With the exponential increase in reports of online exploitation, research is vital to inform prevention and education.
The ACCCE works in partnership with many organisations to commission and provide input into research efforts to help combat online child sexual exploitation.
To better understand the online child sexual exploitation space, the ACCCE commissioned market research into the awareness, perceptions and attitudes of online child sexual exploitation in Australia. Released in early 2020, the research highlights that education and prevention plays a critical role to counter the ever-increasing number of child exploitation reports received each year.
In the 2025-26 financial year, the ACCCE Child Protection Triage Unit received 100,194 reports of online child sexual exploitation. This equates to an average of 275 reports per day or 8350 reports a month.