U.S. adults who have interacted with a catfish on social media 2022, by gender
As of January 2022, 15 percent of responding male and 12 percent of responding female U.S. adults reported they they had definitely interacted with a catfish on social media. Overall, 18 percent of men said they probably had interacted with a catfish on social media. The vast majority of those asked stated they had never interacted with a catfish via a social media platform.