The online world has provided unquestionable benefits for individuals and societies at large. Our online and offline lives are now considerably overlapping, with a range of both social and professional interactions and opportunities available (Lieberman & Schroeder, 2020). The COVID-19 pandemic and its aftermath have emphasised the integral role that online interactions have in society, in addition to ongoing challenges (International Telecommunication Union, 2022). However, amidst the ubiquitous growth of online dynamics in our everyday lives, research continues to highlight the presence of negative online experiences (Davidson et al. 2019), with evidence of adverse outcomes for those who experience this (Kantar Media, 2018; Pew Research Center, 2017). In order to build greater transferable knowledge of these negative online experiences within different population groups, it is essential to provide a data-driven and evidence-based approach to this multi-layered phenomenon.