Over 100 quick stats and findings from an ever-growing body of research that details the effects of porn for individuals, relationships, and society.
Even quitting porn for a short time can lessen its negative effects and have positive effects on consumers' lives and relationships.
Porn consumers tend to be more accepting of cheating.
Approximately 91.5% of men and 60.2% of women report consuming porn in the past month, according to a 2020 study.
People who use porn as a self-soothing technique tend to have some of the lowest reports of emotional and mental wellbeing according to a 2017 study.
While not all porn features physical violence, even non-violent porn has been shown to be associated with negative effects like increased sexual aggression
Research suggests that porn can influence women to be more submissive in sexual encounters.
Porn consumption is associated with lower self-esteem.
Research has demonstrated that overcoming a pornography habit is absolutely possible, and that over time, pornography’s negative effects can be managed and largely reversed.
Research shows remarkable neurological similarities between substance addiction and compulsive pornography consumption.
1 in 3 underage teens report having seen nonconsensually shared nudes of other minors —which is legally considered “child pornography”.
Porn consumption is linked to poorer relationship quality.
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.
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