On August 6, 2025, a Napolitan News survey interviewed 1000 registered voters and asked if they know who Sydney Sweeney is. Sixty percent (60%) said yes. The group who said they know who Sweeney is was asked to describe her. A total of 599 statements were received and are summarized below.
A majority of the statements mentioned her general profession, fame, and status. Of the 599 statements, approximately 350 statements simply identified who the respondent thought she was-an actress, model, influencer, and so on.
Comment: The 350 comes from a combination of the "Top 5 Most Discussed Subtopics": 250 General Profession, 61 from Specific Projects, and 45 from General Fame/Status.
A total of 180 statements discussed the American Eagle ad, and less than half (87) of those statements mentioned the controversy. While some respondents believe the ad stemmed from a provocative or racist message, many believe Sweeney is exercising her freedom of speech, is being unfairly targeted, or should not be criticized over the ad. Some statements also connected the controversy with her political identity as a registered Republican.
A small number of statements (58) were incorrect or incoherent.
These findings correlate with more recent polling on the
alleged controversy over Sweeney's American Eagle ad.
Categorization and summarization seen here were made possible by Jigsaw's open-source Sensemaker tool, built on top of Gemini, Google's most advanced AI. This report was generated by the Napolitan News Service, based on our polling data.
