Here are some fascinating facts about pornography.
“If you think you can’t fall into sexual sin, then you’re godlier than David, stronger than Samson, and wiser than Solomon.” – Bill Perkins
General Internet Statistics
- 30% of all data transferred on the internet is porn
- 12% of websites on the internet are pornographic – 24,644,172 sites
- In the US internet porn generates $2.84 billion per year – the entire worldwide industry is worth $4.9 billion
- Every second – $3,075.64 is being spent on pornography
- Every second – 28,258 internet users are viewing pornography
- Every second – 372 internet users are typing adult search terms into search engines
- Every 39 minutes a new porn video is being created in the US
- 40 million American people regularly visit porn sites
- 25% of all search engine requests are porn related – 68 million per day
- 35% of all internet downloads are pornographic
- There are 116,000 searches for “child pornography” every day
- 70% of men aged 18-24 visit porn sites in a typical month
- Porn sites get more visitors (450M) than Netflix (46M), Amazon (110M) and twitter (160M) combined.
Who is seeking pornography?
- The United states is the largest producer and exporter of hard core porn DVD’s and web material, followed by Germany.
- 1 in 3 porn users are women
- 70% of men aged 18-24 visit porn sites in a typical month
- 8% of all emails are pornographic – 2.5 billion per day
- The least popular day of the year for watching porn is Thanksgiving
- The most popular day of the week for watching porn is Sunday
- Average age of first Internet exposure to pornography: 11 years old
- 38 percent of adults believe there is nothing wrong with pornography
Christians vs. Non-Christians
- A survey done by the Barna Group revealed that 15% of self-identified Christian men view pornography several times each month versus 14% of non-Christian men.
- The same survey showed only 3% of Christian men and 6% of non Christian men have NEVER watched porn
- 64% of self-identified Christian men and 15% of self-identified Christian women view pornography at least once a month (compared to 65% of non-Christian men and 30% of non-Christian women).
- Only 13% of Christian women and 6% of non Christian women have NEVER watched porn.
- 29% of born again adults in the U.S. feel it is morally acceptable to view movies with explicit sexual behavior
Porn in the workplace
- 2/3 of HR professionals have found porn on employees’ work computers
- 63% of adult men have looked at pornography at least on time while at work in the past 3 months
- 36% of adult women have looked at pornography at least on time while at work in the past 3 months
- According to a Message Labs monthly report from March 2004, 70% of Internet porn traffic occurs between 9 a.m. and 5 p.m., when most people are at work.
- The financial costs to business productivity in the US from porn is estimated to be $16.9 billion
Porn and religious leaders
- In 2002, of 1,351 pastors surveyed, 54% said they had viewed Internet pornography within the last year, and 30% of these had visited within the last 30 days.
Why are people watching porn?
- 72% – said they used porn to masturbate/for physical release.
- 69% – to sexually arouse themselves and/or others.
- 54% – out of curiosity.
- 43% – “because I can fantasize about things I would not necessarily want in real life.”
- 38% – to distract myself.
Resources:
http://www.familysafemedia.com/pornography_statistics.html
Covenant Eyes – 2015 Pornography Statistics Report
http://www.internetsafety101.org/Pornographystatistics.htm