Sex and Pornography Addiction
2019 Statistics from a popular Porn Video Site
42 Billion visits
39 Billion searches performed
115 Million visits per day
6.83 Billion Video Uploads
1.36 Million hours of new Content
States the average age is 36 but with no way to prove the age of visitors it is probably much lower.
The United States consumed the most porn in the world, watching nearly 3 times as much as the 2nd place nation of Japan.
76.6% of viewing was done from a phone. This is up 7% from 2018. In the United States 99% of people 18-29 own a cell phone or smartphone (pewresearch.org)
The site boasts: “If you started watching 2019’s new videos it would take 169 years to watch all of them.”
Fightthenewdrug.org reports
According to quantitative analysis, and keep in mind it’s likely that under-reporting is involved, the following percentages of children reported being exposed to pornography according to 2020 research by the BBFC:
· 51% of 11- to 13-year-olds
· 66% of 14- to 15-year-olds
· 79% of 16- to 17-year-olds
The validity of whether porn addiction is an actual addiction is a controversial topic. Porn addiction is considered by some to be a behavioral addiction that is characterized by an obsessive compulsion to view pornographic material. Many experts say that the brains of people watching porn do not function in the same ways as the brains of drug users do; however, there are a multitude of studies and people that argue that it is a very real addiction. Pornography reaches all ages, cultures, and socio-economic backgrounds. Many that are addicted to sex or pornography do not even realize they have an addiction. Infidelity is the number one reason for divorce and pornography/sex addiction plays a role in most cases of infidelity.