American Support for TikTok Ban is Waning 🇺🇸

What We’re Showing

This graphic shows the share of U.S. adults who support the TikTok ban signed into law in April 2024, based on data from the Pew Research Center.

Key Takeaways

• Due to national security concerns, 80% of Congress passed legislation requiring TikTok-parent, ByteDance, to sell the company to a U.S. firm within a year, or its distribution would be removed from U.S. app stores
• Since March 2023, American support has fallen significantly for this ban across each side of the political spectrum
• Roughly 50% of Americans use TikTok and 14% of U.S. adults say they regularly get their news from the platform