U.S. adults who have interacted with a catfish on social media 2022
As of January 2022, 38 percent of surveyed U.S. adults said that they had definitely never interacted with a catfish on social media. However, 13 percent of respondents reported that they definitely had interacted with a catfish on a social media platform and 17 percent said that they probably had. Additionally, 16 percent stated they had probably not been the victim of an online fictional persona scam whilst using social media.