Report: More Than a Quarter of Young Americans Now Get Their News From TikTok

In addition to pursuing mental healthcare and wishing they could afford a house, there’s something else more than a quarter of young American adults now do: get their news from TikTok. The social media giant has recently seen a steady rise in news-related traffic, bucking the trend of its peers.

In a climate of widespread misinformation and subsequent mistrust for social media platforms as news sources, many users are slowly tuning out of their usual doomscroll. However, there’s one platform ...