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 shown that those who don’t consume porn report higher relationship quality—on every measure— than those who viewed pornography alone.
According to one report on domestic minor sex trafficking, survivors indicate that they were sometimes “advertised” on porn sites.
Research suggests that frequent porn consumers are less likely to intervene during a sexual assault.
Research routinely shows that consuming porn is connected to poorer mental health.
Researchers have found that approximately 95% of the targets of violence or aggression in porn appeared either neutral to the abuse, or were depicted as responding with pleasure.
Research has found that therapy is an effective way to treat problematic pornography consumption.
Research shows that people who consume porn frequently are more likely to objectify and dehumanize others.
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.
Of domestic minor trafficking victims who had been forced into porn production, the average age they began being filmed was 12.8 years old.
Because of desensitization, many porn consumers find themselves consuming more porn, consuming more often, or consuming more extreme forms of pornography.
According to a survey of anonymous child sexual abuse material (CSAM) offenders on the dark web, over half report they were first exposed to sexual abuse material of children accidentally, and up to two-thirds were first exposed as children.
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.
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