A slim majority think more Americans visited untrustworthy sites around the 2024 election
Core finding
Comparing the 2024 election with 2020, a slim 56% of Americans think a larger share of the public visited untrustworthy websites the second time around, according to a Verasight survey conducted April 9-15, 2025.
A further 36% think the share held about the same, while just 8% think fewer people did.
Topline distribution
A slim majority think more Americans visited untrustworthy sites around the 2024 election.
In the weeks around the 2020 U.S. Presidential Election, a past study found that 26.2% of American adults visited at least one “untrustworthy” website (i.e., websites that repeatedly publish false content). Do you think the percentage of American adults that visited at least one such website in the weeks around the 2024 U.S. Presidential Election was more, less, or the same?
n = 1,000 · Apr 9–15, 2025 · MoE ±3.5%
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 | Apr 9–15, 2025 |
| Base (unweighted) | 1,000 |
| Margin of error | ±3.5% |
| Module | society |
| Sponsor | Verasight |
| Weight variable | weight |
| Weighting targets | age, race/ethnicity, sex, income, education, region, metropolitan status |
Sources
- verasight-mpsa-2025.tiiny.co
Do you think the percentage of American adults that visited at least one such website in the weeks around the 2024 U.S. Presidential Election was more, less, or the same?
Cite this question
Verasight MPSA Omnibus Survey #2025-026, fielded April 9-15, 2025, N=1,000 US adults age 18+, +/- 3.5%.