Social media is the leading medium for successful scams at 34%, surpassing email (28%), phone calls (25%), text messages (24%), and online ads (21%) in 2025.
Social media is the leading medium for successful scams at 34%, surpassing email (28%), phone calls (25%), text messages (24%), and online ads (21%) in 2025. — This cybersecurity statistic was published by Bitdefender in November 2025. It covers topics including Scams, Social media, Email, Phone calls, Texts. The original data appears in 2025 Consumer Cybersecurity Survey. For the full methodology and detailed findings, refer to the original report.
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Social media is the leading medium for successful scams at 34%, surpassing email (28%), phone calls (25%), text messages (24%), and online ads (21%) in 2025. This data was published by Bitdefender and covers Scams, Social media, Email, Phone calls, Texts.
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This statistic comes from 2025 Consumer Cybersecurity Survey, published by Bitdefender on November 16, 2025. You can view the original report at https://blogapp.bitdefender.com/hotforsecurity/content/files/2025/11/11052025-2025-Consumer-Cybersecurity-Survey.pdf.
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This statistic relates to Scams, Social media, Email, Phone calls, Texts. Browse more statistics on Scams or from Bitdefender.