This statistic presents the percentage of middle and high school students in the United States who were cyber bullied, divided by the type of cyber bullying endured. During the April 2019 survey, 10.1 percent of cyber bullying victims had been impersonated online during the last 30 days. Cyber bullying includes unwanted contact by threatening or insulting the respondent via digital communications as well as sharing private information online. Overall, 36.5 percent of U.S. middle and high school students have ever been cyber bullied.
Percentage of U.S. middle and high school students who were cyber bullied as of April 2019, by type of cyber bullying
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- Brazil: parent awareness of cyber bullying 2018, by relation with harasser
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Cyberbullying Research Center. (July 9, 2019). Percentage of U.S. middle and high school students who were cyber bullied as of April 2019, by type of cyber bullying [Graph]. In Statista. Retrieved March 28, 2023, from https://www.statista.com/statistics/291025/cyber-bullying-share-of-us-students-by-type-of-cyber-bullying/
Cyberbullying Research Center. "Percentage of U.S. middle and high school students who were cyber bullied as of April 2019, by type of cyber bullying." Chart. July 9, 2019. Statista. Accessed March 28, 2023. https://www.statista.com/statistics/291025/cyber-bullying-share-of-us-students-by-type-of-cyber-bullying/
Cyberbullying Research Center. (2019). Percentage of U.S. middle and high school students who were cyber bullied as of April 2019, by type of cyber bullying. Statista. Statista Inc.. Accessed: March 28, 2023. https://www.statista.com/statistics/291025/cyber-bullying-share-of-us-students-by-type-of-cyber-bullying/
Cyberbullying Research Center. "Percentage of U.S. Middle and High School Students Who Were Cyber Bullied as of April 2019, by Type of Cyber Bullying." Statista, Statista Inc., 9 Jul 2019, https://www.statista.com/statistics/291025/cyber-bullying-share-of-us-students-by-type-of-cyber-bullying/
Cyberbullying Research Center, Percentage of U.S. middle and high school students who were cyber bullied as of April 2019, by type of cyber bullying Statista, https://www.statista.com/statistics/291025/cyber-bullying-share-of-us-students-by-type-of-cyber-bullying/ (last visited March 28, 2023)
Percentage of U.S. middle and high school students who were cyber bullied as of April 2019, by type of cyber bullying [Graph], Cyberbullying Research Center, July 9, 2019. [Online]. Available: https://www.statista.com/statistics/291025/cyber-bullying-share-of-us-students-by-type-of-cyber-bullying/