This statistic shows the most common responses to online harassment according to internet users in the United States. During the January 2017 survey it was found that 50 percent of internet users who have experienced online harassment and took steps to respond to it had confronted the person responsible online. Only five percent of responders reported the problem to law enforcement, despite the prevalence of anti cyber bullying laws in several U.S. states.
Online harassment responses according to victimized internet users in the United States as of January 2017
Characteristic
Share of respondents who took steps to respond to online harassment
Confronted the person online
50%
Unfriended or blocked the person
49%
Reported the person responsible to the website
22%
Confronted the person face-to-face, via text/phone call
16%
Discussed the problem online to draw
14%
Changed their username/deleted profile
10%
Stopped attending certain offline events or places
Among internet users who have experienced online harassment and took steps to respond to it. Overall, out of those who have experienced online harassment, 61% decided to ignore their most recent incident while 39% took steps to respond to it.
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Pew Research Center. (July 11, 2017). Online harassment responses according to victimized internet users in the United States as of January 2017 [Graph]. In Statista. Retrieved November 23, 2024, from https://www.statista.com/statistics/333988/online-harassment-responses/
Pew Research Center. "Online harassment responses according to victimized internet users in the United States as of January 2017." Chart. July 11, 2017. Statista. Accessed November 23, 2024. https://www.statista.com/statistics/333988/online-harassment-responses/
Pew Research Center. (2017). Online harassment responses according to victimized internet users in the United States as of January 2017. Statista. Statista Inc.. Accessed: November 23, 2024. https://www.statista.com/statistics/333988/online-harassment-responses/
Pew Research Center. "Online Harassment Responses According to Victimized Internet Users in The United States as of January 2017." Statista, Statista Inc., 11 Jul 2017, https://www.statista.com/statistics/333988/online-harassment-responses/
Pew Research Center, Online harassment responses according to victimized internet users in the United States as of January 2017 Statista, https://www.statista.com/statistics/333988/online-harassment-responses/ (last visited November 23, 2024)
Online harassment responses according to victimized internet users in the United States as of January 2017 [Graph], Pew Research Center, July 11, 2017. [Online]. Available: https://www.statista.com/statistics/333988/online-harassment-responses/
