Younger smartphone click through at same rate as other age groups % of U.S. smartphone owners who their smartphones, % who click
There are also some patterns by age. Even though young adults tend to follow the news less closely than older adults, they are just as likely to both see and follow up on news alerts on their phones: 54% of 18- to 29-year-old smartphone owners get news alerts, as do 56% of those ages 30-49 and 50-64 and 49% of those ages 65 and older (they also often get news alerts at roughly similar rates). And just under half of all age groups tend to click through for more information.
Younger smartphone  | Younger users get news alerts and  | click through at same rate  | as other age groups  | % of U.S. smartphone owners who  | get of news smartphone alerts  | 18-29 yrs  | 54%  | 56  | 30-49  | 56  | 50-64  | 65+  | 49  | Of their those smartphones, who getnews who alerts click on  | their smartphones, % who click  | through  | 48%  | 18-29 yrs  | 30-49  | 46  | 47  | 50-64  | 65+  | 48  | Source Survey conducted June 7-July5,  | 2016.  | PEW RESEARCH CENTER 