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Pornography Statistics: Annual Report 2013

Below are a sample of statistics about pornography. Each stat or quote has been carefully researched and referenced with the original source in our Pornography Statistics PDF document. In this way, this compilation of stats, quotes, and figures do not act as a last word on the subject, but as a first word, providing a good starting place for your own research.

Porn Searches

By 2015, mobile adult content and services are expected to reach $2.8 billion per year, mobile adult subscriptions will reach nearly $1 billion, and mobile adult video consumption on tablets will triple. We are already starting to see an increase in mobile adult content.

"It seems so obvious: If we invent a machine, the first thing we are going to do–after making a profit–is use it to watch porn."

- Damon Brown, Author of Playboy's Greatest Covers

The number of searches for pornography since the start of 2013.

9 out of 10 Internet porn users only access free material, whether it be samples of pay material, illegally copied versions of pay material, or amateur material.

1 in 5 mobile searches are for pornography.

24% of smartphone owners admit to having pornographic material on their mobile handset.

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The Porn Industry

In 2006, estimated revenues for the sex-related entertainment business were just under $13 billion in the US. These estimates included video sales and rentals, Internet sales, cable, pay-per-view, phone sex, exotic dance clubs magazines, and novelty stores.

"Porn doesn't have a demographic–it goes across all demographics."

- Paul Fishbein, Founder of Adult View News

The porn industry generates $13 billion each year in the US.

Internet porn alone is a $3 Billion per year business.

79% of porn performers have used marijuana, and 50% have used ecstasy.

88% of scenes in porn films contain acts of physical aggression, and 49% of scenes contain verbal aggression.

"66% of porn performers have Herpes, 12-28% have sexually transmitted diseases, and 7% have HIV."

- Dr. Sharon Mitchell

"Amateurs come across better on screen. Our customers feel that. Especially by women you can see it. They still feel strong pain."

- Carlo Scalisi, Owner of 21 Sexury Video

Subscriptions

There are higher percentages of subscriptions to porn sites in zip codes that...

Are more urban than rural.
Have experienced an increase in higher than average household income.
Have a great density of young people (age 15-24).
Have a higher proportion of people with undergraduate degrees.
Have higher measures of social capital (i.e. more people who donate blood, engage in volunteer activities, or participate in community projects).

69% of pay-per-view Internet content market is pornography.

32% of adult membership websites and 58% of free adult websites come from outside the U.S.

Global porn revenues have declined 50% since 2007 due to the amount of free porn online.

Porn warps your brain.

Porn use is glorified in today's mass media. But that doesn't change the fact that porn use is bad for us. In fact, numerous studies have proven that watching porn affects your brain.

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Porn in the Church

Pornography is prevalent everywhere today. In fact, one in eight online searches is for pornography. Because porn use thrives in secrecy, many church members are trapped in a cycle of sin and shame, thinking that they're the only ones facing this temptation.

51% of pastors say Internet pornography is a possible temptation.

50% of all Christian men and 20% of all christian women say they are addicted to pornography.

75% of pastors do not make themselves accountable to anyone for their Internet use.

Regular church attendees are 26% less likely to look at porn, however, self-identified "fundamentalists" are 91% more likely to look at porn.

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Porn and Your Teens

"Never before in the history of telecommunications media in the United States has so much indecent (and obscene) material been so easily accessible by so many minors in so many American homes with so few restrictions."

- U.S. Department of Justice

Research reveals many systemic effects of Internet pornography that are undermining an already vulnerable culture of marriage and family. Even more disturbing is the fact that the first Internet generations have not reached full maturity, so the upper limits of this impact have yet to be realized"

- Jill Manning, Sociologist

Did you know...

9 out of 10 boys were exposed to pornography before the age of 18.

The first exposure to pornography among men is 12 years old.

71% of teens hide online behavior from their parents.

28% of 16-17 year olds have been unintentionally exposed to porn online.

20% of 16-year-olds have received a sext and 30% of 17-year-olds have received a sext.

On average...

6 out of 10 girls were exposed to pornography before the age of 18.

15% of boys and 9% of girls have seen child pornography.

32% of boys and 18% of girls have seen bestiality online.

39% of boys and 23% of girls have seen sexual bondage online.

83% of boys and 57% of girls have seen group sex online.

69% of boys and 55% of girls have seen same-sex intercourse online.

Your kids face more than porn.

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Porn and Young Adults

Today, 68% of young adult men and 18% of women use porn at least once every week. Another 17% and another 30% of women use porn 1-2 times per month. This means for 85% of young men and nearly half of young women, watching porn is at least a monthly activity.

It is also becoming more common for young adults to make their own pornography. Nearly 1 in 5 of 18-24-year-olds have sent a sext (sexually explicit text message). This has become a predictor of sexual behavior. Students who have had sexual intercourse are five times more likely than virgins to be involved in sexting.

51% of male and 32% of female students first viewed porn before their teenage years (12 and younger).

64% of college men and 18% of college women spend time online for Internet sex every week.

67% of young men and 49% of young women say viewing porn is an acceptable way to express one's sexuality.

Politically liberal people are 19% more likely to look at porn.

68% of young adult men and 18% of women use porn at least once every week.

19% of 18-24 year-olds have sent a sext.

Student who have had sexual intercourse are five times more likely than virgins to be involved in sexting.

Porn warps your brain.

Porn use is glorified in today's mass media. But that doesn't change the fact that porn use is bad for us. In fact, numerous studies have proven that watching porn affects your brain.

Get your free copy of Your Brain on Porn to learn 5 ways porn warps your mind and 3 biblical ways to renew it.

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Porn and Your Marriage

"I have also seen in my clinical experience that pornography damages the sexual performance of the viewers. Pornography viewers tend to have problems with premature ejaculation and erectile dysfunction. Having spent so much time in unnatural sexual experiences with paper, celluloid and cyberspace, they seem to find it difficult to have sex with a real human being. Pornography is raising their expectation and demand for types and amounts of sexual experiences; at the same time it is reducing their ability to experience sex."

- Dr. MaryAnne Layden

Healthy Relationships provide...

Happily married men are 61% less likely to look at porn.

Those with teen children are 45% less likely to look at porn.

However, if you live in an unhappy marriage you are...

68% of divorce cases involved one party meeting a new lover over the Internet.

56% of divorce cases involved one party having an obsessive interest in pornographic websites.

Men are more than 543% more likely to look at porn than women.

70% of wives of sex addicts could be diagnosed with PTSD.

Those who have ever engaged in paid sex are 270% more likely to look at porn.

Those who have ever committed adultery are 218% more likely to look at porn.

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