According to an online survey conducted in 2022, 58 percent of adolescent girls in the United States had experienced Unwanted contact by strangers on Instagram. Overall, 57 percent of respondents reported being contacted by strangers on Snapchat, while 46 percent reported this kind of unwanted behavior on TikTok.
Unwanted contact by strangers on social media according to adolescent girls in the United States as of December 2022
demographically representative sample; respondents who say they feel “addicted” or end up using the platform for a longer period of time than originally intended
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Common Sense Media. (March 30, 2023). Unwanted contact by strangers on social media according to adolescent girls in the United States as of December 2022 [Graph]. In Statista. Retrieved December 30, 2024, from https://www.statista.com/statistics/1384196/us-teen-girls-unwanted-contact-by-strangers-on-social-media/
Common Sense Media. "Unwanted contact by strangers on social media according to adolescent girls in the United States as of December 2022." Chart. March 30, 2023. Statista. Accessed December 30, 2024. https://www.statista.com/statistics/1384196/us-teen-girls-unwanted-contact-by-strangers-on-social-media/
Common Sense Media. (2023). Unwanted contact by strangers on social media according to adolescent girls in the United States as of December 2022. Statista. Statista Inc.. Accessed: December 30, 2024. https://www.statista.com/statistics/1384196/us-teen-girls-unwanted-contact-by-strangers-on-social-media/
Common Sense Media. "Unwanted Contact by Strangers on Social Media According to Adolescent Girls in The United States as of December 2022." Statista, Statista Inc., 30 Mar 2023, https://www.statista.com/statistics/1384196/us-teen-girls-unwanted-contact-by-strangers-on-social-media/
Common Sense Media, Unwanted contact by strangers on social media according to adolescent girls in the United States as of December 2022 Statista, https://www.statista.com/statistics/1384196/us-teen-girls-unwanted-contact-by-strangers-on-social-media/ (last visited December 30, 2024)
Unwanted contact by strangers on social media according to adolescent girls in the United States as of December 2022 [Graph], Common Sense Media, March 30, 2023. [Online]. Available: https://www.statista.com/statistics/1384196/us-teen-girls-unwanted-contact-by-strangers-on-social-media/
