Over 100 quick stats and findings from an ever-growing body of research that details the effects of porn for individuals, relationships, and society.
Approximately 91.5% of men and 60.2% of women report consuming porn in the past month, according to a 2020 study.
According to one survey of nonconsensual pornography victims, 51% reported having suicidal thoughts due to the image-based abuse, and 93% reported experiencing severe emotional distress.
Teenagers feel that they are frequently encountering online pornography without intending to view it and describe these encounters as unwanted, uncomfortable and unavoidable.
Pornography is the 2nd-most common form of sex trafficking, according to cases reported to the National Human Trafficking Hotline.
Research suggests that frequent porn consumers are more likely to victim-blame survivors of sexual violence.
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.
Research indicates that young people often feel pressured to imitate porn when having sex.
Studies consistently show that porn is linked to lower relationship satisfaction and lower relationship quality.
Research shows that women are almost always the targets of violence or aggression in porn —about 97% of the time.
Research shows that porn consumption is a significant predictor of sexual entitlement.
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.
While many LGBTQ+ youth turn to porn to learn more about their own sexuality, porn often fetishizes, misrepresents, and exploits LGBTQ+ people in damaging ways.
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