Here, numbers peak volume about the realities of hate and harm online. While stories touoch our hearts and foster empathy/sympathy, data engages our cognitive understanding and empowers us with insights. Here we present a rolling list of key data pieces tht shed ight on the prevalence, trends and impact of online harm and hate.

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Key Data Points: 

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• 44% of Australian young people people report having a negative onlien experience in the last 6 months, this includes 15% who recieevd threats or abuse online. (Esafety Comissioner, 2021)
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• More than 1 in 3 Australians have reported experiencing online trolling (SBS News 2021)
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• 8% of people say they have experienced 'cyberhate', 'repeated, sustained threats or attacks’. That is equivalent to 1.3 million Australians. (The Australia Institute, 2019)
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• The most common forms of online harassment or abuse was abusive language (27%), being sent unwanted sexual material (18%), and threats of physical violence or deaths (8%). (The Australia Institute 2019)
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• 75% of Australians had experienced something negative online in 2022, up form 58% in 2019. (Esafety, 2022)
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•  Around 1 In 7 (14%) adults aged 18–65 are estimated to have been the target of online hate speech* in the 12 months to August 2019. This equates to around 2 million people.
  *Online hate speech is digital communication that offends, discriminates, denigrates, abuses and/or disparages an individual because of their personal identity/beliefs.* (Esafety, 2022)
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• Around 1 in 6 adults aged 18-65 reported doing something negative online to others in the past 12 months. (Esafety, 2022)