According to an October 2019 survey of U.S. online dating users, over a third of respondents had been sent a sexually explicit message or image they did not ask for. Other negative behaviors that online dating users encountered were continued contact after they said they were not interested. Especially female users were targeted with harassment and unwanted contact.
Negative behaviors encountered on online dating sites or apps according to users in the United States as of October 2019
Characteristic
Share of respondents
Continued to contact them after saying they were not interested
37%
Sent them a sexually explicit message or image they didn't ask for
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Pew Research Center. (February 6, 2020). Negative behaviors encountered on online dating sites or apps according to users in the United States as of October 2019 [Graph]. In Statista. Retrieved December 21, 2024, from https://www.statista.com/statistics/809548/us-users-negative-online-dating-app-or-service-experience-by-type/
Pew Research Center. "Negative behaviors encountered on online dating sites or apps according to users in the United States as of October 2019." Chart. February 6, 2020. Statista. Accessed December 21, 2024. https://www.statista.com/statistics/809548/us-users-negative-online-dating-app-or-service-experience-by-type/
Pew Research Center. (2020). Negative behaviors encountered on online dating sites or apps according to users in the United States as of October 2019. Statista. Statista Inc.. Accessed: December 21, 2024. https://www.statista.com/statistics/809548/us-users-negative-online-dating-app-or-service-experience-by-type/
Pew Research Center. "Negative Behaviors Encountered on Online Dating Sites or Apps According to Users in The United States as of October 2019." Statista, Statista Inc., 6 Feb 2020, https://www.statista.com/statistics/809548/us-users-negative-online-dating-app-or-service-experience-by-type/
Pew Research Center, Negative behaviors encountered on online dating sites or apps according to users in the United States as of October 2019 Statista, https://www.statista.com/statistics/809548/us-users-negative-online-dating-app-or-service-experience-by-type/ (last visited December 21, 2024)
Negative behaviors encountered on online dating sites or apps according to users in the United States as of October 2019 [Graph], Pew Research Center, February 6, 2020. [Online]. Available: https://www.statista.com/statistics/809548/us-users-negative-online-dating-app-or-service-experience-by-type/
