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Cyber bullying: common types of bullying 2016

Percentage of U.S. middle and high school students who were cyber bullied as of August 2016, by type of cyber bullying

The data describes the percentage of middle and high school students in the U.S. who were cyber bullied, divided by the type of cyber bullying endured. During the August 2016 survey, 10.3% of cyber bullying victims had been impersonated online during the last 30 days. Cyber bullying includes unwanted contact by threatening or insulting the respondent via digital communications as well as sharing private information online.

I have been cyber bullied 16.9
Mean or hurtful comments online 22.5
Rumors online 20.1
Posted mean names or comments online about me with a sexual meaning 12.7
Threatened to hurt me online 12.2
Threatened to hurt me through a cell phone text 11.9
Posted a mean or hurtful picture online of me 11.1
Pretended to be me online 10.3
Posted mean names or comments about my race or color 10.1
Posted a mean or hurtful video online of me 7.4
Created a mean or hurtful web page about me 7.1
One or more of above, two or more times 25.7