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JapanIn 2025, Our Wave reached a major milestone. We grew to nearly 480,000 community members and welcomed over 220,000 new survivors and allies to our space in this year alone. We also launched a new and improved community page, enabling deeper connections between survivors and opportunities for allies to share public messages of support. Across the platform, survivors continued to share their stories, ask questions, and find strength in collective healing. With over 1.5 million content views and nearly 600,000 resource referrals in 2025, our community has become a trusted space where survivors know they are not alone.
Active community members
Survivor stories shared
Countries with shared stories2
Survivor milestones achieved
We nearly doubled our community, welcoming over 220,000 new members to reach nearly 480,000 total survivors, allies, and supporters
We launched the Our Wave platform in Japanese
We added official resources support for 28 countries across the globe
We launched our new Our Wave Community 2.0 Platform, enabling survivors to support one another directly
Nearly 400 new survivor stories were shared, accompanied by over 370 messages of hope and healing from the community
We connected survivors to nearly 600,000 resource referrals, helping them access mental health support, crisis services, and educational materials
Our community expanded to survivors in 73 countries
We launched our 10th storytelling community in partnership with Trey's Law
Our community is the heart of Our Wave. In 2025 we saw tremendous growth and welcomed over 220,000 new members. With the launch of our new community page, survivors and allies can now engage more deeply with one another. Our 500+ comments shared and 900,000+ content views this year reflect a community actively engaged in healing together.
Active community members
New community members in 2025
Content views all time2
Content views in 2025
We define a view as a meaningful period in which a user reads or engages with content on our platform, including survivor stories, questions, and resources.
Comments posted all time2
Comments posted in 2025
A comment is a meaningful response to a survivor, written by a fellow community member. Our team actively moderates all comments to ensure our community is always a safe space for survivors.
Story reactions all time2
Story reactions in 2025
Story reactions are pre-written messages of support that Our Wave users can send anonymously to survivors who share their story. This allows the community to show support while protecting a safe space for survivors.
Survivor milestones achieved
Grounding exercises completed
Milestones mark the number of times our community has engaged with each survivor's story. Each milestone represents the impact a survivor's story has had on other survivors, allies, and the community as a whole.
Messages of Support posted all time2
Messages of Support posted in 2025
Survivors, allies, and community members can share messages of support with the global community. These messages give a voice to anyone and everyone who is here to help support survivors.
Storytelling continues to be at the core of Our Wave's mission. In 2025, survivors shared 389 new stories, each one an act of courage and a gift to others walking similar paths. These stories were shared by a global community across 73 countries, creating a tapestry of support that extends far beyond any single experience. These stories reached hundreds of thousands, reminding survivors everywhere that their voices matter and their healing is possible.
Survivor stories shared
Survivor artwork shared
Messages of Hope shared
Messages of Healing shared
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Country
Stories shared2
United States
1,039 +26%
United Kingdom
108 +37%
Ireland
95 +23%
Canada
66 +65%
Australia
42 +14%
India
25 +67%
Philippines
14 +27%
Germany
13 +44%
South Africa
13 +18%
Japan
12 +300%
63 more
Countries with shared stories2
U.S. states & territories with shared stories2
State/Territory
Stories shared2
California
106 +51%
New York
70 +30%
Texas
68 +31%
Florida
56 +14%
Pennsylvania
48 +26%
Minnesota
38 +23%
Ohio
37 +19%
Illinois
35 +40%
Georgia
28 +40%
North Carolina
26 +18%
41 more
When a survivor shares their story with our community, they have the option of selecting tags that represent their identity and their story. These include gender, race, location in which the story took place, and their relationship to the offender.
Home
752in School / University
263at Someone Else’s Home
250Other
233at a Social Event
112at Work
106in a Public Space
104Traveling
80in a Bar / Restaurant
76Online or in a Digital Space
46in a Religious Setting
36in the Military
20in a Service Setting
15Incarcerated
12Family Member
450Romantic Partner
322Acquaintance
234Stranger
228Non-Romantic Friend
218Authority Figure
173Minor
141Spouse
108Ex-Partner
101Casual / First Date
86Colleague
47a Person who is neurodivergent
130a Person with a physical disability
45a Person with an intellectual or developmental disability
38an Immigrant
15a Person who is blind or has a visual impairment
13a Person who is deaf / hard of hearing
13a Person with a speech or language impairment
10Emotional abuse
665Physical harm
432Verbal abuse
417Financial abuse
209Stalking
179Human trafficking
55Our Q&A section saw remarkable growth in 2025, with 365 questions submitted by survivors and answered by experts. The most-asked topic this year centered on making sense of childhood experiences, reflecting the need for thoughtful, expert-informed answers about complex trauma. From questions about consent and boundaries to processing difficult memories, each inquiry represents a brave step toward understanding and healing.
Survivor questions answered all time
Survivor questions answered in 2025
Question
Views
Is it abuse to force or pressure someone into a romantic relationship or into dating you?
1,495
I need clarity about childhood sexual behaviors that I now feel guilty about. When I was 10-11, my younger brother was 6-7 years old. After being exposed to pornography around that time, I engaged in inappropriate sexual behaviors with my brother including oral contact and attempted anal contact. This happened a few times before stopping. Later, around age 12, I also engaged in sexual experimentation with my cousin of similar age. When I was 18, I remembered these events and felt deep shame. I spoke with my brother about it when he was 14, and he told me it was okay. Recently, I've been thinking about it again and feeling like I committed child-on-child sexual abuse (COCSA). Should I talk to my brother about it again? We have a good relationship now, and I didn't force or threaten him, but I feel remorseful and ashamed. How can I process these feelings?
1,241
Why did my cousin and I touch each other's private parts when we were little? Is this normal or does it mean something concerning?
1,038
I understand that sexual arousal can sometimes occur during trauma flashbacks for survivors. I'm seeking to understand from a mental health perspective: Is it psychologically healthy or harmful to engage in consensual sexual activity (either alone or with a partner) when experiencing these trauma responses? How can survivors navigate these complex physical reactions in a way that supports healing?
906
A few years ago, I had a memory resurface of when I was 11-12 years old. I briefly (for a few seconds) placed the back of my hand on a family friend's (5-year-old male) private area. I remember him saying 'that is my private area' and I immediately removed my hand and never did that again. I'm not sure why I did it. I had a lot of sexual curiosity at that age and exposure to pornography. No other sexual actions occurred between us, and there was no intent to do anything sexual. I think I was just curious. I spoke to a therapist who said this wasn't COCSA or any sexual crime, and that it's not uncommon. She noted that although there was an age difference, there were no sexual actions taken or force/manipulation used. Do you agree with my therapist? I'm not sure if this was a crime or just normal childhood exploration.
884
360 more
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Country
Questions submitted2
United States
333 +123%
Kuwait
53 +39%
United Kingdom
52 +148%
Canada
35 +250%
Mexico
24 +167%
Brazil
21 +11%
India
20 +233%
South Africa
18 +38%
Australia
15 +150%
Argentina
14 +367%
34 more
Countries with submitted questions2
U.S. states & territories with submitted questions2
State/Territory
Questions submitted2
California
33 +94%
Florida
20 +150%
Texas
20 +82%
Alabama
17 +89%
Maryland
13 +160%
Pennsylvania
13 +63%
Virginia
13 +225%
Georgia
10 +400%
Missouri
10 +400%
North Carolina
10 +100%
31 more
In 2025, survivors connected with nearly 600,000 resource referrals, accessing mental health professionals, crisis support services, and educational materials. As our community grows, so does our commitment to ensuring every survivor has access to the tools and support they need. By maintaining trusted referrals in a safe digital environment, we help survivors take confident steps toward their healing journey.
We define a resource referral as each time a visitor to Our Wave clicks on a link to visit one of our trusted resource partners. These links appear in our Resources hub, in emails that we send to our community, and throughout the navigation of our platform.
Resource referrals all time2
Resource referrals in 2025
Resource Name
Referrals
RAINN National Sexual Assault Hotline
117,693
Ministry of Social Affairs and Gender Equality
24,718
Safe to Talk New Zealand
23,746
24/7 Rape and Sexual Abuse Support Line UK
23,566
0800-MUJERES Venezuela
22,002
Here I Am Line
20,514
CEPAM Comprehensive Care Center
19,820
24 Hour Rape Crisis Helpline Ireland
19,730
NO MORE Global Directory
19,552
#YoSíTeCreo Cuba
18,774
82 more
This report encompasses data collected from January 1, 2025 to January 1, 2026.
All stories and messages written by survivors are used with the survivors' permission to publish.
We made significant changes to the breath of our metrics reporting efforts from 2024 to 2025. Because of these changes, some metrics will show growth discrepancies from previous years.
1 Comparison to the same metric during the previous annual report period.
2 Aggregated metrics from the founding of Our Wave in 2019 to the end of 2025.
3 Demographic and tag data from stories submitted directly to the core Our Wave storytelling platform (community.ourwave.org)
4 Community members are defined by unique IP addresses that visit our Community platform over a given period of time. We periodically clean up our metrics to remove IPs from known scrapers, crawlers, and bots.
Do you have any questions or recommendations about our data? Send us an email at [email protected].
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