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Feel safe with your kids browsing the internet? You shouldn’t, at least not without any protection. Here are some interesting internet pornography statistics you should know about:

• Two in five Internet users visited an adult site in August of 2005, according to tracking by comScore Media Metrix.

• 87% of university students polled have virtual sex mainly using Instant Messenger, webcam, and telephone (”CampusKiss and Tell” University and College Sex Survey. Released on February 14, 2006. CampusKiss.com. February 17, 2006. See poll results.)

• According to comScore Media Metrix, there were 63.4 million unique visitors to adult websites in December of 2005, reaching 37.2% of the Internet audience.

• By the end of 2004, there were 420 million pages of pornography, and it is believed that the majority of these websites are owned by less than 50 companies (LaRue, Jan. “Obscenity and the First Amendment.” Summit on Pornography. Rayburn House Office Building. Room 2322. May 19, 2005).

• The pornography industry generates $12 billion dollars in annual revenue - larger than the combined annual revenues of ABC, NBC, and CBS. Of that, the Internet pornography industry generates $2.5 billion dollars in annual revenue. (Pornography Statistics. Family Safe Media. January 10, 2006. Reference

• The largest group of viewers of Internet porn is children between ages 12 and 17 Family Safe Media, December 15, 2005 .

• According to comScore Media Metrix, Internet users viewed over 15 billion pages of adult content in August 2005.

• According to comScore Media Metrix, Internet users spent an average of 14.6 minutes per day viewing adult content online.

This is why we strongly recommend using some sort of internet filtering, privacy, and spyware blocking application at all times. For monitoring your children online, we recommend SpyAgent Monitoring Software.

This statistics series is provided by Parental Monitoring Software. We quote and link to sources used whenever possible.

If you find these statistics alarming and you have kids who use the internet, we strongly recommend using a monitoring software product wherever possible.