A bit more than half of American adults (56%) say they follow the news “all or most of the time.” Another 25% say they follow the news “some of the time”; 12% say they do so “now and then” and 7% say they follow news “hardly ever” or “never.” These findings match up with previous work by the Pew Research Center for The People & The Press that found that only about a fifth of Americans did not get news “yesterday” – that is, the day before they took the survey.² Those who are well-educated, relatively well-off financially, and older are more likely than others to say they follow the news all or most of the time. The generational story is particularly striking. Younger adults are the least likely to say they follow the news avidly and the most likely to say they hardly ever or never get news: