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1	Mar 5, '20	Coronavirus COVID-19 Global Cases as tracked by Johns Hopkins University's @JHUSystems	115×	5.1k	2.3k	319
2	Jun 20, '18	"White Deaths Exceed Births in a Majority of U.S. States" - from @AppliedPopLab	70.2×	1.5k	1.1k	66
3	Mar 31, '20	Update on global cases of #Coronavirus #COVID-19 as of 7:43 a.m. ET from @JHUSystems	29.6×	1.4k	583	46
4	Apr 19, '21	Americans overwhelmingly say marijuana should be legal for recreational or medical use	19.2×	1.1k	260	14
5	Aug 31, '19	CORRECTED: 44% of Republicans believe the scientific method can be used to produce any conclusion the researcher wants.	17.1×	525	210	29
6	Aug 29, '19	White men had higher median hourly earnings ($21) than every other racial or ethnic and gender subgroup except one: Asian men, according to an analysis from 2016 #LaborDay2019	13.4×	170	69	40
7	Oct 23, '17	In polarized era, fewer Americans hold a mix of conservative and liberal views	10.5×	301	282	2
8	Feb 23, '18	The share of U.S. blacks ages 25 and older who have completed four years of college or more has roughly doubled since 1993. #BlackHistoryMonth	7.7×	472	148	0
9	Jul 10, '19	Majorities of U.S. veterans, public say the wars in Iraq and Afghanistan were not worth fighting	7.4×	270	169	6
10	Feb 23, '19	How America’s source of immigrants has changed over a century	7.3×	289	169	25
11	Aug 13, '16	"Watch how fast the world became obese" - from	7.2×	183	238	0
12	Mar 30, '20	Despite QAnon’s spread, about three-quarters of U.S. adults (76%) say they have heard or read nothing at all about it	6.6×	55	41	3
13	Nov 11, '16	49% of Trump supporters care not too much or not at all about climate change:	6.5×	227	175	0
14	Jan 21, '17	26% of American adults say they haven’t read a book in whole or in part in the past year:	5.7×	89	142	0
15	May 16, '20	On the Cusp of Adulthood and Facing an Uncertain Future: What We Know About Gen Z So Far: Born after 1996, the oldest Gen Zers will turn 23 this year. They are racially and ethnica	5.5×	257	71	30
16	Apr 29, '17	Three-quarters of white evangelical Protestants approve of the way Trump is handling his job as president	4.8×	51	89	0
17	Mar 25, '17	In 2016, a majority of Millennials (55%) identified as Democrats or leaned Democratic	4.8×	212	106	0
18	Apr 16, '21	Chart: Fewer than 10% of U.S. adults say marijuana should not be legal at all	4.6×	289	69	4
19	Jul 3, '20	The United States was the largest contributor to the World Health Organization in the 2018-2019 biennium, giving just over $893 million, or about 20% of its approved budget that cy	4.5×	156	92	6
20	Oct 9, '15	This GIF on U.S. immigration is one of our most popular graphics	4.5×	121	168	0
21	Aug 21, '19	U.S. religious groups and their political leanings	4.4×	164	70	19
22	Jan 5, '16	The latest data on gun deaths in America	4.4×	111	168	0
23	Apr 22, '21	NEW: Most Americans support a $15 federal minimum wage	4.3×	241	51	4
24	Oct 23, '18	Younger Americans are better than older Americans at telling factual news statements from opinions	4.1×	120	92	3
25	Oct 8, '18	62% of Americans say the use of marijuana should be legalized, reflecting a steady increase over the past decade	3.8×	138	97	2
26	Jun 19, '19	Until 2017, the U.S. resettled more refugees each year than the rest of the world’s countries combined. Now, Canada has moved ahead , having settled 28,000 refugees in 2017 compare	3.8×	125	78	3
27	Aug 4, '17	Generation X was the only generation whose voter turnout rate peaked in the 2016 general election.	3.6×	94	82	0
28	May 7, '20	NEW: Asian Americans are the fastest-growing segment of eligible voters out of the major racial and ethnic groups in the United States. More than 11 million will be able to vote th	3.6×	218	57	2
29	Nov 7, '19	How the former East and West Germany compare economically 30 years after the Berlin Wall's fall: 📈Unemployment is persistently higher in the former East Germany 📉People in the fo	3.4×	160	70	14
30	Aug 26, '17	60% of Americans say the federal government is responsible for ensuring health care coverage for all Americans	3.2×	156	72	0
31	Feb 9, '18	In polarized era, fewer Americans hold a mix of conservative and liberal views	3.2×	119	85	1
32	Jul 10, '19	Share of U.S. veterans and American public saying these post-9/11 wars were not worth fighting: Iraq ▪️Military veterans 64% ▪️All adults 62% Afghanistan ▪️Military veterans 58% ▪️	3.2×	146	70	3
33	Dec 8, '16	59% of U.S. adults reject the idea that journalists should present the facts with some interpretation	3.2×	119	79	0
34	Nov 26, '17	How America's source of immigrants has changed over time:	3.1×	93	104	0
35	Dec 17, '16	85% of Americans support the health care provision allowing young adults to stay on parents' plans until 26	3.1×	126	84	0
36	May 7, '18	The U.S. has the highest incarceration rate in the world.	2.8×	61	93	2
37	Oct 29, '16	Americans with disabilities are less likely to turn out on Election Day as they face a number of obstacles to vote:	2.8×	62	105	0
38	Aug 21, '19	From 2000 to 2018, 109 counties in 22 states, from California to Kansas to North Carolina, went from majority white to majority nonwhite – that is, counties where non-Hispanic whit	2.8×	65	47	11
39	Jul 20, '20	NEW: As COVID-19 cases increase, most Americans support ‘no excuse’ absentee voting	2.7×	100	73	3
40	Nov 6, '17	1 in 4 black Americans have faced online harassment because of their race or ethnicity	2.7×	70	83	0
41	Mar 6, '17	.@CJR analysis finds right-leaning social media audiences more isolated from mainstream news than left-leaning ones	2.7×	60	82	0
42	Sep 3, '17	41% of adults in the Middle East and North Africa have not completed even a year of primary school	2.7×	59	88	0
43	Oct 2, '17	Hispanic dropout rate hits new low, college enrollment at new high	2.6×	128	59	0
44	Sep 27, '19	Far more immigration cases are being prosecuted criminally under the Trump administration. The increase appears to be largely the result of recent policy changes to subject more bo	2.5×	70	50	1
45	Jul 8, '16	How Americans view the Black Lives Matter movement	2.5×	50	90	0
46	Mar 3, '17	More Americans continue to oppose (62%) than favor (35%) building a wall along the entire U.S. border with Mexico	2.5×	70	82	0
47	Dec 23, '19	Map: Where children are most and least likely to live in a single-parent household	2.5×	91	54	7
48	Oct 2, '19	% of U.S. adults who get news on: ▪️Facebook 52% ▪️YouTube 28% ▪️Twitter 17% ▪️Instagram 14% ▪️LinkedIn 8% ▪️Reddit 8% ▪️Snapchat 6% ▪️WhatsApp 4% ▪️Tumblr 1% ▪️Twitch 1% ▪️TikTok	2.4×	64	63	6
49	Aug 24, '14	"Obama's vacation days vs. his predecessors" - from Chicago @suntimes	2.4×	57	87	0
50	Mar 29, '21	NEW: A partisan chasm in views of Trump’s legacy	2.4×	54	21	6
51	Jun 30, '18	About a quarter of American adults say they haven’t read a book in whole or in part in the past year, whether in print, electronic or audio form. Who are these non-book readers?	2.4×	66	46	3
52	May 10, '21	Across all the religious groups analyzed – aside from White evangelical Protestants – more people say they like the way Joe Biden conducts himself as president than said this about	2.4×	110	36	10
53	Oct 17, '19	The violent crime rate in the U.S. has declined by 71% over the past quarter century (1993-2018), while the property crime rate has fallen by 69% during that span, according to dat	2.4×	92	62	5
54	Aug 21, '19	Reflecting a demographic shift, 109 U.S. counties have become majority nonwhite since 2000. The white share of the U.S. population is declining as Hispanic, Asian and black populat	2.4×	41	48	7
55	Aug 15, '14	Our chart of the week is the 2014 @Gartner_inc hype cycle of emerging technologies.	2.4×	69	84	0
56	Dec 11, '16	Though a majority of voters said crime has worsened since 2008, crime statistics paint a different picture.	2.3×	62	65	0
57	Jan 15, '19	One of our most popular GIFs: How America’s source of immigrants has changed over a century	2.3×	78	67	2
58	Jun 21, '17	Millennials are the most likely generation of Americans to use public libraries	2.2×	60	66	0
59	Jan 10, '18	Black STEM employees perceive a range of race-related slights and inequities at work	2.2×	82	63	0
60	Apr 21, '17	Violent crime in the U.S. has fallen sharply over the past quarter century.	2.2×	65	76	0
61	Jan 9, '18	Most Americans view openness to foreigners as ‘essential to who we are as a nation’	2.1×	70	63	0
62	Sep 30, '19	Roughly a quarter of U.S. adults (27%) say they haven’t read a book in whole or in part in the past year, whether in print, electronic or audio form.	2.1×	57	33	6
63	Dec 30, '17	Americans are becoming more accepting in their views of LGBT people and homosexuality in general	2.1×	128	35	0
64	May 30, '17	% in each country who say #NAFTA has been a good thing for our country: 🇨🇦 Canada: 74% 🇲🇽 Mexico: 60% 🇺🇲 U.S.: 51%	2.0×	69	64	0
65	Sep 11, '15	3rd graders today may be in the largest, most diverse US college freshman class ever in 2025	2.0×	59	75	0
66	Jun 24, '16	"Poll: Obama's approval rating up to 52%" - from @CNNPolitics	2.0×	113	45	0
67	Jul 26, '18	Average age of mothers at first birth, by country ('15) 🇺🇸 U.S.: 26.4 🇱🇻 Latvia: 26.5 🇵🇱 Poland: 27 🇸🇰 Slovakia: 27.1 🇪🇪 Estonia: 27.2 ... 🇨🇭 Switzerland: 30.6 🇯🇵 Jap	2.0×	53	65	3
68	Jul 24, '19	Republicans’ views of Mueller’s investigation, which were generally negative over the probe’s two-year course, are much more positive now that it has been completed.	2.0×	92	43	2
69	Dec 17, '16	23% of US adults describe themselves as atheists, agnostics or “nothing in particular.” Read the underlying factors:	1.9×	82	54	0
70	Dec 16, '18	Roughly half (46%) of the nation’s 43.7 million immigrants live in just three states: California (24%), Texas (11%) and New York (10%).	1.9×	61	56	1
71	Sep 1, '20	Earlier this year, Americans’ views of the World Health Organization were split along partisan lines	1.9×	99	29	0
72	Jul 15, '18	Immigrants with past criminal convictions accounted for 74% of all ICE arrests in fiscal 2017. That represents a sharp turnaround from 2009, when immigrants without prior convictio	1.9×	63	55	3
73	Jun 23, '17	Where Republicans and Democrats agree, differ on gun policy	1.8×	59	57	0
74	Apr 28, '17	Women may never make up half of the U.S. labor force. #PAA2017	1.8×	75	35	0
75	Dec 17, '16	41% of adults 65 and older do not use the internet, compared with 1% of 18- to 29-year-olds:	1.7×	62	54	0
76	Jan 7, '17	84% of Democrats say the Roe v. Wade decision should not be overturned, compared with 53% of Republicans	1.7×	73	39	0
77	Apr 2, '19	While some say wisdom comes with age, our survey found younger Americans are better than their elders at separating factual from opinion statements in the news. #AprilFactsDay	1.7×	60	38	1
78	Dec 22, '18	% of U.S. adults in each age group who often get news on television: 18-29: 16% 30-49: 36 50-64: 65 65+: 81	1.6×	61	37	0
79	Sep 28, '19	Americans changed their view of the Watergate scandal after the televised Senate Watergate hearings. 71% said they watched the hearings live. After that, a 53% majority came to the	1.6×	66	44	1
80	Jun 5, '17	The American middle class has higher incomes than middle classes across Western Europe	1.6×	65	42	0
81	Oct 21, '20	NEW: Only 24% of Trump supporters view the coronavirus outbreak as a ‘very important’ voting issue	1.5×	70	30	1
82	Jan 27, '17	Hispanic real median household income was $45,148 last year, an increase of 6.1% over 2014	1.5×	67	43	0
83	Oct 9, '18	Most Americans view openness to foreigners as ‘essential to who we are as a nation’	1.5×	67	33	0
84	Aug 1, '19	Median age of each U.S. racial/ethnic group in 2018: White: 44 Asian: 37 Black: 34 Hispanic: 30 Most common age in 2018: White: 58 Asian: 29 Black: 27 Hispanic: 11	1.4×	60	35	3
85	Oct 27, '20	A majority of U.S. adults (64%) said in July that social media have a mostly negative effect on the way things are going in the country today, with Republicans being more likely th	1.4×	92	19	2
86	Dec 26, '18	From @FiveThirtyEight : "The gap between the parties on questions about immigration has become a gulf, drawing on @pewresearch polling	1.4×	56	30	5
87	Aug 21, '18	About six-in-ten U.S. adults say that having an increasing number of people of different races, ethnic groups and nationalities in the U.S. makes the country a better place to live	1.4×	58	34	0
88	Jan 22, '18	A growing share of Americans say it’s not necessary to believe in God to be moral	1.3×	56	28	0
89	Jul 4, '17	Millennial workers are just as likely to stick with their employers as Gen Xers were when they were young adults	1.3×	73	21	0
90	Oct 17, '18	Today, Canada 🇨🇦 became the second country to legalize recreational marijuana. In the United States, about six-in-ten Americans (62%) say the use of marijuana should be legalized	1.3×	44	38	1
91	Jun 13, '17	5 key findings about LGBT Americans	1.2×	52	29	0
92	Oct 25, '20	In 49 of Florida’s 67 counties, the increase in Republican registered voters since 2016 exceeded that of Democratic and unaffiliated registered voters.	1.2×	59	23	2
93	Jan 22, '21	Even before Capitol riot, most people in Germany, France and the UK had concerns about U.S. political system	1.1×	55	24	2
94	Dec 8, '19	Atheists may not believe religious teachings, but they are quite informed about religion. In our 2019 religious knowledge survey, atheists answered an average of about 18 out of 32	1.1×	53	19	2
95	Jun 18, '19	Bisexual adults are far less likely than gay men and lesbians to be ‘out’ to the people in their lives	1.0×	54	20	1
96	Jan 13, '21	About six-in-ten Black voters said they voted in person in the November 2020 elections, a higher share than other major racial and ethnic groups.	1.0×	54	19	1
97	Oct 23, '19	With high levels of prayer, the U.S. is an outlier among wealthy nations.	1.0×	55	13	3
98	Jun 20, '19	“Between 2000 and 2017, the percentage of 5- to 17-year-olds who were white decreased from 62 to 51 percent, while the percentage who were Hispanic increased from 16 to 25 percent.	0.9×	39	16	2
99	Jan 28, '20	Projections by @USCBO say the amount of federal debt held by the U.S. public will reach 180 percent of GDP in 2050, "well above the highest level ever recorded in the United States	0.9×	49	9	3
100	Jun 3, '19	In 27 nations surveyed in 2018, people were more dissatisfied than satisfied with the way democracy is working in their country. These 12 countries were the most dissatisfied with	0.7×	34	16	0
101	May 28, '21	This account is no longer active. If you’d like to keep getting our research and analyses, please follow @pewresearch.	0.4×	13	5	1

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