Online safety features global 2023

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As of August 2023, the most used online privacy feature for internet users worldwide was private accounts, with 56 percent of global respondents stating to have used them. Additionally, 54 percent of respondents said they reviewed friend or follow requests. Roughly 51 percent used parental control tools.

Most common online safety features worldwide as of August 2023

Characteristic	Used	Know about, haven't used	Didn't know about feature
Private accounts	56%	32%	12%
Reviewing friend or follow requests	54%	31%	15%
Parental controls tools	51%	40%	9%
Filter out messages from unknown senders	43%	38%	19%
Content filters	37%	45%	18%
Child accounts	36%	49%	15%
Tools to report content of concern	34%	47%	20%
SafeSearch	33%	41%	26%
Tools to report users of concern	33%	46%	21%

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Release date

January 2024

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Region

Worldwide

Survey time period

July 27 to August 22, 2023

Number of respondents

16,795 respondents

Method of interview

Online survey

Supplementary notes

The original question was phrased by the source as follows: "Here are some different safety features you can use online to keep yourself safe or deal with people or content that you feel is inappropriate or makes you uncomfortable. Let us know if you are aware of any of these features and have used any of them."

The survey was conducted among teens 13-17, parents of 6–17, adults 18-64 years old.

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