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Digital devices are the most popular medium to consume news

Topline

Two-thirds of U.S. adults (67%) often get news from a smartphone, computer or tablet. Television is next at 37%, followed by radio at 10% and print at 8%.


The device habit holds in every age group. Among adults 65 and older, 59% often get news from a device, and among adults under 30 the share is 76%.

Topline

67% of U.S. adults often get news from a smartphone, computer or tablet, compared with 37% from television, 10% from radio and 8% from print.

How often do you get news from… - A smartphone, computer, or tablet

  • Often 66.6%
  • Sometimes 24.5%
  • Rarely 5.4%
  • Never 3.5%

2026 · base n 1,690 · +/- 2.8%

What do Americans from both parties agree on? AI Regulation

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Stacked breakdown

91% of U.S. adults get news from a smartphone, computer or tablet at least sometimes; just 4% never do.

How often do you get news from… - A smartphone, computer, or tablet

Often
66.6%
Sometimes
24.5%
Rarely
5.4%
Never
3.5%

2026 · base n 1,690 · +/- 2.8%

What do Americans from both parties agree on? AI Regulation

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Devices lead by a wide margin

About two-thirds of U.S. adults (67%) often get news from a smartphone, computer or tablet, and another 25% sometimes do, a combined 91%. Just 4% never get news from a device.

No age group has opted out. Adults under 30 are the most frequent users at 76% often, and even among adults 65 and older, 59% often get news on a device.

Television, radio and print trail

Television is the closest competitor, with 37% of adults often getting news there. The habit divides sharply by age: 55% of adults 65 and older often get news from TV, compared with 13% of adults under 30.

Radio and print have faded further. Only 10% often get news from radio, and 62% rarely (32%) or never (30%) do.

Print is the smallest source: 8% often get news from printed newspapers or news magazines, 71% rarely (34%) or never (37%) do, and even among adults 65 and older only 13% often read news in print.

Most adults still follow the news

Nearly half of U.S. adults (46%) follow the news all or most of the time, and another 36% follow it some of the time.

The habit is strongest among adults 65 and older, 65% of whom follow the news all or most of the time, compared with 31% of adults under 30.

Methodology

Full methodology
Mode
Verasight panel recruited via random address-based sampling, random person-to-person text messaging, and dynamic online targeting
Population
US adults age 18+
Field dates
2026-06-18 → 2026-06-19
Base (unweighted)
1,690
Margin of error
+/- 2.8%
Module
AI Regulation
Sponsor
Verasight
Weight variable
weight
Weighting targets
age, race/ethnicity, sex, income, education, region, metropolitan status

Sources

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Citation

What do Americans from both parties agree on? AI Regulation, fielded June 18-19, 2026, N=1,690 US adults age 18+, +/- 2.8%.

https://reports.verasight.io/r/june-2026-ai-survey

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Mode
Verasight panel recruited via random address-based sampling, random person-to-person text messaging, and dynamic online targeting.
Population
US adults age 18+.
Sample design
Surveys are run as omnibus or single-topic waves. Omnibus waves are split into modules with their own respondent set, typically around one thousand respondents per module.
Field window
Each wave specifies its own field dates. Most omnibus waves field across roughly two weeks.
Weighting
Per-module weighting to CPS targets including age, race and ethnicity, sex, income, education, region, and metropolitan status.
Partisanship benchmark
Pew Research Center's NPORS benchmarking surveys, three-year running average.
Vote benchmark
2024 presidential vote population benchmarks.
Margin of error
Typically about plus or minus 3.4 to 3.6 percent per module at standard module sizes. Question-level MoE is recomputed when a base shrinks materially below the module baseline.
Reporting
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Transparency
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