U.S. adults who get news on Reddit, Twitter more likely to know about QAnon QAnon, among those who got political and election news in the past week from
Knowledge of QAnon varies based on the social media platform used in the past week for election news. For example, people who got news from Reddit or Twitter are most likely to say they’ve heard or read a lot (8% and 6%, respectively) or a little (39% of Reddit users and 31% of Twitter users) about the conspiracy theories. Those who got news from YouTube are also more likely than Americans overall to have heard or read a lot (6%) or a little (27%) about QAnon.
U.S. adults who get news on Reddit,  | Twitter more likely to know about QAnon  | % who say they have heard or read  | about  | QAnon, among those who got political and  | election news in the past week from  | lot  | little  | Reddit 8  | 39  | 47 NET  | Twitter  | 31  | 38  | YouTube  | 32  | 27  | Linkedin  | 21  | 27  | Facebook  | 19  | 22  | Instagram  | 18  | 20  | All U.S. adults  | 20  | 23  | Source: Survey of U.S. adults conducted  | Feb 18 -March 2, 2020.  | PEW RESEARCH CENTER 