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Share of adult internet users in the United States who have personally experienced online harassment as of December 2018
This statistic presents the most common types of online harassment experienced by internet users in the United States. During the December 2018 survey it was found that 53 percent of internet users had personally experienced any kind of online harassment with 37 percent of respondents reporting to having experienced severe forms of online harassment such as physical threats, sexual harassment, stalking and sustained harassment. Furthermore, 56 percent of responding online harassment victims reported that they had been harassed on Facebook.
Share of adult internet users in the United States who have personally experienced online harassment as of December 2018
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| Share of respondents | |
|---|---|
| Any harassment | 53% |
| Name-calling | 41% |
| Purposeful embarassment | 33% |
| Any form of severeharassment | 37% |
| Physical threats | 22% |
| Sexual harassment | 18% |
| Stalking | 18% |
| Sustained harassment | 17% |
| Share of respondents | |
|---|---|
| Any harassment | 53% |
| Name-calling | 41% |
| Purposeful embarassment | 33% |
| Any form of severeharassment | 37% |
| Physical threats | 22% |
| Sexual harassment | 18% |
| Stalking | 18% |
| Sustained harassment | 17% |
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This statistic presents the most common types of online harassment experienced by internet users in the United States. During the December 2018 survey it was found that 53 percent of internet users had personally experienced any kind of online harassment with 37 percent of respondents reporting to having experienced severe forms of online harassment such as physical threats, sexual harassment, stalking and sustained harassment. Furthermore, 56 percent of responding online harassment victims reported that they had been harassed on Facebook.
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- February 2019
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- United States
- Survey time period
- December 17 to December 27, 2018
- Number of respondents
- 1,134 respondents
- Age group
- 18 years and older
- Method of interview
- Online survey
- Supplementary notes
- Eight hundred surveys were collected to form a nationally representative base of respondents with additional oversamples from individuals who identified as Jewish, Muslim, African-American, Asian-American or LGBTQ+. For the oversampled target groups, responses were collected until at least 100 Americans were represented from each of those groups.
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- Region
- United States
- Survey time period
- December 17 to December 27, 2018
- Number of respondents
- 1,134 respondents
- Age group
- 18 years and older
- Method of interview
- Online survey
- Supplementary notes
- Eight hundred surveys were collected to form a nationally representative base of respondents with additional oversamples from individuals who identified as Jewish, Muslim, African-American, Asian-American or LGBTQ+. For the oversampled target groups, responses were collected until at least 100 Americans were represented from each of those groups.
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