Over 100 quick stats and findings from an ever-growing body of research that details the effects of porn for individuals, relationships, and society.
Studies show that frequent porn consumers are more likely to carry out sexual violence in real life.
59% of online victim recruitment in active sex trafficking cases in the U.S. occurred on Facebook.
Nearly 1 in 5 sexually active 16- to 17-year-olds said they had either asked or been asked to incorporate acts from porn into their sexual experiences, according to a 2020 report from the UK.
According to one study, 79% of 18-21-year-olds had seen content involving sexual violence as a minor.
According to a report of prosecuted sex trafficking cases in the U.S., the majority of coercive tactics used by traffickers (59%) were non-physical, compared to 41% of tactics involving physical coercion.
One study that kept track of couples over time found that consuming porn was the second strongest predictor that a relationship would suffer.
Of domestic minor trafficking victims who had been forced into porn production, the average age they began being filmed was 12.8 years old.
Research shows that women are almost always the targets of violence or aggression in porn —about 97% of the time.
Research has found that therapy is an effective way to treat problematic pornography consumption.
Because of desensitization, many porn consumers find themselves consuming more porn, consuming more often, or consuming more extreme forms of pornography.
Porn consumers tend to be more accepting of cheating.
Porn consumption is associated with lower self-esteem.
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