Pew found newsletter reach exceeded readers’ preferred use
Retrospective: The February report distinguished occasional news use, reading habits and financial support.
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- 2026-02-19
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- 2026-02-19
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- 2026-10-25T23:43:00Z
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- 2026-10-25T23:43:00Z
Pew Research Center’s February 19, 2026, report found that 30% of U.S. adults got news from email newsletters at least sometimes. Only 6% said they did so often, placing a limit on how routinely this format reached Americans. [1]
Among newsletter news users, including people who used them only rarely, 62% said they did not read most of the newsletters they received. Another 38% said they read most, at least partly. These were respondents’ accounts of their habits. [1]
The underlying survey ran August 18–24, 2025, with 5,153 respondents from Pew’s randomly recruited American Trends Panel. SSRS interviewed people online and by telephone, in English and Spanish. Pew weighted the results to represent U.S. adults; it reported a full-sample sampling margin of plus or minus 1.6 percentage points. Its methodology cautions that wording and practical survey difficulties can also introduce error or bias. [2]
The report separated occasional use from preference and payment: 3% of adults preferred newsletters for news, while 7% said they had financially supported a news newsletter in the previous year. Neither measure is a count of active paid subscriptions. [1]
The source
- Pew Research Center: Who Gets News From Newsletters, and Do They Read Them? | Pew Research Center ↗
Source published 2026-02-19 · reviewed October 25, 2026 · explicit publication/release date - Pew Research Center: Methodology | Pew Research Center ↗
Source published 2026-02-19 · reviewed October 25, 2026 · explicit publication/release date
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