Position Summary The Computational Social Science Assistant works with other staff at Data Labs to produce original research that expands on the work of the Pew Research Center using new methods, data...

One month of web browsing data shows most respondents visited a search page with an AI-generated summary, but visits to in-depth content about AI were much rarer.

American TikTok users follow far more pop culture and entertainment accounts than news and politics ones.

The real environment in which polls are conducted bears little resemblance to the idealized settings presented in textbooks.

Around half of adult TikTok users in the U.S. have never posted a video themselves. And a minority of users produce the vast majority of content.

A quarter of all webpages that existed at one point between 2013 and 2023 are no longer accessible.

A quarter of all webpages that existed at one point between 2013 and 2023 are no longer accessible.

74% of Americans live in a state where marijuana is legal for either recreational or medical use.

Around half of adult TikTok users in the U.S. have never posted a video themselves. And a minority of users produce the vast majority of content.

Although especially common in California and Texas, Mexican restaurants are found in a large majority of counties in the U.S.