I wonder if the cookie monster deletes his cookies after looking at porn?

If you’re curious about the statistics on this mainstream secret………below are stats on search terms, usage, countries, industry, surveys etc.  It’s pretty much true, according to world internet usage stats, the Internet is for Porn.

Worldwide Pornography Revenues and 2005/2006 U.S. Pornography Revenue Stats

Pornography revenues are not necessarily ranked according to population. China topped the list in 2006 with more than $27 billion in pornography revenues. However, South Korea, only the 26th most populous nation on earth according to the U.S. Census Bureau, is next in line with more than $25 billion in pornography revenues.

The internet is not the most popular form of pornography in the United States. Video sales and rentals accounted for $3.62 billion in revenue in 2006 while internet pornography raked in $2.84 billion. Magazines were the least popular.

2006 Worldwide Pornography Revenues
Country	Revenue     (Billions)	Per Capita	Notes
China	$27.40	$27.41	1
South Korea	$25.73	$526.76
Japan	$19.98	$156.75
US	$13.33	$44.67
Australia	$2.00	$98.70
UK	$1.97	$31.84
Italy	$1.40	$24.08
Canada	$1.00	$30.21
Philippines	$1.00	$11.18
Taiwan	$1.00	$43.41	1
Germany	$.64	$7.77	1
Finland	$.60	$114.70	1
Czech Republic	$.46	$44.94	1
Russia	$.25	$1.76	1
Netherlands	$.20	$12.13
Brazil	$.10	$53.17	1
Other 212	Unavailable		2
	$97.06 Billion
Notes 1=Incomplete, 2=Unavailable dataClick here to read Pornography Statistics, News and Facts Around the World
The pornography industry is larger than the revenues of the top technology companies combined: Microsoft, Google, Amazon, eBay, Yahoo!, Apple, Netflix and EarthLink.

2006 and 2005 Pornography United States Industry Revenue Statistics
	2006     (Billions)	2005     (Billions)
Video Sales & Rentals	$3.62	$4.28
Internet	$2.84	$2.50
Cable / PPV / In-Room / Mobile / Phone Sex	$2.00	$2.00
Exotic Dance Clubs	$2.19	$1.34
Novelties	$1.73	$1.50
Magazines	$.95	$1.00
	$13.33	$12.62
US porn revenue exceeds the combined revenues of ABC, CBS, and NBC.

Top Adult Search Requests and Search Engine Request Trends

Internet consumers are most likely to search for the terms “sex,” “adult dating,” and “adult DVD” to access their pornography product of choice. The top 20 search terms also include “teen sex,” “teen porn” and “sex ads.”

Some search terms were divided evenly along gender lines. Statistics indicate the term “sex” was searched for as often by female consumers as it was by males. Men and women differ greatly on other searches. For instance, men performed 97 percent of the searches for the term “free porn.”

Researchers have also broken searches down by location. For example, consumers in South Africa are most likely to search for the word “porn.” Internet users in Elmhurst, Illinois, are most likely in the United States to enter the word “porn” into the search field.

2006 Top Adult Search Requests
Search Term	2006 Search Requests	2006 % Change	2005 % Change	Web Pages Containing Keyword (Millions)
	75,608,612	7%	40%	414.00
	30,288,325	622%	80%	1.40
	13,684,718	53%	21%	1.82
	23,629,211	-3%	29%	88.80
	15,955,566	4%	1%	2.65
	13,982,729	36%	25%	2.10
	13,484,769	0%	20%	2.42
	13,362,995	301%	51%	1.58
	13,230,137	382%	40%	0.28
	12,964,651	88%	33%	2.07
	12,964,651	-10%	54%	2.74
	12,065,000	25%	14%	181.00
	11,861,035	97%	36%	2.21
	9,960,074	76%	21%	2.95
	8,502,524	-20%	3%	1.24
	7,411,220	71%	40%	1.44
	6,641,209	-6%	24%	43.20
	6,130,065	7%	38%	1.97
	5,487,925	-26%	14%	71.30
	4,344,924	21%	33%	198.00

Demographics
Search Term	Male	Female	<18	18-24	25-34	35-49	50+
	50%	50%	20%	20%	20%	20%	20%
	36%	64%	20%	20%	21%	20%	19%
	58%	42%	20%	19%	23%	21%	17%
	96%	4%	23%	14%	10%	36%	17%
	58%	42%	20%	16%	19%	19%	26%
	44%	56%	22%	19%	19%	22%	18%
	44%	56%	22%	19%	19%	22%	18%
	36%	64%	19%	21%	21%	20%	19%
	50%	50%	20%	20%	19%	20%	21%
	50%	50%	20%	20%	20%	20%	20%
	97%	3%	22%	14%	10%	35%	19%
	50%	50%	20%	20%	20%	20%	20%
	50%	50%	20%	20%	20%	20%	20%
	67%	33%	19%	19%	16%	28%	19%
	41%	59%	23%	25%	14%	30%	8%
	64%	37%	17%	19%	26%	27%	11%
	86%	14%	10%	33%	25%	25%	7%
	82%	18%	23%	17%	14%	28%	18%
	77%	23%	33%	14%	10%	17%	26%
	50%	50%	20%	20%	20%	20%	20%

2006 Search Engine Request Keyword Trends
Top Worldwide Search Requests	Top U.S. Cities Search Requests
1. South Africa	1.  Elmhurst, IL
2. Ireland	2.  Stockton, CA
3. New Zealand	3.  Meriden, CT
4. United Kingdom	4.  Chandler, AZ
5. Australia	5.  Louisville, KY
6. Estonia	6.  Irvine, CA
7. Norway	7.  Kansas City, KS
8. Canada	8.  Norfolk, VA
9. Croatia	9.  Tampa, FL
10. Lithuania	10. Oklahoma City, OK
1. Bolivia	1.  Elmhurst, IL
2.  Chile	2.  Meriden, CT
3.  Romania	3.  Oklahoma City, OK
4.  Ecuador	4.  Irvine, CA
5.  Pakistan	5.  Kansas City, KS
6.  Peru	6.  Tampa, FL
7.  Mexico	7.  Chandler, AZ
8.  Slovenia	8.  Norfolk, VA
9.  Lithuania	9.  Richardson, TX
10. Colombia	10. Las Vegas, NV
1.  Pakistan	1.  Elmhurst, IL
2.  India	2.  Meriden, CT
3.  Egypt	3. Kansas City, KS
4.  Turkey	4.  Louisville, KY
5.  Algeria	5.  Southfield, MI
6.  Morocco	6.  Newark, NJ
7.  Indonesia	7.  Oklahoma City, OK
8.  Vietnam	8.  Norfolk, VA
9.  Iran	9.  Irvine, CA
10. Croatia	10.  Chandler, AZ

Internet Pornography Statistics

The amount of pornography on the internet can be difficult to fathom. A total of 4.2 million websites contain pornography. That is 12 percent of the total number of websites. There are 100,000 websites that offer pornography and 1 in 7 youths report being solicited for sex on the internet.

Children Internet Pornography Statistics

Access to pornography is available from early on. The average age of a child’s first exposure to pornography is 11. A total of 90 percent of children ages 8-16 have viewed pornography online. Pornographers use many character names that appeal to children such as “Pokemon.”

Adult Internet Pornography Statistics

Pornography consumers access pornography both at work and at home. A total of 40 million U.S. adults regularly visit pornography websites. Ten percent of adults admit to an internet sexual addiction and 20 percent of men say they access pornography at work.

Women and Pornography

According to statistics, men are not the only ones to access pornography at work. A total of 13 percent of women admit to accessing pornography at work. One in three visitors to pornographic websites are women.

Top Pornography Production by Country

The United States is the top producer of video pornography. Notable video pornography producers in the United States include Vivid Entertainment, Hustler, Playboy, Wicked Pictures and Red Light District. Brazil comes in second for video pornography production, facilitated by companies like Frenesi Films, Pau Brazil and MarcoStudio.The United States is the top producer of pornographic web pages by far with 244,661,900 pages or 89 percent. Germany and the United Kingdom follow with 4 and 3 percent, respectively.

Adult Video Sales and RentalsAdult video sales and rentals have increased in general over the years. In the United States 405 million videos were sold or rented in 1992. That number rose to 957 million in 2006.

U.S. Adult Video Sales and Rentals
Year	$$$ (Billions)	Units (Millions)
1992	$1.60	405
1993	$2.10	450
1994	$2.50	499
1995	$3.10	515
1996	$3.90	602
1997	$4.20	675
1998	$4.10	697
1999	$4.05	680
2000	$4.02	703
2001	$3.95	705
2002	$4.04	760
2003	$4.13	800
2004	$4.21	880
2005	$4.28	895
2006	$3.62	957

Hardcore Pornography Titles Released

The number of hardcore pornography videos released in the United States has grown from 1,300 titles in 1988 to 13,588 in 2005. There have been minor peaks and valleys but essentially the growth in production has been steady.

U.S. Hardcore Pornography Titles Released
	Year	Titles
	1988	1,300
	1989	1,350
	1990	1,340
	1991	1,505
	1992	2,200
	1993	2,400
	1994	3,200
	1995	5,700
	1996	8,000
	1997	8,000
	1998	9,200
	1999	10,300
	2000	11,500
	2001	10,900
	2002	11,700
	2003	11,400
	2004	12,000
	2005	13,588

Internet Pornography User Demographics

Pornography consumers are divided fairly evenly by age but not by income.

Those making more than $75,000 a year represent 35 percent of those purchasing pornography. Another 26 percent of pornography consumers make $50,000-75,000 per year.

Age is not a major factor. Pornography consumers are fairly evenly divided. The 35 to 44-year-old age group consumes the most pornography in the United States (26 percent) and 18-24-year-olds purchase the least (14 percent).

U.S. Adult Internet User Demographics – Income
	Income	%
	Under $15K	6.23%
	$15K-$25K	6.59%
	$25K-$35K	9.55%
	$35K-$50K	16.59%
	$50K-$75K	25.58%
	$75K+	35.30%

US Adult Internet User Demographics – Age
	Age	%
	18-24	13.61%
	25-34	19.90%
	35-44	25.50%
	45-54	20.67%
	55+	20.32%

Corporate Profiles of Pornography Producers

Pornography producers vary widely in size and are located around the world. Most companies create more than one product, from magazines to websites to movies. The corporations are profiled here by company and include a cross-section of attributes and in some cases revenue and net income.

Sources:

Statistics are compiled from the credible sources mentioned below. In reality, statistics are hard to ascertain and may be estimated by local and regional worldwide sources.

ABC, Associated Press, AsiaMedia, AVN, BBC, CATW, U.S. Census, Central Intelligence Agency, China Daily, Chosen.com, Comscore Media Metrix, Crimes Against Children, Eros, Forbes, Frankfurt Stock Exchange, Free Speech Coalition, Google, Harris Interactive, Hitwise, Hoover’s, Japan Inc., Japan Review, Juniper Research, Kagan Research, ICMEC, Jan LaRue, The Miami Herald, MSN, Nielsen/NetRatings, The New York Times, Nordic Institute, PhysOrg.com, PornStudies, Pravda, Sarmatian Review, SEC filings, Secure Computing Corp., SMH, TopTenREVIEWS, Trellian, WICAT, Yahoo!, XBIZ

3 Brown Stars for this Toolshed

It looks like Ahmadinejad is at it again.   “The people don’t like me?  Shut Down the media so no one finds out!”  God forbid anyone in Iran use the internet to communicate.    He’s a total idiot.   I’m glad to see the Iranian people are ready to Stand up!

Seriously, why even fake democracy?

http://www.guardian.co.uk/world/2009/jun/16/iran-protests-election-recount

http://www.foxnews.com/story/0,2933,526627,00.html

http://www.foxnews.com/politics/2009/06/16/obama-disputed-iran-election-reveals-changed-expectations-voters/

VIDEO AND READ MORE…….

http://iranianfreedom.wordpress.com/

CNN Link: Iran blocks Facebook.

Amininaminiaanininanajad (Automatic 3 star)……..you’re a Doodie pants.

Yeah, we know, it sucks to be Iranian right now. Be patient.