EU websites that may host CSAM by country 2022

According to a study conducted in the European Union, there were over 1.5 million pieces of Child Sexual Abuse Material (CSAM) reports in 2022, of which 724 reports were filed to the police. It is, therefore, estimated that there were around 1,720 websites hosting such content in the EU. Poland and France contained the highest share of websites that possibly contained CSAM, each accounting for around 15 percent of the total.

Number of European Union websites that possibly contain Child Sexual Abuse Material (CSAM) as of 2022, by country

Characteristic	CSAM Reports, 2022	Reports filed to police (estimate)	Websites (estimate)
Austria	18,501	9	21
Belgium	50,255	24	58
Bulgaria	31,937	15	37
Croatia	11,693	6	13
Cyprus	7,361	4	8
Czech Republic	61,994	30	71
Denmark	30,215	15	35
Estonia	6,408	3	7
Finland	10,904	5	12
France	227,465	110	260
Germany	138,193	67	158
Greece	43,345	21	50
Hungary	109,434	53	125
Ireland	19,770	10	23
Italy	96,512	47	110
Latvia	3,688	2	4
Lithuania	16,603	8	19
Luxembourg	2,004	1	2
Malta	4,713	2	5
Netherlands	57,012	27	65
Poland	235,310	113	269
Portugal	42,674	21	49
Romania/Rumania	96,287	46	110
Slovakia	39,748	19	45
Slovenia	14,795	7	17
Spain	77,727	37	89
Sweden	48,883	24	56
Total	1,503,431	724	1,720

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January 2024

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Based on the number of Lithuanian websites with CSAM, then multiplied by the number of CSAM reports to the National Center for Missing and Exploited Children (NCMEC) from other EU countries.

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