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 has found that those who enjoy extreme porn tend to prefer porn to real-life sex as a way to achieve sexual arousal.
65% of underage victims recruited online in 2020 active criminal sex trafficking cases were recruited through Facebook, while 14% were recruited through Instagram, and 8% were recruited through Snapchat.
The majority of young people are exposed to porn by the time they’re 13, according to research involving young people in the UK.
Research shows that mainstream porn featuring people of color often promotes racism by focusing on degrading stereotypes.
According to one study, 79% of 18-21-year-olds had seen content involving sexual violence as a minor.
According to a UK survey of over 22,000 adult women, 16% reported having been forced or coerced to perform sex acts the other person had seen in porn.
A 2016 meta-analysis of 22 studies from seven countries found that internationally, the consumption of pornography was significantly associated with increases in sexual aggression, both verbally and physically among males and females alike.
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.
Of domestic minor trafficking victims who had been forced into porn production, the average age they began being filmed was 12.8 years old.
A 2026 longitudinal study found that people who watched pornography more frequently consistently reported more depressive symptoms over two years, even after accounting for age, gender, and moral disapproval of pornography.
A 2017 poll found that the more porn a man consumes, the more likely he is to be dissatisfied with his penis size. And the same goes for women with male partners— the more porn they consume, the less satisfied they are with their partner’s penis size.
Teenagers feel that they are frequently encountering online pornography without intending to view it and describe these encounters as unwanted, uncomfortable and unavoidable.
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