Most common online harassment experiences of women 2017

This statistic presents the most common types of online abuse or harassment experienced by women worldwide. During the July 2017 survey period, 46 percent of survey respondents who have experienced online abuse stated that they had experienced sexist or misogynist comments directed towards them.

Most common types of online abuse or harassment experienced by women worldwide as of July 2017

Characteristic	Share of respondents
Generally abusive language or comments directed at you	62%
Sexist or misogynist comments directed at you	46%
Threats (direct or indirect) of physical or sexual violence against you	26%
The posting of your personal details online with the aim to cause you alarm or stress	17%
Racist language or comments directed at you	14%
The posting of intimate images of you online without your consent	8%
Homophobic or transphobic language or comments direct at you	7%
Other types of online abuse	18%
Don't know	2%
Prefer not to say	2%

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Release date

November 2017

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Region

Worldwide

Survey time period

June 26 to July 3, 2017

Number of respondents

911 respondents

Age group

18 to 55 years

Special properties

who have ever experienced online abuse or harassment

Method of interview

Online panel

Supplementary notes

QA2D. Thinking about occasions on which you have personally experienced abuse or harassment online/ the abuse or harassment that you personally experienced online, did any of the following things ever happen to you? Please select all that apply
Countries surveyed: UK, United States, New Zealand, Spain, Italy, Poland, Sweden, Denmark.
Total survey n= 4,009
*Less than 1 percent of respondents.

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