Most Go‑To Online Communities Avoid Politics

A majority of Americans who belong to an online community report that their most‑visited community includes little or no political discussion, and more than half say politics does not belong in that space. The finding is based on a nationally representative Pew‑Knight survey of 9,750 U.S. adults conducted May 26–June 1, 2026. — If everyday online communities are deliberately apolitical, that changes where and how political persuasion, recruitment and civic mobilization happen — shifting stakes to the smaller set of explicitly political venues and private networks.