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.
59% of online victim recruitment in active sex trafficking cases in the U.S. occurred on Facebook.
Desensitization, or a numbed pleasure response, has been shown to happen in cases of pornography consumption.
Research has found that therapy is an effective way to treat problematic pornography consumption.
Research consistently shows that porn consumers are twice as likely to later experience a divorce or breakup —even after controlling for marital happiness, sexual satisfaction, and other relevant factors.
In a study of casually dating adults, zero women reported that their partner consumed pornography daily or every other day. But in reality, 43% of casually dating men in the study reported this level of heavy porn consumption.
Studies consistently show that porn is linked to lower relationship satisfaction and lower relationship quality.
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 suggests that frequent porn consumers are less likely to intervene during a sexual assault.
Qualitative research with current and former porn performers suggests that sexual exploitation and trafficking are common experiences in the porn industry.
Research indicates that only 18.3% of women in popular porn videos (compared to 78% of men) were depicted as reaching climax.
Research shows that people who consume porn tend to later experience lower relationship satisfaction.
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