Pope Leo is currently touring several Latin American countries – including Peru, where he lived for about two decades. Catholics still make up a majority in many of the regions ...

There are more than 100,000 Flock cameras in the U.S. Here's what the data shows about their locations and how agencies use ...

Preelection polls captured the direction of this year’s election, while generally understating the size of Democrats’ ...

About a third of U.S. adults have left an online community, most often because they lost interest. Younger adults are ...

About seven-in-ten Americans say social media firms wield too much political power; 55% say so of news outlets, but Republicans and Democrats differ.

Check out these slides exploring what Catholicism in Latin America looks like in 2026. You can also review how we did this or ...

How did we study online communities? Our questions asked about feeling part of a community online. We wanted to capture a wide range of spaces and experiences that someone might c ...

For details on how we asked this and about being part of online communities, refer to the topline. All differences shown are statistically significant. Source: Pew Research Center survey of U.S.

Among U.S. adults who have left an online community, % who say each of the following is a reason why Note: For details on how we asked about being part of online communities, refer to the topline.

Overall, 80% of Americans express this view, up from 75% in September 2025. Another 16% say such criticism keeps political leaders from doing their job.

Trust in national and local news has risen since last year across parties and age groups, while trust in social media is virtually unchanged.

Estimates of the U.S. Middle Eastern or North African population range from 3.1 to 5.2 million in 2024, depending on how ancestry, race and language are counted.