Pew: 26 Percent of Adults Get Their News from YouTube

A recent survey by the Pew Research Center found that about 26 percent of adult Americans get most of their news from  Google-owned YouTube.

News viewership on the platform is split evenly between the channels of news organizations and independent news sources and commentators.

adults say that their primary news sources is YouTube.

This includes 23 percent viewing videos posted by news organizations to YouTube and 23 percent watching independent YouTube news channels.

The authors of the study wrote: “The study finds a news landscape on YouTube in which established news organizations and independent news creators thrive side by side — and consequently, one where established news organizations no longer have full control over the news Americans watch.”.