Youth Pornography Addiction
Due to the ease of access to pornography and the potency of today's pornography, pornography addiction among teens is a rapidly growing problem among teens and young adults.
ABC News Nightline: Generation XXX
Nightline Special on pornography addiction among teens-May 2012
The Facts about Pornography Use among Youth
93 % of boys and 62% of girls are exposed to internet pornography before the age of 18.
70% of boys have spent at least 30 consecutive minutes looking at on-line porn on at least one occasion.
35% of boys have done this on at least ten occasions.
83% of boys have seen group sex on the internet.
67% of children admit to clearing their internet history to hide their online activity.
79% of accidental exposures to internet porn among kids take place in the home.
56% of divorce cases involve one party having an obsessive interest in online porn.
12% of websites on the internet are pornographic—Approximately 25 million websites.
2 of the top 100 websites on the internet are porn sites.
40 million Americans regularly visit pornographic websites.
2.5 billion emails per day are pornographic.
25% of search engine requests each day are pornography related—approximately 70 million per day.
Only 3% of pornographic websites require age verification.
The most popular day of the week for viewing pornography is Sunday.
10% of pornography users report being addicted.
The average age a child first sees internet pornography is 11.
70% of young men ages 18-24 visit pornographic websites on at least a monthly basis.
