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Leading social networks used for news in the United States 2017

Leading social networks used weekly for news in the United States as of February 2017

The data describes information on the percentage of U.S. news consumers using select social networks for news as of February 2017. During the survey period it was found that 15% of the respondents indicated that they used Twitter to access news.

Facebook 48
YouTube 20
Twitter 15
Facebook Messenger 9
Instagram 5