A study conducted to better understand teenagers’ use of social media, the internet and artificial intelligence (AI) chatbots based on an online survey of 1,458 United States of America teenagers from September to October 2025. The report presents online platform use, platform use by demographic groups, use of AI chatbots and internet use.

This report focuses on public opinion of free speech, freedom of the press and freedom on the internet in 35 countries across the world, including Australia. Results show that in 31 of the 35 countries, the share of people who value free speech is larger than the share who believe they have it, and there...

Amid concerns about technology’s impact on youth, many teens are as digitally connected as ever. Most U.S. teens use social media and have a smartphone, and nearly half say they’re online almost constantly, according to this survey of young people aged 13 to 17.

The internet is an unimaginably vast repository of modern life, with hundreds of billions of indexed webpages. However, this analysis from the Pew Research Center shows just how fleeting online content actually is.

Pew Research Center surveys have long found that people in many countries are dissatisfied with their democracy and want major changes to their political systems. This report outlines the findings from more than 30,000 respondents in 24 countries who answered an open-ended question - what do you think would help improve the way democracy in...