According to an online survey conducted in 2022 in the United States, 66 percent of surveyed girls of color said they had come across racism on TikTok, with roughly one in ten respondents having encountered racism on a daily basis on the social media app. Overall, 65 percent of respondents had been exposed to racism on Instagram, while 53 percent had the same experience on Snapchat.
Frequency of exposure to racism on social media and in real life according to adolescent girls of color in the United States as of December 2022
adolescent girls of color who use each platform; real life among all girls of color surveyed
Method of interview
Online survey
Supplementary notes
According to the source: "Girls of color include all non-white girls in the sample, including girls who are Black, Hispanic, Asian, more than one race, or other races"
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Common Sense Media. (March 30, 2023). Frequency of exposure to racism on social media and in real life according to adolescent girls of color in the United States as of December 2022 [Graph]. In Statista. Retrieved July 13, 2024, from https://www.statista.com/statistics/1384164/us-teen-girls-of-color-exposure-to-racism-social-media-and-real-life/
Common Sense Media. "Frequency of exposure to racism on social media and in real life according to adolescent girls of color in the United States as of December 2022." Chart. March 30, 2023. Statista. Accessed July 13, 2024. https://www.statista.com/statistics/1384164/us-teen-girls-of-color-exposure-to-racism-social-media-and-real-life/
Common Sense Media. (2023). Frequency of exposure to racism on social media and in real life according to adolescent girls of color in the United States as of December 2022. Statista. Statista Inc.. Accessed: July 13, 2024. https://www.statista.com/statistics/1384164/us-teen-girls-of-color-exposure-to-racism-social-media-and-real-life/
Common Sense Media. "Frequency of Exposure to Racism on Social Media and in Real Life According to Adolescent Girls of Color in The United States as of December 2022." Statista, Statista Inc., 30 Mar 2023, https://www.statista.com/statistics/1384164/us-teen-girls-of-color-exposure-to-racism-social-media-and-real-life/
Common Sense Media, Frequency of exposure to racism on social media and in real life according to adolescent girls of color in the United States as of December 2022 Statista, https://www.statista.com/statistics/1384164/us-teen-girls-of-color-exposure-to-racism-social-media-and-real-life/ (last visited July 13, 2024)
Frequency of exposure to racism on social media and in real life according to adolescent girls of color in the United States as of December 2022 [Graph], Common Sense Media, March 30, 2023. [Online]. Available: https://www.statista.com/statistics/1384164/us-teen-girls-of-color-exposure-to-racism-social-media-and-real-life/
