Harassment of women on websites & social media platforms 2017

This statistic presents the share of women worldwide who have every experienced abuse or harassment on selected websites and social media platforms. During the July 2017 survey period, 57 percent of survey respondents who have experienced online abuse stated that they had experienced harassment via Facebook.

Share of women worldwide who have ever experienced abuse or harassment on selected websites and social media platforms as of July 2017

Characteristic	Share of respondents
Facebook	57%
Facebook Messenger	23%
Instagram	10%
WhatsApp	8%
Twitter	7%
Snapchat	6%
YouTube	6%
LinkedIn	1%
Reddit	1%
Twitch	1%
4Chan*	-
Pinterest*	-
Another web forum or chatroom	25%
The comments section under a news article online	7%
The comments section under a personal blog	5%
In messages sent to my private or work email address	13%
Somewhere else	12%
Don't know	1%
Prefer not to say	1%

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Release date

November 2017

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Region

Worldwide

Survey time period

June 26 to July 3, 2017

Number of respondents

911 respondents

Age group

18 to 55 years

Special properties

who have ever experienced online abuse or harassment

Method of interview

Online panel

Supplementary notes

QA2. You said that you have experience of abuse or harassment online. On which, if any, of the following websites or social media platforms have you experienced abuse or harassment online?
Countries surveyed: UK, United States, New Zealand, Spain, Italy, Poland, Sweden, Denmark.
Total survey n= 4,009
*Less than 1 percent of respondents.

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