A December 2019 found that young U.S. adults were most likely to engage in cyber stalking activities and deem them to be harmless. Overall, 65 percent of respondents aged 18 to 34 years reported that they had engaged in cyber stalking their ex or current partner. Additionally, 68 percent of U.S. adults aged 35 to 44 reported the same thing. Only 10 percent of U.S. adults aged 65 and older cyber stalked their ex or current partner online.
Cyber stalking an ex or current partner online according to adults in the United States as of December 2019, by age group
who admit to stalking an ex or current partner online by checking in on them without their knowledge or consent
Method of interview
Online survey
Supplementary notes
According to the source, "online creeping, or following someone persistently or stealthily online, is typically benign behavior. However, when that becomes a pattern of behavior or escalates to using the same technology and tactics to harass someone online, it’s cyber stalking. Cyber stalking can take on many forms, but the common denominator is that it is unwanted, obsessive and sometimes illegal."
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NortonLifeLock. (February 12, 2020). Cyber stalking an ex or current partner online according to adults in the United States as of December 2019, by age group [Graph]. In Statista. Retrieved November 10, 2024, from https://www-statista-com.ezproxy.canberra.edu.au/statistics/1189392/cyber-stalking-ex-current-partner-online-age-group/
NortonLifeLock. "Cyber stalking an ex or current partner online according to adults in the United States as of December 2019, by age group." Chart. February 12, 2020. Statista. Accessed November 10, 2024. https://www-statista-com.ezproxy.canberra.edu.au/statistics/1189392/cyber-stalking-ex-current-partner-online-age-group/
NortonLifeLock. (2020). Cyber stalking an ex or current partner online according to adults in the United States as of December 2019, by age group. Statista. Statista Inc.. Accessed: November 10, 2024. https://www-statista-com.ezproxy.canberra.edu.au/statistics/1189392/cyber-stalking-ex-current-partner-online-age-group/
NortonLifeLock. "Cyber Stalking An Ex or Current Partner Online According to Adults in The United States as of December 2019, by Age Group." Statista, Statista Inc., 12 Feb 2020, https://www-statista-com.ezproxy.canberra.edu.au/statistics/1189392/cyber-stalking-ex-current-partner-online-age-group/
NortonLifeLock, Cyber stalking an ex or current partner online according to adults in the United States as of December 2019, by age group Statista, https://www-statista-com.ezproxy.canberra.edu.au/statistics/1189392/cyber-stalking-ex-current-partner-online-age-group/ (last visited November 10, 2024)
Cyber stalking an ex or current partner online according to adults in the United States as of December 2019, by age group [Graph], NortonLifeLock, February 12, 2020. [Online]. Available: https://www-statista-com.ezproxy.canberra.edu.au/statistics/1189392/cyber-stalking-ex-current-partner-online-age-group/
