Percentage of U.S. teens who have advocated for political issues on social media in the past year
: 10
Who have used a hashtag related to a political or social issue
: 7
Percentage of Americans who believe that political demonstration is “very important”
: 13
Percentage by which independents are less likely than other voters to know their representatives’ party affiliation
: 24
To know which party controls Congress
: 20
Percentage of eligible Americans who vote
: 63
Percentage by which fewer people watched the U.S. midterm election results on television last year than in 2018
: 30
Percentage by which threats against members of Congress increased between 2017 and 2021
: 144
Percentage of Americans who say political advertisements have “a great deal” of influence on how they vote
: 8
Average number of words a man says on cable news before he is interrupted
: 81
Portion of Americans who believe the media prioritizes profits over the public interest
: 3/4
Who say they would be willing to pay for their news
: 1/5
Chances that a U.S. college graduate with a journalism degree regrets this choice of major
: 9 in 10
Percentage by which Republicans are more likely to feel unfavorably toward the media than the tobacco industry
: 20
Percentage by which women are more likely than men to rely on TikTok as a news source
: 59
By which men are more likely than women to rely on Reddit as a news source
: 231
Portion of Americans who watch shows or movies with subtitles on “most of the time”
: 1/2
Percentage by which young adults are more likely to smoke cigarettes than adults aged 65 or older
: 50
By which young adults are more likely to smoke only marijuana than to smoke only cigarettes
: 270
Number of hours per week the average American spent with friends in 2021
: 3
Percentage by which this number has decreased since 2013
: 58
Percentage change in the past decade in the amount of time the average American spends alone
: +23
Percentage of U.S. households that had a single occupant in 1960
: 13
Percentage increase since 2000 in the number of Americans aged 50 or older who live alone
: 66
Percentage of those Americans who are female
: 60
Percentage by which black Americans aged 65 or older are more likely than white ones to live alone
: 12
Median net wealth of U.S. homeowners aged 65 and older
: $343,100
Of U.S. renters aged 65 and older
: $5,800
Factor by which married couples aged 25 to 34 have a greater median net worth than their single peers
: 9
Portion of divorced U.S. full-time workers who say that ending their marriage improved their job performance
: 2/5
Percentage increase since 2019 in the number of U.S. daters looking for a partner who wants to marry
: 28
Percentage of U.S. daters who say they have fallen in love with someone they weren’t initially attracted to
: 49
Who say they are willing to date long-distance
: 53
Median age to which Americans expect to live
: 82
Number of years by which this exceeds the CDC’s estimate
: 6
