In a quarterly survey of a representative sample of Americans conducted by YouGov, the Reality Gap Index measures the percentage of Americans who believe at least one of the quarter’s top false claims. Learn more.
Reality Gap Index
54%
Most Americans Believe False Election Claims Just Days Before Midterms
Read the Reality Gap Index results for Quarter 3, 2026.
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Reality Gap Index Drops from Nearly Half to One Third in The Second Quarter of 2026
Read the Reality Gap Index results for Quarter 2, 2026.
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Nearly Half of Americans Believed Top False Claims that Spread During the First Quarter of 2026
Read the Reality Gap Index results for Quarter 1, 2026.
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Nearly Half of Americans Last Year Believed False Claims Across Seven Months of Surveys
Read the Reality Gap Index results for December 2025.
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NewsGuard’s Reality Gap Index Finds Almost Half of Americans Believe Recent False Claims
Read the Reality Gap Index results for November 2025.
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America’s Reality Gap Approaches 50% of Believing False Claims
Read the Reality Gap Index results for October 2025.
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64%
Nearly Two Thirds of Americans Believe At Least One of August’s Top False Claims
Read the Reality Gap Index results for August 2025.
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Nearly Two Thirds of Americans Believe July’s Top False Claims
Read the Reality Gap Index results for July 2025.
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NewsGuard’s Inaugural Reality Gap Index: Nearly Half of Americans Believed the Month’s Top False Claims
Read the Reality Gap Index results for June 2025.
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