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Bullying victim adolescents have higher levels of mental health problems, worse mental health outcomes, and lowered social status than non-victim adolescents. Literature on bullying among adolescents in Ethiopia is limited. This study aimed to assess the magnitude of bullying victimization and its associated factors among adolescents.<\/jats:p><\/jats:sec><jats:sec><jats:title>Methods<\/jats:title><jats:p>A community-based cross-sectional study was carried out among 847 adolescents in Mettu town. A Stratified sampling technique was used to select eligible Study participants from September, 1 to 30, 2020. Linear regression analysis model was used; first bivariate analysis was performed to see the association of each independent variable with bullying victimization. Variables with (<jats:italic>P<\/jats:italic>\u2009&lt;\u20090.25) in bivariate analysis were entered into a multivariate linear regression model to identify the association of each independent variable with bullying victimization. The statistical significance was considered at<jats:italic>P<\/jats:italic>value\u2009&lt;\u20090.05.<\/jats:p><\/jats:sec><jats:sec><jats:title>Results<\/jats:title><jats:p>From the total of 847 adolescents 819 were voluntarily involved in the study giving the response rate of 96.7%. The prevalence of bullying victimization in this study was 30.4%. Being male (\u03b2\u2009=\u20091.135,<jats:italic>p<\/jats:italic>\u2009=\u20090.001), physical abuse (\u03b2\u2009=\u20090.622,<jats:italic>p<\/jats:italic>\u2009\u2264\u20090.001), emotional abuse (\u03b2\u2009=\u20090.512,<jats:italic>p<\/jats:italic>\u2009\u2264\u20090.001), current substance use (\u03b2\u2009=\u20091.153,<jats:italic>p<\/jats:italic>\u2009=\u20090.005), psychological distress (\u03b2\u2009=\u20090.406,<jats:italic>p<\/jats:italic>\u2009\u2264\u20090.001) and having medical illness (\u03b2\u2009=\u20093.500,<jats:italic>p<\/jats:italic>\u2009\u2264\u20090.001) were significantly associated with bullying victimization.<\/jats:p><\/jats:sec><jats:sec><jats:title>Conclusions<\/jats:title><jats:p>Bullying victimization is quite common among adolescents and has both short- and long-term consequences. Bullying prevention treatments should focus on male adolescents and those who report being bullied. 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