Social media and politics in the United States

Statistics report about social media and politics in the United States

Social media and politics in the United States

This report presents information on social media and politics in the United States. It highlights the role of social media publishing during the upcoming midterm elections, as well user behavior and awareness of digital ad targeting and political content on social media.

Table of contents

Overview

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  • Basic Statistic Social media users in the United States 2020-2029
  • Premium Statistic United States: social network penetration 2019-2028
  • Basic Statistic Most well-known social networks in the United States 2023
  • Premium Forecast Social network usage by brand in the U.S. 2023
  • Premium Statistic U.S. market share of leading social media websites 2023
  • Premium Forecast Most common social media activities in the U.S. 2023
  • Premium Statistic U.S. leading social media usage reasons 2023

Demographics

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  • Premium Statistic U.S. leading social media platform users 2023, by age group
  • Premium Statistic U.S. leading social media platform users 2023, by gender
  • Premium Statistic U.S. leading social media platform users 2023, by education level
  • Premium Statistic U.S. leading social media platform users 2023, by income
  • Premium Statistic U.S. leading social media platform users 2023, by political position

Online activism

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  • Basic Statistic U.S. adults politically active on social networks 2023
  • Basic Statistic Tweets including #BlackLivesMatter 2013-2023, by stance
  • Basic Statistic Retweets of posts including #BlackLivesMatter 2013-2023, by stance
  • Basic Statistic U.S. adults on Black Lives Matter posts 2023, by ethnicity
  • Basic Statistic U.S. adults on negative aspects of online activism 2023, by ethnicity
  • Basic Statistic U.S. adults on positive aspects of online activism 2023, by ethnicity

U.S. Congress and social media

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  • Premium Statistic Most active Senators of U.S. Congress on X/Twitter 2023, by number of posts
  • Premium Statistic Most used hashtags of members of U.S. Congress on X/Twitter 2023
  • Premium Statistic Members of U.S. Congress posts on X/Twitter 2023, by topic
  • Premium Statistic Posts on X/Twitter by members of U.S. Congress 2021-2023
  • Premium Statistic Members of U.S. Congress X/Twitter posts 2023, by party

Political advertising online

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  • Premium Statistic Political ad spending in the U.S. 2018-2024
  • Premium Statistic U.S. largest political advertisers on Google 2018-2023, by ad spend
  • Premium Statistic U.S. political ad spending for midterms 2022, by medium
  • Premium Statistic U.S. political ad spending for midterms 2022, by medium
  • Premium Statistic U.S. political digital ad spending 2022, by type
  • Premium Statistic Voters' perceptions of political advertising in the U.S. 2022

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