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MEBRO
07/02/26 · 7:02 PM UTC · 10 SOURCES
“23% of Americans say they have shared a made-up news story online”
HIGH CONFIDENCE
TL;DR ·Multiple high-credibility studies confirm that 23% of Americans have shared fabricated news stories.
High-credibility sources, including the Pew Research Center, confirm that 23% of U.S. adults report having shared a made-up news story . This figure includes 14% who shared stories they knew were fake at the time and 16% who shared stories they later realized were fake . While more recent data from 2026 suggests high rates of fact-checking , the specific statistic regarding the sharing of fabricated news remains a documented finding in research on digital misinformation . This 23% figure is consistently cited across multiple research roundups and surveys regarding the spread of fabricated political stories and misleading content .
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