Data on trust in the news reported by selected social media platforms in the United States revealed that as of May 2025, news found on TikTok was considered to be the least trustworthy overall, with 23 percent of respondents saying they did not trust news they encountered on the platform. YouTube fared the best in terms of which platform was considered to have the most trustworthy news content, with 29 percent of respondents saying they felt the reporting they saw on these sites was reliable.
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Level of trust in news shared on selected social media platforms in the United States as of May 2025
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YouGov. (May 30, 2025). Level of trust in news shared on selected social media platforms in the United States as of May 2025 [Graph]. In Statista. Retrieved October 19, 2025, from https://www.statista.com/statistics/1462041/trust-in-news-found-on-social-media-us/
YouGov. "Level of trust in news shared on selected social media platforms in the United States as of May 2025." Chart. May 30, 2025. Statista. Accessed October 19, 2025. https://www.statista.com/statistics/1462041/trust-in-news-found-on-social-media-us/
YouGov. (2025). Level of trust in news shared on selected social media platforms in the United States as of May 2025. Statista. Statista Inc.. Accessed: October 19, 2025. https://www.statista.com/statistics/1462041/trust-in-news-found-on-social-media-us/
YouGov. "Level of Trust in News Shared on Selected Social Media Platforms in The United States as of May 2025." Statista, Statista Inc., 30 May 2025, https://www.statista.com/statistics/1462041/trust-in-news-found-on-social-media-us/
YouGov, Level of trust in news shared on selected social media platforms in the United States as of May 2025 Statista, https://www.statista.com/statistics/1462041/trust-in-news-found-on-social-media-us/ (last visited October 19, 2025)
Level of trust in news shared on selected social media platforms in the United States as of May 2025 [Graph], YouGov, May 30, 2025. [Online]. Available: https://www.statista.com/statistics/1462041/trust-in-news-found-on-social-media-us/
