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A study by the Pew Research Center found that Americans\u2019 views of Elon Musk and Mark Zuckerberg<\/a> skew more negative than positive.<\/p>\n While Zuckerberg has sparked chatter in Silicon Valley with his sudden interest<\/a> in high fashion, the Meta CEO is less popular than President Trump\u2019s right-hand man, Elon Musk, the report found. While about 54% of U.S. adults say they have an unfavorable view of Musk, 67% feel negatively toward Zuckerberg.<\/p>\n The two tech executives have come under increased scrutiny since the start of President Trump\u2019s second term; both sat alongside the president at his inauguration and made donations<\/a> to his inauguration fund. While Zuckerberg has upended long-standing Meta content moderation policies <\/a>to limit fact-checking and action against hate speech, Musk has played a key role in Trump\u2019s camp thus far.<\/p>\n Throughout the first month of Trump\u2019s presidency, Musk has directly involved himself in the U.S. government operations, using his political connections to gut government departments like USAID<\/a>, which provides humanitarian aid around the world. All the while, Musk\u2019s DOGE<\/a> has overstated<\/a> the impact of its budget cuts by billions of dollars.<\/p>\n Given Musk\u2019s affiliation with Trump, it follows that along party lines, 85% of respondents who are Democrats or who lean Democratic held unfavorable views of the Tesla CEO. Meanwhile, 73% of Republican or Republican-aligned respondents felt favorably toward Musk.<\/p>\n But Zuckerberg, the Facebook founder, is more universally disliked, though he draws more ire from the left-leaning demographic. While 60% of Republican and Republican-leaning respondents hold an unfavorable view of Zuckerberg, 76% of their Democratic counterparts share that sentiment. <\/p>\n So, while Zuck may be playing the part of the cool guy, Americans haven\u2019t been fooled by his gold chains<\/a> or musical ambitions<\/a>, it seems.<\/p>\n Pew\u2019s study involved a panel of 5,086 randomly selected U.S. adults. The survey was conducted from January 27, 2025, through February 2, 2025, so these responses reflect people\u2019s recent opinions.<\/p>\n<\/div>\n