(NEXSTAR) — If you had to guess which social media site is used most by Americans, would you guess platforms like Facebook, Instagram or TikTok? Even though these wouldn't be terrible guesses, new polling from Pew Research Center shows it's an app many of us might not even think of as a social media site.

Though it's a little bit different than platforms where all users have profiles and post their own content, the most-visited social media site in the U.S. is actually YouTube.

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The survey of just over 5,000 U.S. adults found that 84% said they had used YouTube, the highest amount of any platform. For context, the next-highest percentage, (71%) goes to Facebook. These two platforms dominate socia

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