Misinformation on social media

Statistics report about misinformation on social media

Misinformation on social media

This report provides statistics on misinformation on social media, with a particular focus on the role of social media in the UK riots of summer 2024, U.S. politics, and climate change denial and misinformation. It also addresses the impact of AI on online misinformation. 

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Overview

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  • Basic Statistic Number of internet and social media users worldwide 2025
  • Premium Statistic Social media: global penetration rate 2025, by region
  • Basic Statistic Social network users in selected countries in 2025 and 2030
  • Premium Statistic Social media revenue of selected companies 2024
  • Premium Statistic Most trusted sources of general news and information worldwide 2011-2024

False online information

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  • Basic Statistic Consumers witnessing false information on certain topics worldwide 2024
  • Basic Statistic Frequency of seeing false information online in the U.S. 2025
  • Basic Statistic Frequency of seeing false information online in the U.S. 2025, by age group
  • Basic Statistic Frequency of seeing false information online in the U.S. 2025, by party ID
  • Basic Statistic Frequency of seeing false information online in the U.S. 2023, by region

AI and misinformation

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  • Basic Statistic Impact of artificial intelligence (AI) misinformation globally 2025
  • Basic Statistic UK: digitally-altered and AI generated content and online misinformation 2024
  • Basic Statistic UK girls and women on online harm and AI concerns 2024
  • Premium Statistic U.S. adults worry about AI-generated deepfakes 2023-2025

U.S. politics

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  • Premium Statistic Difficulty with determining true news about 2024 election in the U.S. 2024
  • Premium Statistic Frequency of seeing inaccurate 2024 election news in the U.S. 2024
  • Premium Statistic Frequency of seeing inaccurate election news in the U.S. 2024, by party ID
  • Premium Statistic U.S. consumers who think China uses TikTok to divide Americans 2024, by generation

UK riots

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  • Basic Statistic Brits on social media tackling misinformation during riots 2024
  • Basic Statistic Brits on social media tackling misinformation during riots 2024, by age group
  • Basic Statistic Brits on social media tackling misinformation during riots 2024, by gender
  • Basic Statistic Brits on social media posts responsibility during riots 2024, by age
  • Basic Statistic Brits on social media posts responsibility during riots 2024, by election vote
  • Premium Statistic Number of offences charged to those involved in the riots in England and Wales 2024

Climate change misinformation

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  • Premium Statistic Social media posts with misleading extreme weather claims 2023-2025, by weather event
  • Premium Statistic Social media fact-checking labels on misleading extreme weather content 2023-2025
  • Basic Statistic Climate change news misinformation consumption worldwide 2024, by country
  • Basic Statistic Climate change denialism on YouTube 2018-2023
  • Basic Statistic Climate change denialism claims decreases on YouTube 2023
  • Basic Statistic Climate change denialism increase on YouTube aimed at solutions and advocates 2023
  • Basic Statistic Social network assessment regarding climate change misinformation 2023
  • Basic Statistic Plant-based products misinformation on social media 2022-2023
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