This statistic shows the answers of children to the survey question: "How come you encountered images of nudity or sex on the internet?" As of 2017, roughly ten percent of the children said they encountered the explicit content, because someone else told them to visit the website.
How come you encountered images of nudity or sex on the internet?*
Reason
Share of children
I looked it up myself
17%
Someone else was looking at it and then I saw it too
20%
Someone else showed me
31%
Someone send or messaged me
10%
Someone else told me to visit the website
9%
I was looking for something else when I saw it
39%
It appeared on the screen all of a sudden (pop up)
* This question was phrased by the source as follows: "How come you encountered images of nudity or sex?" This question was phrased by the source as follows in Dutch: "Hoe kwam het dat je beelden van bloot of seks zag?"
The source defines images of nudity as images of private body parts, kissing or cuddling. Sexual images are defined as close-up images of private body parts, touching of private body parts or people having sexual intercourse.
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NOS (Jeugdjournaal). (March 20, 2017). How come you encountered images of nudity or sex on the internet?* [Graph]. In Statista. Retrieved January 20, 2025, from https://www.statista.com/statistics/692791/share-of-children-who-saw-online-nudity-in-the-netherlands-by-reason/?__sso_cookie_checker=failed
NOS (Jeugdjournaal). "How come you encountered images of nudity or sex on the internet?*." Chart. March 20, 2017. Statista. Accessed January 20, 2025. https://www.statista.com/statistics/692791/share-of-children-who-saw-online-nudity-in-the-netherlands-by-reason/?__sso_cookie_checker=failed
NOS (Jeugdjournaal). (2017). How come you encountered images of nudity or sex on the internet?*. Statista. Statista Inc.. Accessed: January 20, 2025. https://www.statista.com/statistics/692791/share-of-children-who-saw-online-nudity-in-the-netherlands-by-reason/?__sso_cookie_checker=failed
NOS (Jeugdjournaal). "How Come You Encountered Images of Nudity or Sex on The Internet?*." Statista, Statista Inc., 20 Mar 2017, https://www.statista.com/statistics/692791/share-of-children-who-saw-online-nudity-in-the-netherlands-by-reason/?__sso_cookie_checker=failed
NOS (Jeugdjournaal), How come you encountered images of nudity or sex on the internet?* Statista, https://www.statista.com/statistics/692791/share-of-children-who-saw-online-nudity-in-the-netherlands-by-reason/?__sso_cookie_checker=failed (last visited January 20, 2025)
How come you encountered images of nudity or sex on the internet?* [Graph], NOS (Jeugdjournaal), March 20, 2017. [Online]. Available: https://www.statista.com/statistics/692791/share-of-children-who-saw-online-nudity-in-the-netherlands-by-reason/?__sso_cookie_checker=failed
