Japan: smartphone users who had their social media account hacked by age 2022

According to a survey conducted in December 2022, more than three percent of Japanese smartphone users in their twenties had experienced a takeover of their social media account within the past year. The share was smaller among other age groups.

Share of smartphone users who had their social media account taken over in Japan as of December 2022, by age group

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Release date

February 2023

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Region

Japan

Survey time period

December 7 to 15, 2022

Number of respondents

5,000 respondents

Age group

13 years and older

Special properties

among smartphone users

Method of interview

Online survey

Supplementary notes

Survey question: "Did you experience one of the following things when using the internet in the past year? Please choose all the things that apply."
The item in question referred to the experience of having one's social networking service (SNS) account taken over, followed by actions such as products being advertised that one did not use or unknown videos being posted.

Sample size by age group:
13 to 19 years n=408
20 to 29 years n=698
30 to 39 years n=804
40 to 49 years n=1,002
50 to 59 years n=907
60 to 69 years n=672
70 years and older n=509

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