Online Porn: Here’s some facts you probably didn’t know
By Jieru Xu and Yumeng Ren
Today, with the widespread accessibility of internet and multimedia, porn is no longer taboo.
Nearly 30,000 users watch pornography on the internet worldwide, spending $3,075 — every second. What’s more, 25% of all search engine queries are related to pornography. That’s about 68 million search queries a day. And 35% of all internet downloads are related to pornography, according to Webroot.
The United States is the biggest porn producing country, with a new pornography video being created every 39 minutes, according to Deseret News. About 40 million American people regularly visit porn sites. About 200,000 Americans are “porn addicts”, recorded by “Insight Women Need”.
Given the large number of clicks and viewers, it’s not difficult to imagine that the porn industry is the biggest and most profitable industry in the world. The adult film industry alone makes more money than the MLB and NBA combined. To compare: major Hollywood movies make an average of $8.8 billion annually, while adult movies take in $13 billion.
We dug up some interesting facts about online porn industry on Pornhub, which Wikipedia claims is the largest pornographic video sharing website. This is what we found:
Fact 1. Women viewers make up a larger proportion than you might think
The adult film Industry stirs up a lot of controversy when it comes to women’s rights, but that’s not to say that lots of women aren’t out there watching porn. Whether you think it’s exploitative or empowering, it doesn’t change the fact that women’s acceptance of it is on the rise.
Source: https://www.pornhub.com/insights/2016-year-in-review
Fact 2. Average Time Spent Per Visit By Viewers From Different Countries
Source: https://www.pornhub.com/insights/2016-year-in-review
Fact 3. Devices Used by Viewers
According to the 2016 Year Review of Pornhub Insights, the majority of visits to Pornhub are from smartphones, which rise by 9%. Visits from desktop and laptop accounts for 28%. Visits from tablet amount to 11%.
Source: https://www.pornhub.com/insights/2016-year-in-review
Fact 4. Age Distribution Of Viewers
Source: https://www.pornhub.com/insights/2016-year-in-review
Fact 5. Children Watch Porn, Too
The age distribution above excludes children under 18 years old, but it doesn’t mean that children are never exposed to pornography online or through other media. And 93 % of boys and 62% of girls are exposed to Internet porn before the age of 18. Only 3% of boys and 17% of girls have never seen Internet pornography.
source:Internet Pornography Statistics
Nearly 80 percent of unwanted exposure to pornography takes place in the home; 9 percent occurs at school; 7 percent other/unknown; 5 percent at a friend’s home.
source:Internet Pornography Statistics
Kids experience unwanted exposure to sexual material via:
- A link through an innocent word search (40 percent)
- Clicking on a link in another site (17 percent)
- A pop-up (14 percent)
- Other (13 percent)
- Misspelled web address (12 percent)
- Don’t know (4 percent)
- Pictures involving animals or other strange things (10 percent)
source:Internet Pornography Statistics