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  "title": "X (Twitter) Statistics 2026: Users, Demographics, News Use and Countries",
  "url": "https://statisticsglobal.org/x-twitter-statistics/",
  "updated": "2026-11-08",
  "licence": "https://statisticsglobal.org/data-licence/",
  "attribution": "Source: [publisher] via StatisticsGlobal (https://statisticsglobal.org/x-twitter-statistics/)",
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      "publisher": "Pew Research Center",
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      "source_type": "Research",
      "publisher": "Reuters Institute for the Study of Journalism",
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      "place": "Kenya",
      "data_year": "2026",
      "source_type": "Research",
      "publisher": "Reuters Institute for the Study of Journalism",
      "source_title": "Digital News Report 2026: Kenya",
      "source_url": "https://reutersinstitute.politics.ox.ac.uk/digital-news-report/2026/kenya",
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      "place": "Japan",
      "data_year": "2026",
      "source_type": "Research",
      "publisher": "Reuters Institute for the Study of Journalism",
      "source_title": "Digital News Report 2026: Japan",
      "source_url": "https://reutersinstitute.politics.ox.ac.uk/digital-news-report/2026/japan",
      "source_published": "16 June 2026, accessed 8 November 2026",
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      "place": "United Kingdom",
      "data_year": "2026",
      "source_type": "Research",
      "publisher": "Reuters Institute for the Study of Journalism",
      "source_title": "Digital News Report 2026: United Kingdom",
      "source_url": "https://reutersinstitute.politics.ox.ac.uk/digital-news-report/2026/united-kingdom",
      "source_published": "16 June 2026, accessed 8 November 2026",
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      "place": "Germany",
      "data_year": "2026",
      "source_type": "Research",
      "publisher": "Reuters Institute for the Study of Journalism",
      "source_title": "Digital News Report 2026: Germany",
      "source_url": "https://reutersinstitute.politics.ox.ac.uk/digital-news-report/2026/germany",
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      "place": "Australia",
      "data_year": "2026",
      "source_type": "Research",
      "publisher": "Reuters Institute for the Study of Journalism",
      "source_title": "Digital News Report 2026: Australia",
      "source_url": "https://reutersinstitute.politics.ox.ac.uk/digital-news-report/2026/australia",
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      "source_title": "Digital News Report 2026: Nigeria",
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      "place": "Digital News Report markets",
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      "source_type": "Our analysis",
      "publisher": "Reuters Institute for the Study of Journalism",
      "source_title": "Digital News Report 2026: executive summary and key findings",
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      "place": "United States",
      "data_year": "2026",
      "source_type": "Research",
      "publisher": "Pew Research Center",
      "source_title": "Americans' Use of Social Media in 2026 (fact sheet)",
      "source_url": "https://www.pewresearch.org/internet/fact-sheet/social-media/",
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      "sample": "Online survey of 1,458 US teens aged 13 to 17, 25 September to 9 October 2025, conducted by Ipsos through its KnowledgePanel. Weighted to US teens who live with their parents.",
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      "verified_on": "2026-11-08",
      "url": "https://statisticsglobal.org/x-twitter-statistics/#stat-xt-teens-2015"
    },
    {
      "id": "xt-calc-teen-drop",
      "sentence": "The share of US teens who use X fell by about half between 2014-15 and 2025, from 33% to 16%, calculated by StatisticsGlobal from Pew Research Center data.",
      "value": -52,
      "unit": "%",
      "place": "United States",
      "data_year": "2025",
      "source_type": "Our analysis",
      "publisher": "Pew Research Center",
      "source_title": "Teens, Social Media and AI Chatbots 2025",
      "source_url": "https://www.pewresearch.org/internet/2025/12/09/teens-social-media-and-ai-chatbots-2025/",
      "source_published": "9 December 2025, accessed 8 November 2026",
      "archive_url": "http://web.archive.org/web/20261102032515/https://www.pewresearch.org/internet/2025/12/09/teens-social-media-and-ai-chatbots-2025/",
      "sample": "Online survey of 1,458 US teens aged 13 to 17, 25 September to 9 October 2025, conducted by Ipsos through its KnowledgePanel. Weighted to US teens who live with their parents.",
      "method": "2025 share 16% - 2014-15 share 33% = -17 points. Relative change -17 / 33 = -51.5%, rounded to 52%.",
      "verified_on": "2026-11-08",
      "url": "https://statisticsglobal.org/x-twitter-statistics/#stat-xt-calc-teen-drop"
    }
  ]
}