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U.S. internet users who have experienced cyber bullying 2017

Share of internet users in the United States who have personally experienced online harassment as of January 2017

The data describes the most common types of online harassment experienced by internet users in the U.S. During the January 2017 survey it was found that 41% of internet users had personally experienced any kind of online harassment.

Offensive name calling (less severe behavior)	27
Purposeful embarrassment (less severe behavior)	22
Physical threats (more severe behavior)	10
Sustained harassment (more severe behavior)	7
Stalking (more severe behavior)	7
Sexual harassment (more severe behavior)	6
Any harassment	41
Only less severe harassment	22
Any of the more severe behaviors	18

U.S. internet users who have experienced cyber bullying 2017

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