04/22/2025
40 percent of kids in grades 4-8 reported they connected or chatted online with a stranger. Of those 40 percent:
- 53 percent revealed their phone number to a stranger
- 21 percent spoke by phone with a stranger
- 15 percent tried to meet with a stranger
- 11 percent met a stranger in their own home, the stranger’s home, a park, mall or restaurant
- 30 percent texted a stranger from their phone
- 6 percent revealed their home address to a stranger
(Children's Internet Usage Study, Center for Cyber Safety and Education, March 2019).
https://www.enough.org/stats_internet_safety
