As previously discussed, teenagers are able to procure steroids from many sources. With the wide variety of sources and ease of availability, it is no surprise that research shows teenage anabolic steroid use is a widespread problem. The Youth Risk Behavior Surveillance Report of 2007 (published June 2008) showed that an average of 3.9% of high school students have used anabolic steroids at least once in their life. The sample size for the survey was 14,041 students, which according to the U.S. Census of 2008, is only 0.065% of the national population of high school aged students. Taking these numbers into account though, the United States has a potential 845,875 high school aged anabolic steroids users.

Another alarming piece of research gathered from the YRBS report is the diversity of users within the high school age parameters. While male students ranged in percent usage anywhere from 2.2-7.8%, the female population surveyed ranged from 1.0-5.3% used. The highest ranking state in male usage was Kentucky, while Arizona was at the top for use among females. The lowest ranking state for male use was Maryland, while the state with lowest use among females was South Dakota.

Results from the Monitoring the Future 2008 survey (questionnaire for seniors) gave some insight regarding race and anabolic steroid abuse. Among the findings, the percentage of lifetime use among white and black students was equal- 1.4%. But the sample size for white students was four times larger than the sample size for black students. When comparing the results against the YRBS survey, the numbers show the exact opposite- more white students were using steroids compared to black steroids; 4.1% and 2.2% respectively. The YRBS survey also procured results from the Hispanic students- who accumulated a 4.6% of use, placing them first among the three demographics.

There are also results from the YRBS survey pertaining to users in each grade of high school. Based off of the findings, the general theme is that illegal anabolic steroid abuse decreases from year to year- with freshman showing the highest use results (4.8%). The anabolic steroid use follows a downward trend, decreasing down to 3.1% among junior year students, but then increases to 3.8% among seniors. In each grade, the male users outnumbered the female users considerably.