91 Online Posts That Gave Americans A Less-Than-Great Look

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According to a new Pew Research Center survey of 42,151 adults in 36 countries, conducted in early 2026, a median of only 37% of adults express a favorable view of the U.S., while 57% hold an unfavorable view.

In Europe and the Asia-Pacific region, opinions are largely negative, with seven-in-ten or more in many of these nations rating the U.S. unfavorably. And while overall ratings for the U.S. remain positive in Israel and Nigeria, they have hit historic lows among certain subgroups in both countries.

At the same time, just 35% of global respondents believe the U.S. contributes to global peace and stability, compared to 63% who say it does not. Some of the lowest scores come from Europe and Latin America.

In fact, only a quarter of people or fewer in France, Greece, Italy, the Netherlands, Spain, and Sweden think the U.S. helps keep the peace, a sentiment shared by 20% of Argentinians.

While the U.S. remains the most desired destination for people who would like to leave their own countries permanently, the latest data show it is less attractive than it had been.

In 2025, 15% of adults worldwide who said they would like to move permanently to another country named the U.S. as their preferred destination, the lowest level recorded in nearly two decades of Gallup's research.

From 2007 to 2009, 24% of would-be migrants named the U.S. as their top choice, and that figure remained near 20% through 2016. Since 2017, it has been at or below 18%.

Compared with 2024, the U.S. became less attractive to adults in several regions, with statistically significant declines in Latin America and the Caribbean (-5 percentage points), Australia and New Zealand (-4), and Southeast Asia (-6).

Latin America accounts for seven of the 16 countries worldwide where the percentage naming the U.S. as a preferred destination fell by at least 10 percentage points.

The person who runs the 'ACDII' Facebook group wants everyone to know that they do not want to hurt the U.S. Only to highlight its problems.

"Let me say this. I love America, and I love good old fashioned American culture, too," they write in the group's 'About' section. "Baseball, Apple Pie, Family Values, Freedom, and national pride. With that said, there has been an undeniable 'Dumbing Down' of America in recent years."

"Idiocy is all around us. It's everywhere we look. I hear it in people's speech, I see it on TV, in advertising, and particularly in signage all across America," the administrator adds.

"[The idiocy] has gotten to the point of not only being accepted, but sometimes defended, as well," the 'ACDII' administrator said.

"When you point this stuff out, you're the bad guy, an insensitive jerk, and sometimes even labeled prejudiced! Well, I'm taking a stand, America! Because I love you, I'll be the bad guy for you!"

When it comes to the general American public, economic issues continue to dominate their ranking of the top problems facing the country.

A Pew survey of 5,103 U.S. adults from April 2026 revealed that 73% of them say the affordability of health care is a very big problem for the country (up 6 percentage points from February of last year), 66% believe inflation is a very big problem (up from 63% over the same timeframe), and 64% view the federal budget deficit as a very big problem (up 7 points).

While a far smaller share sees unemployment as a very big problem in the country today (36%), this has seen a big jump (by 11 points) since early 2025.

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