Over 100 quick stats and findings from an ever-growing body of research that details the effects of porn for individuals, relationships, and society.
Pornography is the 2nd-most common form of sex trafficking, according to cases reported to the National Human Trafficking Hotline.
A 2021 study analyzed videos from popular porn sites and found that porn featuring Black people tends to perpetuate harmful racist stereotypes, disproportionately emphasize violence and aggression, and often depicts Black people as “worse than objects.”
1 in 3 underage teens report having seen nonconsensually shared nudes of other minors —which is legally considered “child pornography”.
Research shows that people who consume porn frequently are more likely to objectify and dehumanize others.
Approximately 91.5% of men and 60.2% of women report consuming porn in the past month, according to a 2020 study.
Of domestic minor trafficking victims who had been forced into porn production, the average age they began being filmed was 12.8 years old.
While most porn consumers are generally unconcerned about the potential mistreatment of porn performers, about 70% of porn consumers who do learn about mistreatment in the porn industry take some form of action to combat it, including changing their porn habits.
Studies show that people who consume porn frequently are more likely to support sexual violence.
According to one report on domestic minor sex trafficking, survivors indicate that they were sometimes “advertised” on porn sites.
Research suggests that porn can influence women to be more submissive in sexual encounters.
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.
If a porn performer is tricked, manipulated, or coerced during the production of porn, that is legally defined as sex trafficking.
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