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Social media platforms have radically altered how news is disseminated and shared. In the latest Pew Research Center survey, exactly 67 percent of Americans report consuming news on a social media platform for the month of August 2017.
In comparison to 2016, users getting the news on a social media channel was 62 percent of U.S adults. This is an increase of 5 percent from the previous year, and this growth shows an influential role from social media sites.
The Pew Research Center surveyed nine social media platforms: Twitter, YouTube, Snapchat, Reddit, Facebook, Tumblr, Instagram, LinkedIn, and WhatsApp.
Three sites that saw news usership increase were Twitter, YouTube, and Snapchat. Microblogging site, Twitter, saw its share of news usership grow from 59 percent to 74 percent. YouTube followed closely with its share expanding from 21 percent to 32 percent. Snapchat also saw a significant boost from 17 percent to 29 percent.