Cyberviolence affected 3.2% of the adult population in 2022. Minors were particularly vulnerable, with 28% of middle school students and 23% of high school students being victims of online violence. In 2024, online offences accounted for 12% of offences against persons, expressed as number of victims, as recorded by the internal security forces. The share of online harassment, one of the most common forms of cyberviolence, constituted 35% of harassment offences. The number of cyberviolence victims rose considerably in the few preceding years, with six times more victims of digital sexual harassment recorded in 2024 than in 2016 and twice as many victims of invasions of privacy. In middle school, 21% of pupils stated having been insulted online in 2022. In high school, this was the case for 15% of pupils in 2023.

More adult women reported being victims of cyberviolence: 3.8%, compared to 2.6% of men. In middle school, 31% of girls stated cyberviolence perpetration, compared to 26% of boys. Young adults aged 18 to 24 reported cyberviolence 2.6 times more often than the average adult population, while immigrants reported it nearly twice as less.

Furthermore, partners or ex-partners were the main known perpetrators in 13% of cyberviolence cases. Finally, a quarter of adult victims of cyberviolence underwent more than one attack. 20% of all middle school pupils and 10% of high school pupils suffered more than one attack.