Trend · rank 202 of 250

Online harms & safety

Abuse, fraud and exploitation online, especially of children, are growing as more social activity moves to digital services, raising the demand on nations for protective design, moderation and enforcement.

Information & InfluenceInformation & trustinformationcyberconsumer

Second pass: Carried forward from the first pass unchanged. Held by all three panel models.

Sensitivity and network position

Rank
202of 250
Sensitivity
4.2rank 225
Breadth
0of 20 scenarios High or above
PageRank
25.9rank 179
Eigenvector
20.7
Betweenness
0.0
Links
11trends at Moderate similarity or above
Composite
13.0

Attention over three years

How much this trend is read about on Wikipedia and searched for on Google, week by week, set against the typical trend in the list so that what moves every trend at once is taken out. 100 is this trend's own three-year average. The score measures public attention, which is not the same as the strength of the force: a trend can deepen unnoticed, and a news event can lift attention for a fortnight.

Now
110
Over a year
−24%Easing
Over three years
+48%
Peak
25927 Jul 2025
Sources
Bothagreement 0.80
Coverage
9languages · 54 nations

Trailing 4-week average. 100 is this trend’s three-year average.

By language

Wikipedia reading in each language edition where the trend’s pages are read enough to measure (9 of 28). Share is of all the readers counted.

LanguageShareNowOver a yearThree years
English72%179+11%
Spanish9%69−20%
Italian5%51−36%
German5%90−27%
French3%74−48%
Arabic2%91−41%
Chinese2%77−30%
Persian1%111+19%
Ukrainian1%60−30%

By country

Google search interest over the three years, as a share of each country’s searching. 100 is the nation where interest is highest. The search terms are English, which favours countries that search in English.

Philippines

United Kingdom

Singapore

South Africa

Australia

United States

Ireland

South Korea

Canada

United Arab Emirates

Malaysia

Netherlands

100

98

82

78

75

65

60

60

49

48

45

43

The 12 highest of 54 nations with a reading.

By region and G20 member

Attention to this trend inside each place, from Google searches made in its countries and Wikipedia reading in the languages mostly read there, averaged where both exist. Each line compares the trend with its own past in that place; the lines do not compare places.

Regions

PlaceRead fromNow90 days1 year3 yearsThree years
North AmericaGoogle in 2 countries + Wikipedia in English143+6%−8%+92%
EuropeGoogle in 8 countries + Wikipedia in German, French, Italian88−25%−34%−5%
Indo-PacificGoogle in 11 countries + Wikipedia in Chinese85−14%−17%−15%
South AsiaGoogle in 3 countries125−15%+39%+55%
Gulf and Middle EastGoogle in 4 countries + Wikipedia in Persian, Arabic87−36%−8%+4%
AfricaGoogle in 3 countries125+8%+12%+110%
Latin America and CaribbeanGoogle in 6 countries + Wikipedia in Spanish74−33%−20%−9%
Russia and EurasiaGoogle in 1 country + Wikipedia in Ukrainian54−52%−20%−47%

G20 members

PlaceRead fromNow90 days1 year3 yearsThree years
ArgentinaGoogle91−46%−24%+10%
AustraliaGoogle149+31%+37%+90%
BrazilGoogle67−39%−31%−12%
CanadaGoogle101−9%−19%−1%
FranceGoogle + Wikipedia in French96+1%−4%−30%
GermanyGoogle + Wikipedia in German117−25%−8%+87%
IndiaGoogle113−9%+28%+40%
IndonesiaGoogle73−36%−29%−26%
ItalyGoogle + Wikipedia in Italian53−39%−30%−53%
JapanGoogle86+2%−11%−21%
South KoreaGoogle89−24%+7%+14%
MexicoGoogle64−43%−32%−29%
Saudi ArabiaGoogle89−45%−19%+20%
South AfricaGoogle85−11%−37%+33%
TürkiyeGoogle73−53%+57%−41%
United KingdomGoogle77−18%−79%+8%
United StatesGoogle + Wikipedia in English144+8%−10%+100%

Relation to each scenario

A trend relates to a scenario when it changes how likely the scenario is, how hard it lands, or is itself sharply changed by it. Each score is the median of three scores given separately by the members of the model panel.

RelationScenarioFamily
2 · LowA disputed transfer of power breaks effective government S05Geopolitical and security
2 · LowA public service platform reaches inclusive operation S18 ↗Technology and infrastructure
1 · Very lowA cryptographic breakthrough invalidates digital trust S09Technology and infrastructure
0 · Not relatedCritical trade divides into rival blocs S01Economic and trade
0 · Not relatedA global funding seizure reaches sovereign balance sheets S02Economic and trade
0 · Not relatedA regional war closes a globally important sea route S03Geopolitical and security
0 · Not relatedHybrid coercion ends in an infrastructure blackout S04Geopolitical and security
0 · Not relatedTwo breadbasket failures trigger a food availability crisis S06Energy, climate and resources
0 · Not relatedA major disaster disables the national economic core S07Energy, climate and resources
0 · Not relatedAn AI deployment step causes abrupt labour displacement S08Technology and infrastructure
0 · Not relatedA novel respiratory pathogen exceeds health surge capacity S10Health
0 · Not relatedA creditor agreement releases fiscal capacity S11 ↗Economic and trade
0 · Not relatedA cross-regional market access compact redirects investment S12 ↗Economic and trade
0 · Not relatedA great-power agreement lowers economic security barriers S13 ↗Geopolitical and security
0 · Not relatedA verified Middle East settlement restores access S14 ↗Geopolitical and security
0 · Not relatedCheap firm clean power becomes available at scale S15 ↗Energy, climate and resources
0 · Not relatedA validated farming package raises water-efficient output S16 ↗Energy, climate and resources
0 · Not relatedAI-directed research produces a reproducible discovery step S17 ↗Technology and infrastructure
0 · Not relatedAffordable preventive treatments reduce chronic illness S19 ↗Health
0 · Not relatedA live outbreak proves rapid distributed pandemic defence S20 ↗Health

Similarity = 0.3 × shared tags (Jaccard) + 0.3 × likeness of scenario profiles (cosine) + 0.3 × likeness of names and descriptions (TF-IDF cosine) + 0.1 if in the same capability domain, cut into seven levels at 0.12, 0.22, 0.33, 0.45, 0.58, 0.72. Shown at Moderate and above.

SimilarityTrendThemeRank
4 · HighSynthetic media & deepfakesInformation & trust87
3 · ModerateDeclining institutional trustInformation & trust7
3 · ModerateDecline of independent journalismInformation & trust29
3 · ModerateMisinformation & disinformationInformation & trust30
3 · ModerateElection integrity & interferenceInformation & trust57
3 · ModerateConspiracy movements & science denialInformation & trust68
3 · ModeratePlatform power over public discourseInformation & trust99
3 · ModerateMedia provenance & authenticationInformation & trust100
3 · ModerateCensorship & surveillanceInformation & trust103
3 · ModerateAI-mediated information accessInformation & trust118
3 · ModerateDigital language representation gapsInformation & trust193