Over 100 quick stats and findings from an ever-growing body of research that details the effects of porn for individuals, relationships, and society.
1 in 3 underage teens report having seen nonconsensually shared nudes of other minors —which is legally considered “child pornography”.
Research has found that those who enjoy extreme porn tend to prefer porn to real-life sex as a way to achieve sexual arousal.
Results of a survey of young adults show that 1 in 4 (24.5%) listed pornography as the most helpful source to learn how to have sex.
Some experts have determined four major brain changes common to addicted brains—sensitization, desensitization, hypofrontality, and a malfunctioning stress system— all of which can be found in cases of pornography consumption.
In one survey of underage sex trafficking victims, 63% said they had been advertised or sold online.
59% of online victim recruitment in active sex trafficking cases in the U.S. occurred on Facebook.
According to an analysis of over 130,000 porn titles, “teen” is the most common word used in porn titles.
Over half of 11 to 16-year-old boys (53%) and over a third of 11 to 16-year-old girls (39%) reported believing that pornography was a realistic depiction of sex, according to a 2016 report.
Reports show that those who sexually abuse children often show their victims porn to groom them or normalize sexual abuse.
According to studies analyzing the content of popular porn videos, at least 1 in 3 and as many as 9 in 10 porn videos depict sexual violence or aggression.
One study shows that approximately 45% of teens who consumed porn did so in part to learn about sex.
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