In 2025, we continued to ensure that our 57 members across 52 countries were able to rapidly exchange reports through ICCAM, enabling national hotlines to act using established reporting pathways across jurisdictions.
As volume increased and online harm continued to evolve last year, INHOPE focused on supporting its analysts, strengthening its technical infrastructure, and maintaining effective coordination across its global network. Together, these elements reinforce INHOPE’s role as a global leader in cross-border hotline cooperation against CSAM.
In countries where there is an INHOPE network, the average CSAM removal time is 1.4 days, compared with 41 days where we find the hosting country is outside the network. This significant difference reflects the value of trusted national hotlines operating through shared systems and established reporting pathways. Image hosts and forums remain the primary locations where content is detected, while sexual extortion and financially motivated abuse continue to rise, adding new dimensions to the types of reports analysts assess.
Preventing revictimisation remains a priority, as does providing actionable intelligence to law enforcement so investigations can focus on identifying offenders, removing children from harm, and disrupting abuse.
The figures reported in 2025 demonstrate the continued need for, and relevance of, the INHOPE hotline network.
In 2025, members processed and exchanged 4,781,125 records through ICCAM, reflecting a sustained increase in global reporting and cross-border exchanges.
Behind these figures are analysts working daily to process an increasing number of records that are not only higher in volume, but also more complex in nature. Assessing these reports requires specialised knowledge, consistent training, and ongoing information exchange across our network. Ensuring analysts have the capacity, tools, and support to perform this work to a high standard is central to INHOPE’s mission and directly shapes our strategic direction for 2025–2028.
We have set clear priorities around training and community, capacity building, and technology and standardisation. As workflows become more complex and reporting volumes continue to grow, investment in shared systems, harmonised classification, and analyst support is essential to maintaining efficiency and consistency across the network. In 2026, this means progressing the rollout of ICCAM 3.0, accelerating adoption of the Universal Classification Schema, strengthening hotline capacity, and continuing to engage policymakers to ensure hotlines remain central within regulatory frameworks.
At the same time, expanding INHOPE’s global presence remains critical to ensuring coverage in regions that are currently underserved. Supporting additional hotlines and analysts requires not only technical infrastructure, but also long-term financial and organisational stability. Continued engagement with partners, and funders is therefore essential to strengthening what the network can offer its members.
As we look ahead to 2026, we do so with confidence and optimism. INHOPE understands its role, values its partners, and remains committed to leading through trusted collaboration and cooperation in the global fight against online CSAM.
