U.S. adults social media profile identity verification by gender 2022

A January 2022 survey conducted in the United States found that 54 percent of female respondents and 50 percent of male respondents strongly supported social media companies requiring users to verify their identity before creating a profile. Overall, just three percent of women and five percent of men strongly opposed identity verification when opening a social media account.

Share of adults in the United States who support identity verification to create a social media profile as of January 2022, by gender

Characteristic	Male	Female
Strongly support	50%	54%
Somewhat support	30%	26%
Somewhat oppose	7%	4%
Strongly oppose	5%	3%
Don't know/no opinion	8%	12%

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Release date

January 2022

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Region

United States

Survey time period

January 14 to 15, 2022

Number of respondents

2,211 respondents

Age group

18 years and older

Method of interview

Online survey

Supplementary notes

Original question: "Do you support or oppose the following measures social media companies could take to help reduce catfishing on their platforms? Require users to verify their identities before creating a profile".
The source defines catfishing as a situation "where users are tricked by fake accounts into online relationships and sometimes scammed out of money".

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