[2003 Porn Statistics]

Compiled by Matt Burt
*Sources: Google, WordTracker, PBS, MSNBC, NRC and Alexa research

Pornography Industry Statistics

	Size of the industry	$57.0 billion world-wide - $12.0 billion US
	Adult videos	$20.0 billion
	Escort services	$11.0 billion
	Magazines	$ 7.5 billion
	Sex clubs	$ 5.0 billion
	Phone sex	$ 4.5 billion
	Cable/Pay per view	$ 2.5 billion
	Internet	$ 2.5 billion
	CD-Rom	$ 1.5 billion
	Novelties	$ 1.0 billion
	Other	$ 1.5 billion
	Porn revenue is larger than the combined revenues of all professional football, baseball and basketball franchises.
	U.S. porn revenue exceeds the combined revenues of ABC, CBS and NBC ($6.2-billion).
	Child pornography generates $3 billion annually

Internet Porn Statistics

	Pornographic websites	4.2 million (12% of total websites)
	Pornographic pages	372 million
	Daily pornographic search engine requests	68 million (25% of total search engine requests)
	Daily pornographic e-mails	2.5 billion (8% of total emails)
	Average daily pornographic e-mails per user	4.5 per internet user
	Monthly pornographic downloads (peer-to-peer)	1.5 billion (35% of all downloads)
	Daily child pornography requests	116 thousand
	Websites offering illegal child pornography	100 thousand
	Percentage of men who visit pornography sites	72%
	Percentage of women who visit pornography sites	28%
	Worldwide visitors to pornographic web sites	72 million annually

Adult Internet Porn Statistics

	Men admitting to accessing pornography at work	20%
	Women admitting to accessing pornography at work	13%
	US adults who regularly visit Internet pornography websites	40 million
	Christians who say pornography is a major problem in the home	47%
	Adults admitting to Internet sexual addiction	10%