Over 100 quick stats and findings from an ever-growing body of research that details the effects of porn for individuals, relationships, and society.
Research routinely shows that consuming porn is connected to poorer mental health.
If a porn performer is tricked, manipulated, or coerced during the production of porn, that is legally defined as sex trafficking.
Even quitting porn for a short time can lessen its negative effects and have positive effects on consumers' lives and relationships.
1 in 3 underage teens report having seen nonconsensually shared nudes of other minors —which is legally considered “child pornography”.
Over 46% of young people reported that they saw online porn for the first time when it just “popped up”, and 22% reported that someone else showed it to them when they weren’t expecting it.
Longitudinal, qualitative research has found that young people's narratives surrounding anal sex often encourage coercion, pain, and other risky behaviors, and that they often attribute these narratives to pornography, as it can normalize sexual behaviors and attitudes.
Teenagers feel that they are frequently encountering online pornography without intending to view it and describe these encounters as unwanted, uncomfortable and unavoidable.
According to a nationally representative survey of U.S. teens, 84.4% of 14 to 18-year-old males and 57% of 14 to 18-year-old females have viewed pornography.
Research shows that mainstream porn featuring people of color often promotes racism by focusing on degrading stereotypes.
59% of online victim recruitment in active sex trafficking cases in the U.S. occurred on Facebook.
Research indicates that young people often feel pressured to imitate porn when having sex.
One study that kept track of couples over time found that consuming porn was the second strongest predictor that a relationship would suffer.
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