20 Unbelievable Facts About the Porn Industry!
Peter Pizagalli
Published
04/30/2016
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Ttake a look through this list of interesting porn industry secrets. Whether you find yourself typing "adult" into that search engine or not, it's a fascinating world that people often don't take the time to... familiarize themselves with. Set your intimidation and prudishness aside and take a minute to read about the baffling and crazy statistics
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About 200,000 Americans Are Considered Porn Addicts-This means those 200,000 people aren't just viewing porn for recreational fun and pleasure, they're viewing it because of a serious and uncontrollable compulsion. Often times, porn addictions result in divorce, break ups, or even financial struggle (due to viewing porn at work or avoiding responsibility because of addiction). Have you ever wondered if you're addicted to porn? If you're having trouble kicking the habit, there are plenty of places to which you can reach out for help. -
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Adult Entertainment Has Its Own Union...The Free Speech Coalition was founded in 1991 to protect the industry from censorship and obscenity laws. The FSC was preceded by the Adult Film Association of America (AFAA), the group that protected rights of adult industry producers, directors, and actors back when it was only legal to show porn in public theaters (and bookstores). In 1995, feds stepped in and enforced complex legal regulations on the industry, directed mainly at the production of child pornography, and at this time, the Free Speech Coalition stepped up to assist the industry by handling all paper work and legal obligation. After this run in with the Federal Labeling Law, it became apparent that the industry needed a group like the FSC to protect and serve their trade. -
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One in Five Searches Are for Pornography on Mobile Devices...Covenant Eyes did a pornography statistics piece and reported a Google research project that says one in five searches on mobile devices are for pornographic material. -
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Dudes Love Porn-This just in! Dudes love porn. A researcher from the University of Montreal tried to do a study with a focus group of guys who have never watched porn, but he couldn't find anyone to participate who fit the bill. -
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Every 39 Minutes a New Pornography Video Is Being Created in the United States...That's just about enough time to fast forward through the commercials and finish an entire episode of Law & Order: SVU. Based on the other facts we've learned in this list, we can infer that this means the porn industry is making thousands upon thousands of dollars on new footage everyday. -
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Every Hour, PornHub Becomes a Click Millionaire...In their super nifty porn statistics blog, PornHub reported that in 2014, every hour, on average, they received 2.1 million visits. -
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Every Second 28,258 Users Are Watching Pornography on the Internet...RIGHT NOW, nearly 30,000 people are people are watching porn. And in the time it's taking you to read this, over 200,000 people will be watching porn online! And NOW?! Well, you get the picture. -
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In California, There's a Condom Law...In 2012, Measure B was passed in California, mandating the use of condoms in all intimate sex scenes. The law was appealed twice, once in 2013 and once in 2014, but both times the appeals were denied. As a result, many production companies have migrated out of California and have set up camp in Las Vegas. -
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Kansas Is the Porniest US State-According to another PornHub stat list, out of the 50 US states, Kansas ranked #1 in porn viewing in 2014. Check out this list of porn per capita to see how the other -
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Lesbian Continues to Dominate as the Most Popular Nationwide Search Term...The people love lesbians and mild incest, at least according to PornHub's annual search term review. In 2015, "lesbian" was the most popular search on the porn site in 30 of 50 states. "Step sister," "step mom," and "MILF" weren't far behind. According to PornHub's 2014 Year in Review statistics, things look pretty much the same as the year before. "Lesbian" was the most frequently searched category that year, with "stepmom" in second place, and "teen" coming in third. But have no fear, you kinky bastards, "cartoon" and "MILF" were a close fourth and fifth. -
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Males Ages 12 to 17 Have Been Reported to Watch the Most Pornography...In the mid-'80s, the Attorney General’s Commission on Pornography reported that boys ages 12 to 17 were the largest group of porn consumers. Research has also shown that, on average, the first exposure to pornography happens at 11 years old. -
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California and New Hampshire Are Hardcore...Thanks to California v. Freeman, and New Hampshire v. Theriault, California and New Hampshire are the only two states that can legally produce hardcore porn movies (with the intent of selling) in the United States. -
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Men and Women Alike Don't Just Watch Genitals While Viewing Porn...Lehmiller.com writes about a study conducted on men and women viewing porn. The test subjects wore eye tracking devices that tracked exactly what they focused on during the entirety of the porn flick. To their surprise (and probably, many others'), lots of the men focused on the female's face more than on her genitals. The results were mixed for women, depending on if the woman had a natural cycle or not. The results were really interesting... -
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On Average, Single Men View Porn for 40 Minutes Per Week-Impressed by the man cave? Professor Simon Louis Lajeunesse, of the University of Montreal, reports that the average single man views porn for roughly 40 minutes per week, while the committed man tends to watch porn for just around 20 minutes per week. -
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One Third of Porn Vewers Are Women...There's a common misconception that women are prudes and that they're especially prudish when it comes to porn and sexuality. The Adult Film Industry stirs up a lot of controversy when it comes to women's rights, but that's not to say that lots of women aren't out there getting off to porn as you read this. Whether you think it's exploitative or empowering, it doesn't change the fact that women's acceptance of the craft is on the rise. -
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Rule #34 - If It Exists, There Is Porn Based on It...'Nuff said. According to Rule #34, if it exists, there's porn of it. -
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The Adult Film Industry Makes More Money Than the MLB and NBA Combined-Let's throw the NFL in there just for sh*ts and giggles! The NBA, NFL, and MLB combined do not produce as much revenue as the Adult Film Industry. That's a hell of a lot of money floating around out there. -
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The Porn Industry Brings in More Revenue Than Top Tech Companies...Stop Porn Culture reports that the porn industry brings in more revenue than the 21st century's leading tech companies, including Google, Microsoft, Amazon, Ebay, Yahoo, Netflix, and Apple. -
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The Sex Industry Is the Biggest, Most Lucrative Industry in the World...The industry spans a very wide variety of sexual shenanigans, some of them rather appalling in comparison to the vanilla porn you may think of when you hear "sex industry." There's a lot of crazy sh*t going on out there, including but not limited to "street prostitution, brothels, ‘massage parlors’, strip clubs, human trafficking for sexual purposes, phone sex, child and adult pornography, mail order brides, and sex tourism." -
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Women Direct Porn, Too!Porn is a touchy subject when it comes to gender roles and sexism. But in this article by Barbara Herman, we learn that a woman's role on set isn't always in front of the camera. In the adult film industry, many women are directors and producers and are recognized for their work.
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