B
Evidence Grade B
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63%
63% -- share of respondents deleted people from friends list for US social media users (2026)
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63%
Unit
Percentage
Data Vintage
2026
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Evidence Quality
B
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Extraction
50
Source Trust
60
Citation Chain
20
Independence
30
Methodology
45
Freshness
95
Source
Pew Research Center
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Tier C
http://reputation911.com/social-media-and-privacy/ ↗
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Social Media and Privacy
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Pew Research Center
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Pew Research survey findings cited secondhand; prior year comparison of 56% in 2009 mentioned
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US social media users: 63% share of respondents deleted people from friends list. Source: Pew Research Center (2026). Via Lighthouse Intelligence -- https://lighthousedata.io/data/pew-social-media-deleted-friends-63
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