26% of U.S. adults use Reddit and 32% use WhatsApp (Pew, 2025)
Verified Confidence: high
Primary source found; it says the same thing, the scope matches, and it is reasonably current.
- Commonly cited as
- "What percent / share of Americans use Reddit or WhatsApp?" / "How many US adults use Reddit?"
- True origin
- Pew Research Center — Americans' Social Media Use 2025 (Nov. 20, 2025)
- Type
- Reference fact: A frequently needed number or rule taken directly from a primary source (e.g. Pew, Census, IAB/PwC, FTC), with its as-of date.
- Year
- 2025
- Data as of
- Survey fielded Feb.–June 2025; published Nov. 20, 2025
- Last checked
- What the source says
About a third say they use WhatsApp, up from 23% in 2021. And 26% today report using Reddit, compared with 18% four years ago.
- Method & sample
- Pew Research Center NPORS survey of 5,022 U.S. adults, Feb. 5–June 18, 2025; address-based sample, web/mail/phone, weighted to the U.S. adult population.
- Drift between quote and source
- None — Reddit use skews young, male and college-educated (48% of adults 18–29)
- Interest
- n/a (nonpartisan research center funded mainly by The Pew Charitable Trusts).
Safe rephrasing
Pew Research Center's 2025 survey found 26% of U.S. adults use Reddit and about a third (32%) use WhatsApp, both up since 2021.
Sources we opened
Machine-readable: /api/claims/pew-us-adults-reddit-26-whatsapp-32-percent.json · Last checked 2026-10-16