Porn stats from Pornhub and others
Posted: Thu Apr 16, 2026 4:38 pm
I read some published stats the other day on Pornhub which I found very surprising, they were mixed with some other research sources to show a general overview of porn use in the US and around the world. There were pages and pages of stats but here are some that really surprised me.
Internet porn sites attract more visitors than Netflix and Amazon combined each month
Pornhub's 2023 analytics show 'hentai' searches up 111% from 2019
Hentai/anime porn market share hit 15% globally in 2023
Teens 13-17 comprise 22% of all porn site visitors globally
58% of Christian men report viewing porn in past week
39% of porn addicts are women aged 18-25
In 2022, Hentai was the was the most searched term on Pornhub.
27% of women in the U.S. have used pornography in the past year
24% of children access pornography via unauthorized apps
18% of teens share pornography with friends
14% of women with a college degree use pornography vs 11% without
59% of teens have accessed pornography
14% of users report accessing pornography via Tor for anonymity
Now these stats are mixed from different sources since they don't look right to me, but then what would I know?
But it does seem to be a trend that younger people are higher consumers than older people, there were stats about VR porn consumption which I'd never heard of. Really? People watch VR porn? That seems crazy, that would spoil by evening, my wife walks in with me wearing a VR headset, pants round my ankle as I jerk off to legal teen 18+ porn? Talk your way out of that one.
But apparently people do watch VR porn, and porn use by women seems much higher than I'd have expected. I suppose I shouldn't be shocked, I do know some women who watch porn and I was once talking to a distressed family friend who had a problem when her daughter had been caught watching porn at a boarding school.
Anyway, strange stats but I suppose if that's what the sites are reporting then they're likely to be true.
Internet porn sites attract more visitors than Netflix and Amazon combined each month
Pornhub's 2023 analytics show 'hentai' searches up 111% from 2019
Hentai/anime porn market share hit 15% globally in 2023
Teens 13-17 comprise 22% of all porn site visitors globally
58% of Christian men report viewing porn in past week
39% of porn addicts are women aged 18-25
In 2022, Hentai was the was the most searched term on Pornhub.
27% of women in the U.S. have used pornography in the past year
24% of children access pornography via unauthorized apps
18% of teens share pornography with friends
14% of women with a college degree use pornography vs 11% without
59% of teens have accessed pornography
14% of users report accessing pornography via Tor for anonymity
Now these stats are mixed from different sources since they don't look right to me, but then what would I know?
But it does seem to be a trend that younger people are higher consumers than older people, there were stats about VR porn consumption which I'd never heard of. Really? People watch VR porn? That seems crazy, that would spoil by evening, my wife walks in with me wearing a VR headset, pants round my ankle as I jerk off to legal teen 18+ porn? Talk your way out of that one.
But apparently people do watch VR porn, and porn use by women seems much higher than I'd have expected. I suppose I shouldn't be shocked, I do know some women who watch porn and I was once talking to a distressed family friend who had a problem when her daughter had been caught watching porn at a boarding school.
Anyway, strange stats but I suppose if that's what the sites are reporting then they're likely to be true.