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  "id": "pew-instagram-80-percent-18-29-vs-19-percent-65-plus",
  "slug": "pew-instagram-80-percent-18-29-vs-19-percent-65-plus",
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  "claim": "Eight in ten US adults ages 18 to 29 use Instagram, compared with 19% of those 65 and older",
  "commonly_cited_as": "\"80% of young adults are on Instagram\"",
  "verdict": "verified",
  "verdict_definition": "Primary source found; it says the same thing, the scope matches, and it is reasonably current.",
  "confidence": "high",
  "rating": {
    "value": 5,
    "best": 5,
    "worst": 1
  },
  "origin": {
    "publisher": "Pew Research Center",
    "title": "Americans' Social Media Use 2025 (Nov. 20, 2025)",
    "year": "2025"
  },
  "quote": "eight-in-ten adults ages 18 to 29 say they use Instagram. This is higher than the shares seen among older age groups – especially adults ages 65 and older (19%).",
  "method": "Pew's nationally representative survey of US adults (ATP plus supplementary sample), 2025.",
  "drift": [
    "Scope: 'ever use', not daily use"
  ],
  "interest": "n/a (nonpartisan research center funded mainly by The Pew Charitable Trusts).",
  "safe_rephrasing": "Pew's 2025 survey found that about 80% of US adults ages 18–29 use Instagram, versus 19% of those 65 and older.",
  "sources": [
    {
      "title": "Pew — Americans' Social Media Use 2025",
      "url": "https://www.pewresearch.org/internet/2025/11/20/americans-social-media-use-2025/",
      "primary": true
    }
  ],
  "kind": "stat_check",
  "as_of": "Survey conducted in 2025",
  "last_checked": "2026-10-16",
  "stale": false,
  "date_reviewed": "2026-10-16",
  "license": "CC BY 4.0",
  "license_url": "https://creativecommons.org/licenses/by/4.0/"
}