U.S. adults' sentiments towards social media allowing political ads 2020, by age

Published by Statista Research Department, Jan 10, 2023
A study from 2020 on political advertising on social media platforms in the United States, found that 45 percent of respondents aged 18 to 29 said that social media companies should not allow any political ads on their platform. In comparison, 64 percent of respondents aged 65 or older were of the same opinion. In total, 54 percent of U.S. adults believed that social media should not allow any political ads.

Share of adults who say that social media companies should not allow political ads on their platform in the United States as of September 2020, by age group

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Release date

September 2020

Region

United States

Survey time period

September 8 to 13, 2020

Number of respondents

10,093 respondents

Age group

18 years and older

Method of interview

Online survey

Supplementary notes

Those who did not give an answer are not shown.

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