U.S. adults concerns about the metaverse 2021

Concerns posed by the metaverse according to adults in the United States as of December 2021

CharacteristicShare of respondents
Concerns about their privacy if Facebook succeed in creating the metaverse 87%
Fear it will be too easy for hackers to impersonate others 50%
Do not trust that their identity will be legally protected 47%
Fear that even more data can be collected and used against them 45%
Concerned of not being sure of the identity of others 43%
Think it will be hard to protect their real identity from being revealed in the metaverse 41%
Fear that their transactions won't be very secure 37%
Created with Highcharts 7.2.2Share of respondents87%87%50%50%47%47%45%45%43%43%41%41%37%37%Concerns about their privacy if Facebook succeed in creating themetaverseFear it will be too easy for hackers to impersonate othersDo not trust that their identity will be legally protectedFear that even more data can be collected and used against themConcerned of not being sure of the identity of othersThink it will be hard to protect their real identity from being revealed inthe metaverseFear that their transactions won't be very secure
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Release date

January 2022

Region

United States

Survey time period

December 2021

Number of respondents

1,002 respondents

Age group

18 years and older

Special properties

U.S. consumers

Method of interview

Online survey

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