trust · 13 polls · 2 sources · 2005 → 2024
Trust in mass media
Today (2024)
31%
high_trust · 2024
First reading
50%
2005 · gallup
19-year shift
-19pp
falling
Polls
13
polls
Sources
2
gallup · pew-research-center
high_trust % · 2005 → 2024LOESS-smoothed · raw dots underlaid
Story arc
VerifiedTrust in mass media stands at 31% expressing high trust, per Gallup's September 2024 reading [1]. Pew Research Center's June 2024 survey recorded a lower 25% [2]. Gallup's prior September 2023 measurement was 32% [1], leaving the latest figure essentially flat year-over-year at a 1-point decline. Longer-range Gallup readings show 40% high trust in both September 2020 and September 2015 [1], and 50% in September 2005 [1]. Pew's series registered 26% in June 2020 [2] and 29% in June 2010 [2].
high trust over time
LOESS CONSENSUS
13 polls
INDIVIDUAL POLLS
raw readings
EVENT
curated
What's changed
2016
Gallup record low — 32%
40%
2024
Trust stays near record low
31%