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Wednesday, May 31, 2006

UK porn use: Milestone study

It's Britain's "first major study of online pornography" use, The Independent reports. One in four UK adults – 9 million men, 1.4 million women - downloaded pornographic images last year, "making Britain the fastest-growing market in the world for the booming £20 billion [about $37 billion] adult Web site industry." The Independent says the 9 million figure – up from 2 million in 2000 - is about 40% of the UK's male population. Some questions come to mind…. Would the numbers look much different in a similar study in the US? Is there something to be learned, here, about the impact of convenience and accessibility?

posted by Anne at 4:11 PM

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Anonymous Anonymous said...

In 2004, the American internet tracking service ComScore said that more than 70 per cent of men aged 18-34 visit a porn site in a typical month. See Some Porn Stats.

The Independent on Sunday article says one in four British men aged 25 to 49 have visited a porn site in the past month.

It looks like a much larger percentage of American males look at porn than British.

Another stat: Pages identified as pornography grew from 14 million in 1998 to 260 million in 2003, a 1,800 per cent increase.

I'd assume more people are looking at porn because of its convenience and accessibility.

4:45 PM  

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