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Harassment of women on selected websites and social media platforms 2017

Share of women worldwide who have ever experienced abuse or harassment on selected websites and social media platforms as of July 2017

The data describes the share of women worldwide who have every experienced abuse or harassment on selected websites and social media platforms. During the July 2017 survey period, 57% of survey respondents who have experienced online abuse stated that they had experienced harassment via Facebook.

Facebook 57
Facebook Messenger 23
Instagram 10
WhatsApp 8
Twitter 7
Snapchat 6
YouTube 6
LinkedIn 1
Reddit 1
Twitch 1
4Chan
Pinterest
Another web forum or chatroom 25
The comments section under a news article online 7
The comments section under a personal blog 5
In messages sent to my private or work email address 13
Somewhere else 12
Don't know 1
Prefer not to say 1