UK victims on types of online abuse 2022 | Statista

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According to a survey conducted in the United Kingdom in 2022, the most common type of online abuse experienced by victims was cyberbullying, with 51 percent of respondents stating they had faced this type of harassment. Overall, 36 percent of respondents said that they had been trolled, and a third reported being victims of cyberstalking. Additionally, almost a fifth of those asked reported having experienced doxing.

Types of online abuse experienced by victims in the United Kingdom as of February 2022

Characteristic	Share of respondents
Cyber bullying	51%
Online harassment	45%
Trolling	36%
Cyber stalking	33%
Accounts hacked or controlled	31%
Brigading	30%
Virtual mobbing	24%
Online threats of physical and/or sexual violence	24%
Cyber flashing	24%
Doxing	19%
Online coercive behaviour	16%
Online hate crime motivated by gender	14%
Online impersonation	14%
Image based sexual abuse	11%
Online hate crime motivated by disability	10%
Online hate ctrime motivated by race or ethnicity	9%
Grooming	8%
Online hate crime motivated by sexual orientation	7%
Online hate crime motivated by religion	7%
Online hate crime motivated by gender identity	5%
Other	3%

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Release date

June 2022

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Region

United Kingdom

Survey time period

January 20 to February 27, 2022

Number of respondents

534 respondents

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among victims of online abuse and harassment

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