According to a survey conducted in the United Kingdom in 2022, 15 percent of TikTok users aged between 13 and 17 years had experienced anonymous trolling in the past month, and a further 15 percent had seen sexualized images on the platform. Overall, 14 percent of teenagers in the UK who used YouTube had recently seen violent or gory content, whilst one in ten respondents had seen images of diet restriction on Instagram.
Share of teenagers in the United Kingdom (UK) who have seen harmful content on selected social media platforms as of March 2022, by content type
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Children's Commissioner for England. (September 29, 2022). Share of teenagers in the United Kingdom (UK) who have seen harmful content on selected social media platforms as of March 2022, by content type [Graph]. In Statista. Retrieved March 11, 2025, from https://www.statista.com/statistics/1337740/uk-teens-seeing-harmful-content-by-platform-and-content-type/
Children's Commissioner for England. "Share of teenagers in the United Kingdom (UK) who have seen harmful content on selected social media platforms as of March 2022, by content type." Chart. September 29, 2022. Statista. Accessed March 11, 2025. https://www.statista.com/statistics/1337740/uk-teens-seeing-harmful-content-by-platform-and-content-type/
Children's Commissioner for England. (2022). Share of teenagers in the United Kingdom (UK) who have seen harmful content on selected social media platforms as of March 2022, by content type. Statista. Statista Inc.. Accessed: March 11, 2025. https://www.statista.com/statistics/1337740/uk-teens-seeing-harmful-content-by-platform-and-content-type/
Children's Commissioner for England. "Share of Teenagers in The United Kingdom (Uk) Who Have Seen Harmful Content on Selected Social Media Platforms as of March 2022, by Content Type." Statista, Statista Inc., 29 Sep 2022, https://www.statista.com/statistics/1337740/uk-teens-seeing-harmful-content-by-platform-and-content-type/
Children's Commissioner for England, Share of teenagers in the United Kingdom (UK) who have seen harmful content on selected social media platforms as of March 2022, by content type Statista, https://www.statista.com/statistics/1337740/uk-teens-seeing-harmful-content-by-platform-and-content-type/ (last visited March 11, 2025)
Share of teenagers in the United Kingdom (UK) who have seen harmful content on selected social media platforms as of March 2022, by content type [Graph], Children's Commissioner for England, September 29, 2022. [Online]. Available: https://www.statista.com/statistics/1337740/uk-teens-seeing-harmful-content-by-platform-and-content-type/
