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Online harassment witnessed by U.S. internet users 2016, by ethnicity

Most common types of online harassment directed at a particular person online witnessed by internet users in the United States as of July 2016, by ethnicity

The data describes the most common types of online harassment witnessed by internet users in the U.S., broken down by ethnicity. During the July 2016 survey it was found that 69% of U.S. black internet users had witnessed name-calling directed to a particular person online, while the same was true for 62% of the white respondents and for 60% of the Hispanic ones.

Someone being called offensive names 62 69 60
Someone trying to embarrass another person on purpose 60 68 60
Someone being physically threatened 31 46 33
A romantic partner purposefully hurting their partner emotionally or psychologically 26 38 32
Someone being sexually harassed 24 29 31
Someone being harassed online over a long period of time 19 27 22
Someone being stalked 18 22 19
Any of these 71 78 69