Global adults unfamiliar with dark web 2023, by country

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Sep 11, 2024
As of January 2023, around seven in ten adults in selected countries worldwide did not know how the dark web works. Among researched markets, Respondents in New Zealand had the least understanding of the dark web, while almost half of those surveyed in the United States were aware of it.

Share of adults in selected countries worldwide who do not understand how the dark web works as of January 2023

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Statistic: Share of adults in selected countries worldwide who do not understand how the dark web works as of January 2023

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Release date

February 2023

Region

Worldwide

Survey time period

November 2022 to January 2023

Number of respondents

12,025 respondents

Age group

18 years and older

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adults who agreed with the statement: "I don’t understand how the dark web works"

Method of interview

Online survey

Supplementary notes

The source surveyed 7,021 adults in Australia, France, Germany, India, Japan, New Zealand, and the United Kingdom between November and December 2022 and 5,004 adults in the US were surveyed in January 2023.

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