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Media Use and Evaluation | Gallup Historical Trends

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Line graph. Trend in Americans' trust and confidence in the mass media, from 1972 to 2022. Trust in the media was highest in the 1970s, with about 70% having a great deal or fair amount of trust. Readings in the late 1990s and early 2000s were just above 50%. Since then, trust has declined to mostly the 40% range, including 45% in 2019. 2022 trust in the media is 34%, the second-lowest reading in the trend after the 32% reading in 2016. Discover a valuable tool for business owners, policymakers and investors to reliably assess companies' potential for growth. Gallup finds public faith in many societal institutions holding steady at or near their record lows. Majorities view small business and the military positively. These seven charts summarize how often and why Americans turn to "public individuals" for news and information. Gallup https://news.gallup.com/poll/1663/media-use-evaluation.aspx Gallup World Headquarters, 901 F Street, Washington, D.

This page was updated on Oct. 24, 2025. The table for trust in the mass media had been updated with incorrect September 2025 data on Oct. 14, but that has now been corrected. ###Embeddable### ###Embeddable### ###Embeddable### ###Embeddable### ###Embeddable### ###Embeddable### ###Embeddable### ###Embeddable### ###Embeddable### ###Embeddable### ###Embeddable### ###Embeddable### ###Embeddable### ###Embeddable### ###Embeddable### ###Embeddable### ###Embeddable### ###Embeddable### ###Embeddable### ###Embeddable### ###Embeddable### ###Embeddable### ###Embeddable### ###Embeddable### ###Embeddable###

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