U.S. internet users who experienced partner abuse online 2016, by gender

This statistic illustrates the percentage of internet users in the United States who have experienced at least one form of digital harassment or abuse by a current or former romantic partner as of July 2016, sorted by gender. According to the surveyed results, 12 percent of both male and female respondents stated that they had experienced at least one form of digital harassment or abuse by a current or former romantic partner. Such abuse includes monitoring of online or phone activity without permission, purposeful embarassment online, offensive name-calling, online stalking, revenge porn, as well as physical threats made online, doxxing and many more.