Pornography statistics
Recently, covenanteyes.com reported some startling statistics in regards to the prevalence of pornography. They indicate that by 2015, “mobile adult content and services are expected to reach $2.8 billion per year, mobile adult subscriptions will reach nearly $1 billion, and mobile adult video consumption on tablets will triple.”
At the time of this blog, the counter on the covenanteyes.com website indicated that the number of searches for pornography since the start of 2014 was 899.937,931.
They report some shocking facts: (content directly quoted from covenanteyes.com)
- 9 out of 10 Internet porn users only access free material, whether it be samples of pay material, illegally copied versions of pay material, or amateur material
- 1 in 5 mobile searches are for pornography
- 24% of smartphone owners admit to having pornographic material on their mobile handset
- In 2006, estimated revenues for the sex-related entertainment business were just under $13 billion in the US. These estimates included video sales and rentals, Internet sales, cable, pay-per-view, phone sex, exotic dance clubs magazines, and novelty stores.
- The porn industry generates $13 billion each year in the US.
- Internet porn alone is a $3 Billion per year business.
- 79% of porn performers have used marijuana, and 50% have used ecstasy.
- 88% of scenes in porn films contain acts of physical aggression, and 49% of scenes contain verbal aggression.
- 69% of pay-per-view Internet content market is pornography.
- 32% of adult membership websites and 58% of free adult websites come from outside the U.S.
- Global porn
- Porn revenues have declined 50% since 2007 due to the amount of free porn online.
For more information or for a complete pornography statistics report, go to covenanteyes.com.