The study: https://www.mja.com.au/journal/2025/222/9/prevalence-intimate-partner-violence-australia-national-survey

There are a lot of problems with the study. But they did collect these numbers, which can be hard to find, and they really put into perspective how much we lack services for abused men.

Some results:
44.8% of people (who'd been in at least 1 relationship) experienced IPV. 48.4% of women and 40.4% of men.
32.3% of women and 25.4% of men experienced physical violence
18.2% of women and 4.0% of men experienced sexual violence
45.1% of women and 36.6% of men experienced psychological violence
70.2% experienced IPV

One thing the survey did to get a higher rate of both male and female victims than the ABS survey does is, not limit themselves to actions where the perpetrator "intended to cause harm." which might capture a few more 'accidents' but should also capture all the cases where a victim would excuse the behaviour. (i.e. "she didn't mean to hurt me.")

Problems with their survey, they point out that some of the participants might have reframed their experiences as 'normal' and not reported them.

My issue is that they keep claiming that they found "significantly more" women were abused. They might mean statistically significant (not random chance) but they say it in a way that sounds like the regular usage of significant. and 48 is more than 40, and 32 is more than 25, but I wouldn't say they are significantly more.

I also take issue with this quote:

I checked the studies they referenced for these quotes, one's a meta analysis, that says this, and the opposite of this. and the second is just awful, it would take ages to describe all the problems with it.

I also dislike the rest of that paragraph (you can ctrlF it if you want to see.)

But, a flawed survey is not a useless survey, and I do think there is value in the find of 25% of men who've had a relationship experiencing DV. Less men than women, but far more men than people expect or realise.