How Americans’ trust in information from news organizations and social media sites has changed over time – Pew Research Center

How Americans’ trust in information from news organizations and social media sites has changed over time  Pew Research Center

Overall, 56% of U.S. adults now say they have a lot of or some trust in the information they get from national news organizations – down 11 percentage points since March 2025. Americans’ trust in information from national and local news organizations has declined after a slight increase earlier this year, according to a new Pew Research Center survey. The decline has occurred in both major political parties and across all age groups. Overall, 56% of U.S. adults now say they have a lot of or some trust in the information they get from national news organizations – down 11 percentage points since March 2025 and 20 points since we first asked this question in 2016.

The share of Americans who have at least some trust in information from local news organizations remains higher (70%), although it has also dropped – from 80% in March and 82% in 2016. Fewer than half of Republicans and Republican-leaning independents (44%) now say they have at least some trust in the information that comes from national news organizations. This is down from 53% in March and 70% in 2016, but it’s still above its lowest point in 2021, when 35% of Republicans expressed this level of trust in the national media. Pew Research Center has asked Americans about their trust in information from