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  "schema_version": "1.1",
  "id": "pew-threads-bluesky-truth-social-one-in-ten-or-fewer",
  "slug": "pew-threads-bluesky-truth-social-one-in-ten-or-fewer",
  "url": "https://groundedkit.com/claims/pew-threads-bluesky-truth-social-one-in-ten-or-fewer/",
  "api_url": "https://groundedkit.com/api/claims/pew-threads-bluesky-truth-social-one-in-ten-or-fewer.json",
  "claim": "Threads, Bluesky and Truth Social are each used by about one in ten or fewer U.S. adults (Pew, 2025)",
  "commonly_cited_as": "\"How many Americans use Threads / Bluesky?\"",
  "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": "This year we also asked about three platforms that are used by about one-in-ten or fewer U.S. adults: Threads, Bluesky, and Truth Social.",
  "method": "Pew Research Center NPORS survey of 5,022 U.S. adults, Feb. 5–June 18, 2025; weighted to the U.S. adult population.",
  "drift": [
    "None — exact shares are in Pew's fact sheet charts"
  ],
  "interest": "n/a (nonpartisan research center funded mainly by The Pew Charitable Trusts).",
  "safe_rephrasing": "Pew's 2025 survey found Threads, Bluesky and Truth Social are each used by about one in ten or fewer U.S. adults.",
  "sources": [
    {
      "title": "Pew Research Center — Americans' Social Media Use 2025",
      "url": "https://www.pewresearch.org/internet/2025/11/20/americans-social-media-use-2025/",
      "primary": true
    }
  ],
  "kind": "reference_fact",
  "as_of": "Survey fielded Feb.–June 2025; published Nov. 20, 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/"
}