This statistic presents a ranking of the online behavior most commonly labeled as online trolling according to internet users in the United States. During the August 2017 survey, 52 percent of respondents stated that deliberately making inflammatory statements counted as as online trolling. Over half of respondents felt that being abusive towards someone because of their opinion was trolling behavior.
Which of the following behaviors do you think constitute internet trolling?
Characteristic
Share of respondents
Deliberately making inflammatory statements
52%
Being abusive to someone because of their opinion
54%
Picking on another person or small group of people for any reason
50%
Deliberately making controversial statements
42%
Using a comments section or chatroom to further one's own opinion, even if it has nothing to do with the topic of said comments section/chatroom
35%
Calling someone else (e.g. fellow commentator, article writer, etc.) an offensive name
47%
Belittling someone for not understanding a concept or previously presented piece of information
46%
Being stubborn about one's own opinion
17%
Other
2%
Not applicable - no behavior constitutes internet trolling
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Statista Survey. (August 28, 2017). Which of the following behaviors do you think constitute internet trolling? [Graph]. In Statista. Retrieved November 10, 2024, from https://www-statista-com.ezproxy.canberra.edu.au/statistics/380009/what-behavior-constitutes-internet-trolling/
Statista Survey. "Which of the following behaviors do you think constitute internet trolling?." Chart. August 28, 2017. Statista. Accessed November 10, 2024. https://www-statista-com.ezproxy.canberra.edu.au/statistics/380009/what-behavior-constitutes-internet-trolling/
Statista Survey. (2017). Which of the following behaviors do you think constitute internet trolling?. Statista. Statista Inc.. Accessed: November 10, 2024. https://www-statista-com.ezproxy.canberra.edu.au/statistics/380009/what-behavior-constitutes-internet-trolling/
Statista Survey. "Which of The following Behaviors Do You Think Constitute Internet Trolling?." Statista, Statista Inc., 28 Aug 2017, https://www-statista-com.ezproxy.canberra.edu.au/statistics/380009/what-behavior-constitutes-internet-trolling/
Statista Survey, Which of the following behaviors do you think constitute internet trolling? Statista, https://www-statista-com.ezproxy.canberra.edu.au/statistics/380009/what-behavior-constitutes-internet-trolling/ (last visited November 10, 2024)
Which of the following behaviors do you think constitute internet trolling? [Graph], Statista Survey, August 28, 2017. [Online]. Available: https://www-statista-com.ezproxy.canberra.edu.au/statistics/380009/what-behavior-constitutes-internet-trolling/
