As recently as 1995, 42 percent of American adults said they had never heard of the Internet. Today, use of the Internet is pervasive at home, work, and on mobile devices.
It is a primary source of news, information, entertainment, and social interaction. To understand its evolution, Pew conducts surveys and qualitative research that tracks and analyzes how Americans use digital technology, and the ways in which online activity affects their families, communities, health, educational pursuits, politics, and workplace activities.
Recent Work
May 23, 2025
What Web Browsing Data Tells Us About How AI Appears Online
One month of web browsing data shows most respondents visited a search page with an AI-generated summary, but visits to in-depth content about AI were much rarer.
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May 13, 2025
What Is News?
As people are exposed to more information from more sources than ever before, how they define and feel about “news” has become less clear-cut.
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May 8, 2025
Americans’ Trust in One Another
Americans trust each other less than they did a few decades ago. We explore why this is, and why some are more trusting than others.
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April 28, 2025
Americans largely foresee AI having negative effects on news, journalists
About six-in-ten Americans (59%) say AI will lead to fewer jobs for journalists in the next two decades.
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April 3, 2025
Q&A: Why and how we compared the public’s views of artificial intelligence with those of AI experts
In this Q&A, we speak with Brian Kennedy, a senior researcher at the Center, on why and how we conducted the survey of AI experts.
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April 3, 2025
How the U.S. Public and AI Experts View Artificial Intelligence
These groups are far apart in their enthusiasm and predictions for AI, but both want more personal control and worry about too little regulation.
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March 25, 2025
Fewer Americans now support TikTok ban, see the platform as a national security threat than in spring 2023
The share of Americans who perceive TikTok as a national security threat has also dipped – from 59% in 2023 to 49% now.
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February 28, 2025
5 facts about Americans and YouTube
Here are five key findings about YouTube from our research to mark its 20th anniversary.
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