Today, 37% of Republicans and Republican-leaning independents say they have a lot of or some trust in the information that comes from social media sites. This is nearly on par with the 40% of Republicans who express this level of trust in national news organizations. Their trust in national news outlets is now 30 percentage points lower than it was in 2016.
A much larger share of Republicans (66%) have at least some trust in information from local news organizations.
The share of Republicans who trust information from social media sites has increased notably since 2021, when just 19% trusted this type of information. Republicans have generally become less trusting of national and local news organizations in recent years.