“With big data, you have only two concerns, but they are, naturally, big ones: where the data will come from and what your company will do with it. Solve these and you have big data licked… IT projects have to be fully buzzword-compliant or they’ll fail. For a big data project, this means Hadoop. If you don’t want to invest staff time and energy learning this technology, do what my client did: Build a virtual server, install MySQL on it, and assign the name “Hadoop” to the server. When your BDSC (big data steering committee) asks if you’ve installed Hadoop, you can answer in the affirmative with a clear conscience”—Bob Lewis Continue reading
Shakey, the World’s First Mobile Intelligent Robot
Developed at the Artificial Intelligence Center of the Stanford Research Institute (SRI) from 1966 to 1972, SHAKEY was the world’s first mobile intelligent robot. According to the 2017 IEEE Milestone citation, it “could perceive its surroundings, infer implicit facts from explicit ones, create plans, recover from errors in plan execution, and communicate using ordinary English. SHAKEY’s software architecture, computer vision, and methods for navigation and planning proved seminal in robotics and in the design of web servers, automobiles, factories, video games, and Mars rovers.”
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Market for Industrial Robots to Reach $80 Billion in 2022
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A new version of Atlas, designed to operate outdoors and inside buildings. It is specialized for mobile manipulation. It is electrically powered and hydraulically actuated. It uses sensors in its body and legs to balance and LIDAR and stereo sensors in its head to avoid obstacles, assess the terrain, help with navigation and manipulate objects. This version of Atlas is about 5′ 9″ tall (about a head shorter than the DRC Atlas) and weighs 180 lbs.
The use of industrial robots is expected to grow exponentially in the future as their use leads to cost reduction, improved quality, increased production, and improved workplace health and safety. The global industrial robotics market is expected to reach $79.58 billion by 2022, growing at a CAGR of 11.92% between 2016 and 2022. The main drivers for this growth are the adoption of automation to ensure quality production and meet market demand, and the growing demand from small- and medium-scale enterprises in developing countries.
The Rise of Robots: Market Overview
- Social: Startups here are building consumer-focused companion and entertainment robots. The most well-funded startup on this list is Anki, with $157M in equity funding from investors including Andreessen Horowitz, Two Sigma Ventures, and JPMorgan Chase & Co. China-based humanoid robotics startup UBTECH raised a $100M Series B round in Q3’16 and joined the Unicorn Club with a $1B valuation. More recently, UK-based Olly, which focused on building a personal, interactive robot, raised $10M in Series A funding from Alliance Capital Ventures and China-based Lightning Capital. Social robots differ from service robots (listed below), which perform household chores.
- Bionics/Rehab: Startups in this sector include those building exoskeletons, a type of body armor that aids in movement, as well as aiding patients with rehabilitation services. One of the more well-funded companies is California-based AlterG, which has raised over $35M in equity funding so far from investors including Oxford Finance, Silicon Valley Bank, and Versant Ventures, and has developed a wearable bionic leg.
- Surgical: This category includes startups building robotics surgery-assistance technology. Auris Surgical Robots is one of the most well-funded robotics companies, having raised over $230M in growth equity from investors including Lux Capital, Highland Capital Partners, and Mithril Capital Management. This year, they also made a public-to-private acquisition of Hansen Medical, a medical robotics startup that was previously funded by VCs including Skyline Ventures, Prospect Venture Partners, and De Novo Ventures.
- Industrial: Our industrial robotics category includes manufacturing, warehouse, packaging, sorting, inspection, and quality testing robotics. Industrial robotics is the most crowded category, as we mentioned in our market map of 80+ robotics startups. Pittsburgh-based Seegrid raised a $14M round this year, followed by $12M corporate minority round from Pittsburgh-based supermarket Giant Eagle. Other startups that raised equity funds this year include Japan-based Life Robotics and China-based Quotient Kinematics Machine.
- Drones/UAVs: This category includes drones for inspection and delivery. Some of the most well-funded drone startups are 3D Robotics, which built the site scanning drone Solo for site inspections, and China-based DJI Innovations, which caters to industries including agriculture and filmmaking.
- Education: Robots in this category are focused on teaching children how to code. California-based Wonder Workshop raised $20M in Series B in Q3’16 from VCs including CRV, Learn Capital, and Madrona Venture Group. With $40M in equity funding, it is the most well-funded educational robotics startup, with backing from VCs from China (TCL Capital) and Hong Kong (Bright Success Capital) as well.
- Service (Consumer): Startups here include those developing consumer-focused service robots that perform household chores like cleaning and cooking. It also includes China-based personal transportation robot Ninebot (which acquired US-based Segway), and robotic infant seat maker 4Moms (which raised over $40M in Series F in Q3’14 from investors including Bain Capital Ventures and Castanea Partners).
- Service (Medical): This category includes hospital cleaning robot Xenex Disinfection Services, and Pennsylvania-based Aethon, which has developed a transportation robot for hospitals.
- Service (Other): This category includes Intel Capital-backed Savioke, which has developed a service robot for the hospitality industry; robotic restaurant Spyce Kitchen, which raised $2.6M this year from Rough Draft Ventures; and ground delivery robot Marble, which was seed-funded this year by Eclipse Ventures, Lemnos Labs and Promus Ventures.
- Security: Rapyuta Robotics is building a “multi-robotic system” with machines that can interact with each other to prevent crime. It is backed by corporate venture capital group Fuji Startup Ventures in Japan, and recently raised $10M in Series A from Japan-based asset management firm SBI Investment. Another startup, California-based Knightscope, raised $5M in Series B funding in Q4’15.
- VC-backed exits: This category only includes 1st exits since 2012. Amazon acquired Kiva Systems in 2012. The same year, the SoftBank Group acquired a majority stake in France’s Aldebaran Robotics. A detailed timeline of major robotics M&A can be found here.
- Most active VCs: The most active VC in robotics since 2012 has been High-Tech Gruenderfonds. The Germany-based VC has backed more than 5 unique companies during this period, including rehabilitation robot Reactive Robotics and industrial robots REVOBOTIK and Bionic Robotics. Eclipse Ventures is the 2nd most active VC on our list, having backed companies like Modbot, Rise Robotics, and Clearpath Robotics.
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Architecture of the object-recognizing robot. Image courtesy of Lukas Biewald.
This is the first Adidas shoe made almost entirely by robots
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The AI and Automation Buzz
CB Insights: Media buzz around AI, robotics, and automation increased significantly towards the end of 2016.
The forward march of automation technologies — which include hardware (e.g. robots, digital kiosks), software (e.g. AI), and customer self-service (e.g. mobile ordering) — continues to reshape the world economy. Automation has already begun to reshape every company’s workforce, including yours. Leaders across all roles, companies, and verticals are taking note; right now, my report The Future of Jobs, 2027: Working Side-by-Side with Robots is one of the five best-read among all reports at Forrester. We forecast a world in which automation cannibalizes 17% of US jobs by 2027, partly offset by the growth of 10% new jobs from the automation economy. Most importantly, we see human-machine teaming as a key workforce trend in the future, as more and more human employees find themselves working side-by-side with robotic colleagues.
Collaborative Robotics Market
The global collaborative robots market is expected to grow at a CAGR of 60.04% between 2016 and 2022 from $110 Million in 2015 and is expected to reach $3.3 Billion by 2022.
The collaborative robots market is application driven; the application in the automotive sector accounted for the largest share in 2015
The global collaborative robots market is driven by application in industries such as automotive, metal and machining, furniture and equipment, food and beverages, plastic and polymers, and others.
Collaborative robots used in the automotive sector accounted for the largest share of the global collaborative robots market in 2015; this market is expected to grow at a significant rate between 2016 and 2022.
In developed regions, such as North America and Europe, growth in the collaborative robots market in the automotive sector is expected to be driven by rise in safety rated manufacturing and the growing trend of precision which were not possible due to the common human errors.
Collaborative robots are used in the furniture and equipment industry and this market is expected to witness rapid growth during the forecast period.
An acceptance and installation rate of collaborative robots in furniture and equipment industry is increasing and is expected to continue to grow rapidly during the forecast period. This growth is expected to be significant in RoW region for new fleet of applications.
Asia-Pacific is expected to hold a large share of the collaborative robots market by 2022.
Europe was the largest market in 2015, followed by Asia-Pacific and North America. Regulations have driven the market for collaborative robots to reduce the need for safety fences between human and robots and mitigate the effects of imminent collisions (accidents).
Europe was the early adopter which has resulted in a large market for collaborative robots in 2015.
The collaborative robots market in Asia-Pacific is expected to surpass that of Europe by 2018 and hold a large market share through 2022.
The major companies in the global collaborative robots market are:
ABB Ltd. (Switzerland)
KUKA AG (Germany)
FANUC Corporation (Japan)
Robert Bosch GmbH (Germany)
Universal Robots (Denmark)
Rethink Robotics (U.S.)
Energid Technologies (U.S.).
MRK-Systeme GmbH (Germany).
“Everything is about time. You’re lead timed, your speed to market, and that’s the leveling wind in our industry. Short run manufacturing means that you’re going to have a fairly high touch model. We were really looking to increase productivity and improve our delivery in our service and our quality, mainly from a standpoint of error-proofing, because there’s a number of things that have to be done 100% correctly,” explained Ron Kirscht, President of Donnelly Custom Manufacturing. “But, if that’s what your job is and you’re doing it as a person, it becomes a little mundane, and that’s when people can become inattentive.”
Baxter collaborative robots are on the job at Donnelly’s plant in Alexandria, MN, taking on those time consuming, repetitive tasks where there’s no room for errors. This includes removing parts from a conveyor belt and stacking each one on customized stacking devices. By automating these jobs with robotics, Donnelly employees are assigned to more valuable work.
Kirscht added, “Baxter has some qualities that he brings to Donnelly that creates excitement, innovation and enthusiasm, allowing people to come up with ideas in ways for utilizing Baxter. I think that the Baxter robot is a game changer in modern manufacturing, because it really creates an opportunity for people on the manufacturing floor to innovate. It spawns creativity.”
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The Future of the Robotics Industry
Steve Crowe, Editor of The Robot Report, catches up with 10-year-old robotics prodigy Michael Wimmer at the Robotics Summit & Expo 2019.
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How Many People Own Smartphones? (2024-2029)
Smartphones have become a crucial part of modern lifestyles across the world. Most of us cannot even imagine leaving our house without our smartphone and today over 86% of the population owns a smartphone.
Advanced technology has brought the world closer with its instant communication, online services, productivity, entertainment, navigation, and more. With each year passing there has been a significant growth in the figures of smartphone users.
In Fact, according to industry experts, the smartphone user number is likely to reach 7.1 billion by the end of 2024. In this article, we are going to take a look at the top statistics related to Smartphones and address how many people own smartphones. (2024-2029).
Top Smartphone Ownership Statistics
- As of 2024, the number of smartphone users is predicted to reach 7.1 billion.
- Currently, there are 6.84 billion smartphones globally.
- Around 91% of college graduates own a smartphone.
- 50% of US citizens spend about 5 to 6 hours on their smartphones per day as of 2024.
- About 94.40% of Millennials in the United States own a Smartphone.
- Over the last five years, the smartphone user population has increased by 5% year-over-year.
- 55% of smartphone users come from Asia itself.
- 98% of Gen Z own a smartphone today.
- 2020 is considered as the peak year for smartphone ownership.
- The country with the highest number of smartphone users today is China.
- 70% of the digital media time in the United States is made from smartphones.
- Android is the leading operating system globally.
- College graduates have the highest potential to own a smartphone.
- The country with the highest smartphone usage per capita is Germany.
How Many Smartphone Users Are There?
As of 2023, the number of smartphone users worldwide reached 6.8 billion. Between 2016 to 2023 there was a rise in the annual rate by 9.5% in the global smartphone user base. In Fact, it is predicted by various industry experts that in 2024, the number of smartphone users will reach 7.1 billion. Below we have mentioned a table showcasing the number of smartphone users between 2016 to 2027:
| Year | Number of Smartphone users |
| 2016 | 3.7 billion |
| 2017 | 4.4 billion |
| 2018 | 5.1 billion |
| 2019 | 5.6 billion |
| 2020 | 5.9 billion |
| 2021 | 6.3 billion |
| 2022 | 6.6 billion |
| 2023 | 6.8 billion |
| 2024 | 7.1 billion |
| 2025 | 7.3 billion |
| 2026 | 7.5 billion |
| 2027 | 7.7 billion |
Distribution of Smartphone Ownership
China is the leading country with the highest number of smartphone users 974.69 million, followed by India ranking second on the list with 659 million. Regardless of China and India having the highest number of smartphone users in the list, the United States has the largest proportion of its population accessing smartphones with 81.6% of smartphone penetration. Below we have mentioned a table showcasing the top 10 countries with the highest number of smartphone users worldwide along with their population and penetration.
| Country | Total number of Smartphone users | Population | Penetration |
| China | 974.69 million | 1.43 billion | 68.4% |
| India | 659 million | 1.42 billion | 46.5% |
| United States | 276.14 million | 338.29 million | 81.6% |
| Indonesia | 187.7 million | 275.5 million | 68.1% |
| Brazil | 143.43 million | 215.31 million | 66.6% |
| Russia | 106.44 million | 144.71 million | 73.6% |
| Japan | 97.44 million | 123.95 million | 78.6% |
| Nigeria | 83.34 million | 218.54 million | 38.1% |
| Mexico | 78.37 million | 127.5 million | 61.5% |
| Pakistan | 72.99 million | 235.82 million | 31% |
Number of Smartphone users in the United States
The United States is one of the most developed countries in the world. In the US, almost 19 in 20 people own a cell phone. So, let’s take a look at the number of smartphone users in the United States based on various factors such as Age group, Gender, Residence, and more.
Number of smartphone users based on Gender in the US
In the US, males have a higher edge when it comes to owning a smartphone. According to Pew Research data, 80% of males own a smartphone in the US, compared to females 75%.
| Gender | Percentage who own a smartphone |
| Males | 80% |
| Females | 75% |
Number of smartphone users based on Age Group
There is no surprise that people between the ages of 18 to 29 are the leading age group with the highest number of smartphone users at 94%. Followed by the age group of 30 to 49 that have 89% of smartphone users which is also quite expected considering the advanced technology appointed in the workforce. Below we have mentioned a table displaying the number of smartphone users based on Age groups:
| Age Group | Percentage of Smartphone users |
| 18 to 29 | 94% |
| 30 to 49 | 89% |
| 50 to 64 | 73% |
| 65+ | 46% |
Reside in Urban Areas
A large proportion of the United States citizens who own a smartphone reside in the urban area by 83% which isn’t quite surprising. The second highest smartphone is suburban residents 78% and lastly, 65% of the smartphone users reside in rural districts.
Number of Smartphone users by Ethnicity
Based on ethnicity there is a very tiny difference among smartphone users. Like, three-quarters of the smartphone users are White by 77%, Hispanic also by 77%, and black by 75%.
Overall in the US, 98% of black citizens own a cell phone regardless of its type or form in comparison to 94% of the white population and 97% of the Hispanic population.
Education level of smartphone ownership
Another factor that plays a significant role among smartphone users is the education level of the user. For example, the cell phone ownership of college graduates is 97%, with 91% belonging to smartphone ownership. Similarly, an individual who has less than a high school degree education has a cell phone ownership of 90% with only 57% belonging to smartphones and 33% belonging to non-smartphone ownership.
Below we have mentioned a table displaying smartphone ownership based on education level:
| Education Level | Cell Phone Ownership | Smartphone Only Ownership | Non-Smartphone Only Ownership |
| Less than high-school | 90% | 57% | 33% |
| High-school graduate | 92% | 69% | 24% |
| Some College | 96% | 80% | 16% |
| College graduate | 97% | 91% | 6% |
The total amount of time people spend on their Smartphones in the US
Almost half of the US population 132.13 million users spend about 5 to 6 hours of their time using their smartphones. While only 5% of US smartphone users spend less than an hour accessing their smartphone. Below we have mentioned a table showcasing the number of hours users spend on smartphones in the United States.
| Total number of hours | Number of Smartphone users |
| Less than 1 hour | 13.76 million |
| 1 to 2 hours | 19.27 million |
| 3 to 4 hours | 60.56 million |
| 5 to 6 hours | 132.13 million |
| More than 6 hours | 49.55 million |
In general. Smartphones make up about 70% of digital media consumption. This includes a variety of activities where United States citizens spend their time such as Games, Social Media, Entertainment, and more.
Distribution of Smartphone users based on Generation
According to the reports by eMarketers, Millennials are the leading generation with the highest number of smartphone users 94.40%. Followed by Gen X at 88.80% and Gen Z at 72.80. Apparently, Gen Alpha consists of the lowest number of smartphone users by 17% which isn’t quite surprising considering the majority of individuals are still in school.
| Generation | Number of Smartphone users |
| Millennials | 94.40% |
| Gen X | 88.80% |
| Gen Z | 72.80% |
| Baby Boomers | 68.10% |
| Gen Alpha | 17% |
Distribution of Smartphone Market Share
When talking about smartphones, there is a wide range of brands that provide smartphones with a variety of features and capabilities. In 2012, Samsung was ranked as the leading brand with the highest market share by 30.3%. Followed by Apple with 18.7% and Huawei with 4%. By 2020, there were five brands that were leading the smartphone market share: Samsung (20.6%), Apple (15.9%), Huawei (14.6%), Xiaomi (11.4%), and Vivo (8.6%). Below we have mentioned a breakdown of the Smartphone market share between 2012 to 2022.
| Year | Samsung | Apple | Huawei | Xiaomi | OPPO | vivo | Lenovo |
| 2012 | 30.3% | 18.7% | 4% | – | – | – | 3.3% |
| 2013 | 31.3% | 15.3% | 4.9% | – | – | – | 4.5% |
| 2014 | 24.4% | 14.8% | 5.7% | 4.4% | – | – | 4.6% |
| 2015 | 22.3% | 16.1% | 7.4% | 4.9% | 3% | 2.6% | 5.2% |
| 2016 | 21.1% | 14.6% | 9.5% | 3.6% | 6.8% | 5.3% | – |
| 2017 | 21.7% | 14.7% | 10.5% | 6.3% | 7.6% | – | – |
| 2018 | 20.8% | 14.9% | 14.7% | 8.7% | 8.1% | – | – |
| 2019 | 21.6% | 13.9% | 17.6% | 9.2% | 8.3% | – | – |
| 2020 | 20.6% | 15.9% | 14.6% | 11.4% | – | 8.6% | – |
| Q2 2021 | 18.9% | 14.2% | – | 16.9% | 10.5% | 10.1% | – |
| Q2 2022 | 21.8% | 15.6% | – | 13.8% | 8.6% | 8.7% | – |
Leading Operating systems in Smartphones
Today, iOS and Android are the two leading operating systems with the highest smartphone market share. Android tops the list of highest operating system market share with 70.16% followed by iOS with 29.14%. Below we have mentioned a table displaying the market share of the operating system:
| Operating System | Operating system market share |
| Android | 70.16% |
| iOS | 29.14% |
| Samsung | 0.38% |
| KaiOS | 0.12% |
| Windows | 0.02% |
| Nokia | 0.01% |
| Linux | 0.01% |
Wrapping Up
More than 86% of the population across the world already owns a smartphone and in the coming years, the number of smartphone users is expected to grow to higher. The features and capabilities offered through a smartphone using advanced technology are growing the demand for smartphones among people. Today, you can access entertainment, games, social media, bank information, maps, emails, and more by simply using your smartphone. Due to this most industry specialists believe that smartphone user numbers will keep on rising.
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Cyberbullying Facts & Statistics (2024)
Cyberbullying is harassment or bullying that takes place through digital services. Cyberbullying comprises offensive, hateful, degrading, and mean content, text, and messages shared to embarrass an individual. At times, the content or text shared by a bully can make someone feel threatened. Most of the cyberbullying instances take place on social media platforms such as Facebook, Instagram, Twitter, etc.
Over the years there has been a massive increase in cyberbullying cases across the world. 64% of young adults in the US have faced cyberbullying and have received nasty, intimidating, and threatening messages online. In this article, we are going to take a look at Cyberbullying statistics to understand its true impact, how crucial cyberbullying issues are, and how it impacts the life of an individual.
Top Cyberbullying Statistics
- On Average 64% of young adults (people between the ages of 18 to 29) in America have faced cyberbullying.
- 36.5% of people have been bullied in their lifetime.
- 41% of United States adults have experienced some form of online harassment.
- Young people who have faced cyberbullying are at a higher risk for self-harm and suicidal behavior in comparison to people who haven’t faced cyberbullying.
- 70% of students have reported that someone has tried to spread rumors about them online.
- Instagram is one of the top social media platforms where the majority of young people have reported to have witnessed cyberbullying.
- 87% of young people have witnessed cyberbullying occurring online.
- Half of the LGBTQIA+ students have faced online harassment.
- 54% of LGBTQ+ middle school students have faced cyberbullying and 39% of high school students.
- 23% of students have admitted to being rude or mean to another person online. 27% reported they faced the same from other people.
- Only 1 out of 10 teens experiencing cyberbullying has informed their parents or trusted adults about the harassment.
General Cyberbullying Statistics
Today, cyberbullying is one of the major issues faced by people across the world. However, in some areas around the world, the knowledge and awareness regarding cyberbullying and online harassment are massively low.
- In the past 30 days, 1 out of 4 middle school and high school students have been cyberbullied
There has been a massive increase in the percentage of students who have reported being a target of cyberbullying by 55% since 2015. Around 45.5% of students in middle school and high school have reported being cyberbullied at least once in their lifetime.
- 41% of the United States adults have faced some form of online harassment
31% of US adults have reported to have witnessed offensive and inappropriate name-calling by people. While 26% of people have reported to have experienced purposeful embarrassment. Other severe harassment includes sustained harassment (11%), Stalking (11%), sexual harassment (11%), and threats (14%).
- 92% of Americans believe that cyberbullying is a concern
While there is no debate that cyberbullying is a concern in society it can impact an individual’s life both mentally and physically. According to research by Pew, 55% of people look at cyberbullying as a “major concern” while only 37% believe it’s a “minor issue.” Also, 7% of Americans think that cyberbullying isn’t an issue at all.
- 3 out of 4 cyberbullying targets have encountered harassment on Facebook
Facebook is one of the top social media platforms where cyberbullying is highly common. By contrast, 25% or less of the targets of cyberbullying have said they have been bullied on Twitter, Instagram, Snapchat, YouTube, and other platforms.
- A quarter of adults worldwide have no clue what cyberbullying is.
According to a poll by Ipsos with 20,000+ adults across 28 nations that shared an insight regarding the awareness among people about cyberbullying. This poll stated that 25% of the respondents haven’t heard about cyberbullying in their lifetime. Saudi Arabia was named the country with the least amount of awareness regarding cyberbullying with about 63% of people claiming they haven’t seen, read, or ever heard about cyberbullying.
Distribution of platforms where people have faced bullying
Today Majority of cyberbullying and online harassment take place on social media platforms. A large section of online bullying takes place in the form of text messages and comments passed on to a user’s account. Facebook is the leading platform with 39% of cyberbullying instances taking place on this social media platform followed by YouTube with 29%. Below we have mentioned a table showcasing online platforms where users are likely to face cyberbullying:
| Online Platform | Percentage of cyberbullying |
| 39% | |
| YouTube | 29% |
| 22% | |
| 22% |
School Cyberbullying Statistics
- Middle school students who have been victims of cyberbullying are 2x likely to attempt suicide compared to non-victims
According to a survey by the Journal of School Violence, it was found cyberbullying and online harassment victims are more likely to have tried to attempt suicide in comparison to non-victims of online bullying. Apparently, online harassment perpetrators also have 1.5 times more chances of attempting suicide.
- 25% of LGBTQ+ students studying in high school were bullied and have tried to attempt suicide in the past year at least once
LGBTQ+ students are often one of the biggest targets of online bullies and according to Trevor Project, 29% of LGBTQ middle schoolers have tried to attempt suicide at least once as a result of excessive bullying.
- The majority of cyberbullying instances that happen to school students are done by their classmates
According to a report by Ipsos, 51% of online harassment is done by classmates of the victim. According to a 2018 poll with more than 20,000 parents involved it was reported that 30% were children that the victim didn’t know.
- Female students or teenagers are 3x more likely to face cyberbullying in comparison to male students
Female teenagers are at greater risk when it comes to online harassment and cyberbullying. About 22.4% of females between the ages of 12 to 18 have been a victim of cyberbullying which took place through texts or online. Meanwhile, 7.6% of male students in the same age group have reported to face cyberbullying.
- 23% of high school and middle school students have been cyberbullied by bullies in the past 30 days
According to the Cyberbullying Research Center, there has been a massive increase in cyberbullying cases since 2015 by 55% which has tripled since 2007. A total of 45.5% of high school and middle school students have reported being a target of cyberbullying or online harassment at least once in their lives.
Cyberbullying Prevention Statistics
Cyberbullying and online harassment cases are increasing day by day. Due to this, there are various prevention methods taken by the government and social media platforms to stop cyberbullying. Below we have mentioned some of the statistics regarding cyberbullying prevention globally.
- 3 out of 4 adults across the world believe anti-cyberbullying efforts are ineffective
A large number of adults across the world believe that more efforts need to be taken in order to counter cyberbullying. The majority of sentiment is from Japan, where around 89% of adults believe that not enough measures are taken by anti-cyberbullying to stop and end cyberbullying among people.
- 41% of the people claim no response or action was taken by the platform regarding physical threats on the social media platform
In a survey done by ADL’s Online Hate and Harassment, it was stated that more than 4 in 10 respondents had claimed that many social media platforms had failed to take any crucial actions against online hate and physical threats. 14% claimed in 2021 the platform removed threatening content, down from 22% in 2020.
- Two-thirds of the cyberbullying content was found by Facebook before being reported by the users themselves (Facebook)
Facebook has taken essential measures against cyberbullying on the platform. In Quarter 1 of 2022, Facebook found and flagged 67% of the content under bullying and harassment. This is a massive jump by Facebook when it comes to taking action against offensive content as the platform found only 14% of content offending in 2020 before users did.
- 79% of US adults believe that online platforms are not doing a good job regarding cyber bullying
47% of US adults say that companions are doing a fair job in addressing cyberbullying. Meanwhile, 32% of the audience says online platforms are doing a “poor” job in addressing online bullying and harassment. On being asked what essential methods should be taken against cyberbullying, 51% of people claimed placing a permanent ban on online harassment is an effective method to address users.
- 48 US States have laws that comprise the terms “Electronic Harassment” or “Cyberbullying”
There are only two states in the US Alaska and Wisconsin that don’t include any form of cyberbullying laws. 49 states contain laws requiring school districts to have formal policies and guidelines addressing the behavior, identification, and disciplinary responses of cyberbullying. 44 states in the US include criminal sanctions specifically for electronic harassment and cyberbullying.
- Four in Five Americans are keen on more laws to be added for cyberbullying and online harassment (ADL)
81% of Americans believe that more laws and regulations should be added to hold cyberbullies accountable for their behavior towards a victim. Around 80% of the audience feel that police need to focus more on helping the cyberbullied victims. 76% of people feel that social media platforms should be held accountable for harmful and inappropriate actions against users.
Wrapping Up
Cyberbullying is currently one of the major issues faced by students and young adults around the world. With the growth of the internet and social media platforms, the risks of online harassment have also taken a huge rise among people. Even though there are a variety of anti-cyberbullying measures available, the risks of online harassment haven’t taken a drastic change. Therefore, it’s important for companies and other platforms to take essential measures against cyberbullying to ensure a safe platform use for everyone.
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