Social Media Hacking Statistics: Insights and Trends [2025]

Financial Impact

1. Social media hacking costs the global economy over $2 billion annually.
2. An average social media hacking incident can cause a company up to $200,000 in damages.
3. 70% of social media hackers are financially motivated.

Growth and Prevalence

4. Social media hacking incidents have increased by 27% from 2020 to 2022.
5. The use of bots in social media hacking has increased by 33% in the past 3 years.
6. Fake social media accounts used for hacking purposes have increased by 26% since 2021.

Targets and Victims

7. Instagram accounts are the most targeted, accounting for 27% of social media hacks.
8. 25% of social media hacking attempts targeted large corporations.
9. 40% of social media accounts are hacked through third-party applications.
10. 64% of victims were unable to regain access to their accounts within 48 hours.
11. 56% of companies worldwide have experienced social media hacking at least once.
12. 92% of users have experienced or know someone who has experienced hacking.

Techniques and Tactics

13. Phishing attacks account for 45% of all social media hacking incidents.
14. 21% of social media hacking incidents involve compromised passwords.
15. Only 8% of users utilize two-factor authentication for protection.
16. 67% of victims hadn’t updated their passwords in the last six months.

Platform-Specific Statistics

17. Twitter accounted for 16% of all social media hacking incidents in 2022.
18. LinkedIn accounts constitute 12% of social media hacking incidents.
19. Social media hacking has resulted in 62 million compromised accounts in 2021.

Reporting and Awareness

20. 80% of social media hacking incidents are never reported to law enforcement.

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