Over 100 quick stats and findings from an ever-growing body of research that details the effects of porn for individuals, relationships, and society.
In one survey of underage sex trafficking victims, 63% said they had been advertised or sold online.
Research shows that porn consumption is a significant predictor of sexual entitlement.
In more committed relationships, only 46% of women accurately reported how much their partner consumed porn with nearly 40% of men reporting more consumption than their partners believed was occurring, according to a 2017 study.
Research has demonstrated that overcoming a pornography habit is absolutely possible, and that over time, pornography’s negative effects can be managed and largely reversed.
1 in 12 U.S. adults report that they have been victims of image-based abuse —sometimes called “revenge porn—and 1 in 20 report that they have been perpetrators of image-based abuse.
Findings of a qualitative study indicated that teens often reported trying to copy porn in their own sexual encounters, and that the pressure to imitate porn was often an aspect of unhealthy relationships.
The majority of young people are exposed to porn by the time they’re 13, according to research involving young people in the UK.
According to one report on domestic minor sex trafficking, survivors indicate that they were sometimes “advertised” on porn sites.
59% of online victim recruitment in active sex trafficking cases in the U.S. occurred on Facebook.
According to a 2018 study of "child porn" victims, survivors reported that the images of their abuse caused different problems than the sexual abuse itself, including distress over being recognized from the images.
Over 90% of police officers report that self-generated intimate images of minors are common in their investigations of CSEM.
Porn is considered a supernormal stimulus.
Of the approximately 24.9 million trafficking victims globally, an estimated 4.8 million—about 19%—are trafficked for sex, and more than 1 in 5 sex trafficking victims—an estimated 21%—are children, according to the International Labour Office.
People who use porn as a self-soothing technique tend to have some of the lowest reports of emotional and mental wellbeing according to a 2017 study.
Research shows that mainstream porn featuring people of color often promotes racism by focusing on degrading stereotypes.
Research shows remarkable neurological similarities between substance addiction and compulsive pornography consumption.
Child sexual abuse material (also known as child pornography) is a more rampant issue than ever before, and is growing at alarming rates
A 2018 study found that an estimated 1 in 3 young Australians reported being repeatedly exposed to violent depictions of sex in porn within the last year of their lives.
Even quitting porn for a short time can lessen its negative effects and have positive effects on consumers' lives and relationships.
A study of women in relationships with men who consume porn found that the frequency of the man’s porn consumption was negatively correlated with the woman’s sense of self-esteem, level of relationship quality, and sexual satisfaction.
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