More Americans are getting news on TikTok, bucking the trend seen on most other social media sites (www.pewresearch.org)

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More Americans are getting news on TikTok, bucking the trend seen on most other social media sites::In just three years, the share of U.S. adults who say they regularly get news from TikTok has more than quadrupled, from 3% in 2020 to 14% in 2023.

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[-] kent_eh@lemmy.ca 7 points 11 months ago

How does that differ from Twitter 5 years ago or Facebook 10 years ago?

[-] Enkers@sh.itjust.works 3 points 11 months ago* (last edited 11 months ago)

We were 5 and 10 years younger, respectively.

Although, I think also the platforms have probably become more refined at providing a more attention capturing experience.

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