.

Take Twitter, for example. More Twitter users (74%) said they are getting news from the social network than said the same in 2013 (52%).

But it’s not just Twitter.

More people on YouTube—a platform that’s not necessarily known for news content—are also turning to the site for news. In 2013, 20% said they did. Fast forward to 2017, and that number has increased to 32%. Read the rest at eMarketer.

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