As of May 2022, over half of surveyed alternative social media news consumers stated they found in online spaces such as Truth Social, Parler, or Rumble news and information that they did not find on any other platform. Only 16 percent of respondents reported they rarely or never see news they wouldn't have seen somewhere else on alternative social media platforms.
Users of alternative social media platforms reporting to find news they would not find in any other online publication in the United State as of May 2022
Characteristic
Share of respondents
Extremely/fairly often
52%
Sometimes
32%
Rarely/never
16%
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According to the source, U.S. users of: "alternative social media news" are six percent of adults reporting to access the news on one or more of the following social media platforms: "BitChute, Gab, Gettr, Parler, Rumble, Telegram or Truth Social."
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Pew Research Center. (October 6, 2022). Users of alternative social media platforms reporting to find news they would not find in any other online publication in the United State as of May 2022 [Graph]. In Statista. Retrieved May 06, 2025, from https://www.statista.com/statistics/1358815/frequency-alt-tech-news-consumers-exclusive-content-us/
Pew Research Center. "Users of alternative social media platforms reporting to find news they would not find in any other online publication in the United State as of May 2022." Chart. October 6, 2022. Statista. Accessed May 06, 2025. https://www.statista.com/statistics/1358815/frequency-alt-tech-news-consumers-exclusive-content-us/
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