Pew: 12 Percent of American Adults Admit Watching Porn Online

LOS ANGELES—Not all but most of the people surveyed by the Pew Research Center for its most recent analysis of online video usage in the United States lied through their bloody teeth about whether they watch online porn or not. We know this because of the results of the survey, which found that only 12 percent of adults admitted watching the stuff, with 25 percent of surveyed males owning up and 8 percent of females. That pretty much proves our point right there, but in case you're not convinced, even Pew thought the numbers sounded fishy, and noted in their report that the low percentages “may reflect a reluctance to report the behavior among some adults.” Other trends identified by Pew reinforce what we already know, that people of all ages are using social networks more frequently, are watching more videos of all sorts online, and are posting up more video as well. Commensurately, usage of video-sharing sites is also up, but only one percentage point since 2011. The real increase happened since 2006, when 333 percent of people visited such sites, as compared to 72 percent now. Interestingly, comedy/humor videos were reported to be the most-watched genre of video, with how-to videos coming in second, followed in order by educational, music, news, animation/cartoon, political, sports and commercials/ads. Last on the list of popular genres was adult. For a proudly porn-addicted populace like ours, that's some pretty pathetic prioritizing. The report can be viewed here.