---
title: "Teens and Bullying"
description: "Nearly one-in-five teens (19%) said they had been bullied over a recent 12 month period. The most frequent scenario was being bullied in-person."
date: "2011-11-23"
authors:
  - name: "Russell Heimlich"
    job_title: "Former web developer"
    link: "https://www.pewresearch.org/staff/russell-heimlich/"
url: "https://www.pewresearch.org/short-reads/2011/11/23/teens-and-bullying/"
categories:
  - "Online Harassment & Bullying"
---

# Teens and Bullying

Nearly one-in-five teens report that they have been bullied in a recent 12 month period. Generally, this bullying has occurred in one of four scenarios — in-person, by phone, via text messaging, or online. Half of the teens surveyed say they were just bullied through one medium while 50% said they were bullied in more than one way. [Read More](https://www.pewresearch.org/internet/Reports/2011/Teens-and-social-media/Part-2/Section-4.aspx?src=prc-number)