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U.S. teen girls unwanted contact on social media 2022

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Stacy Jo Dixon,

May 22, 2023

According to an online survey conducted in 2022, 58 percent of adolescent girls in the United States had experienced Unwanted contact by strangers on Instagram. Overall, 57 percent of respondents reported being contacted by strangers on Snapchat, while 46 percent reported this kind of unwanted behavior on TikTok.

Unwanted contact by strangers on social media according to adolescent girls in the United States as of December 2022

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Characteristic	Share of respondents
Instagram	58%
Snaphat	57%
TikTok	46%
YouTube	30%
Messaging apps	48%

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Details: United States; Common Sense Media; November 11 to December 5, 2022; 1,397 respondents; 11-15 years; demographically representative sample; respondents who say they feel “addicted” or end up using the platform for a longer period of time than originally intended

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Common Sense Media

Survey by

Common Sense Media

Survey name

Teens and Mental Health: How Girls Really Feel About Social Media

Published by

Common Sense Media

Source link

Teens and Mental Health: How Girls Really Feel About Social Media, page 15

Release date

March 2023

Citation formats

Region

United States

Survey time period

November 11 to December 5, 2022

Number of respondents

1,397 respondents

Age group

11-15 years

Special properties

demographically representative sample; respondents who say they feel “addicted” or end up using the platform for a longer period of time than originally intended

Method of interview

Online survey

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