{"source":{"name":"Evidence Hub on Social Media Ban for Kids - A project by the Lisbon Council","url":"https:\/\/socialmediaban.lisboncouncil.net","license":"Creative Common CC-BY 4.0 International"},"data":[{"data":[37,25,39,33,40,36,27],"name":"European Average"}],"_data":[["Country","European Average"],["Ways of physically harming or hurting oneself (%)",37],["Ways of committing suicide (%)",25],["Ways to be very thin (%)",39],["Their experiences of taking drugs (%)",33],["Gory or violent images (%)",40],["Challenges and dares that might seriously hurt or kill you (%)",36],["Adult pornography (X-rated content) (%)",27]],"labels":{"values":["Ways of physically harming or hurting oneself (%)","Ways of committing suicide (%)","Ways to be very thin (%)","Their experiences of taking drugs (%)","Gory or violent images (%)","Challenges and dares that might seriously hurt or kill you (%)","Adult pornography (X-rated content) (%)"]},"metadata":{"link":"https:\/\/www.lse.ac.uk\/media-and-communications\/research\/research-projects\/eu-kids-online\/reports-and-findings\/Comparative2026","type":"","unit":"Percent (%)","year":"2025-2026","title":"Experience and frequency of potentially harmful online content, by country (Base: All children 10\u201316) - European Average","topic":"Usage Patterns","method":"survey (28,465 children aged 9\u201316)","source":"EU Kids Online 2026 comparative study: Children\u2019s views, experiences, opportunities and risks in a digital world - Full findings from the EU Kids Online representative survey of 10- to 16-year-olds across 19 countries","sub_topic":"","chart_number":"130.0","geographical":"Europe"},"description":"This dataset from the EU Kids Online 2026 comparative study provides European policymakers with essential baseline information by mapping children's annual self-reported exposure to seven key categories of harmful content. On average across the European Union, exposure to severe risks is strikingly widespread, with gory or violent images (40%) and body image content encouraging extreme thinness (39%) being the main culprits. Self-harm instructions are seen by 37% of children, dangerous challenges and dares are seen by 36%, and substance use narratives are seen by 33%. Furthermore, a significant proportion of European children encounter adult pornography (27%) and explicit suicide methods (25%)."}