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  "claim": "16% of US teens use X, down from 23% in 2022 and 33% in 2014–15",
  "commonly_cited_as": "\"Teens are leaving Twitter/X\"",
  "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": "Teens, Social Media and AI Chatbots 2025 (Dec. 9, 2025)",
    "year": "2025"
  },
  "quote": "16% of teens use X, down from 23% in 2022 and 33% in 2014-15 ... The Center conducted an online survey of 1,458 U.S. teens from Sept. 25 to Oct. 9, 2025, through Ipsos.",
  "method": "Online survey of 1,458 US teens ages 13–17 via Ipsos KnowledgePanel (probability-based), Sept.–Oct. 2025.",
  "drift": [
    "Ever use, not daily use"
  ],
  "interest": "n/a (nonpartisan research center funded mainly by The Pew Charitable Trusts).",
  "safe_rephrasing": "Pew's fall 2025 survey found 16% of US teens use X, down from 23% in 2022 and 33% in 2014–15.",
  "sources": [
    {
      "title": "Pew — Teens, Social Media and AI Chatbots 2025",
      "url": "https://www.pewresearch.org/internet/2025/12/09/teens-social-media-and-ai-chatbots-2025/",
      "primary": true
    }
  ],
  "kind": "stat_check",
  "as_of": "Survey Sept. 25 – Oct. 9, 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/"
}