Pornography Statistics

The big hotel chains: Hilton, Marriot, Hyatt, Sheraton and Holiday Inn, all offer adult films on in-room pay-per-view television systems. They are purchased by a whopping 50 percent of their guests, accounting for nearly 70 percent of their in-room profits. One hotel owner said, "We have to have it, our guests demand it.” From a CBS News Special Report, November 2003

http://www.blazinggrace.org/cms/bg/pornstats

57% of pastors say that addiction to pornography is the most sexually damaging issue to their congregation (Christians and Sex Leadership Journal Survey, March 2005).

Recent research reported by a professional Society of Divorce Lawyers finds the use of internet pornography had surpassed financial problems as being the fastest growing cause of divorce in America.
The average age of first internet exposure to pornography is 11 years old.  (Internet Filter Review, 2004).

Pornography is the single most searched-for item on the internet and also the most profitable.
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The total porn industry revenue for 2006: $13.3 billion in the United States; $97 billion worldwide (Internet Filter Review).  
The pornography industry has a yearly profit margin larger than the NFL, NBA, and MLB combined.

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