Don_Dickle@lemmy.world to Today I Learned@lemmy.worldEnglish · 2 days agoTIL: There are about 4 to 30 million porn sites on the net at any given time. Adult websites generally make up 4 to 12% of all existing websites.NSFWen.wikipedia.orgexternal-linkmessage-square16linkfedilinkarrow-up172arrow-down13
arrow-up169arrow-down1external-linkTIL: There are about 4 to 30 million porn sites on the net at any given time. Adult websites generally make up 4 to 12% of all existing websites.NSFWen.wikipedia.orgDon_Dickle@lemmy.world to Today I Learned@lemmy.worldEnglish · 2 days agomessage-square16linkfedilink
minus-squareTetsuo@jlai.lulinkfedilinkEnglisharrow-up6·2 days agoI think the figure was that almost half of the traffic on the internet was related to porn sites. I have no idea if there is any updated stats for that. I suppose you could surveil a major internet node and check all DNS requests to estimate how much traffic is “porn related” overall.
minus-squarecloudskipper@piefed.blahaj.zonelinkfedilinkEnglisharrow-up2·2 days agoI do remember hearing that as well actually, and at a point in the late 90s early 2k it might be true. It sure seemed that way anyways.
minus-squareArcane2077@sh.itjust.workslinkfedilinkEnglisharrow-up2·1 day agoI remember that porn was overtaken by social media in 2016. Can’t find a source for that any more though
I think the figure was that almost half of the traffic on the internet was related to porn sites.
I have no idea if there is any updated stats for that.
I suppose you could surveil a major internet node and check all DNS requests to estimate how much traffic is “porn related” overall.
I do remember hearing that as well actually, and at a point in the late 90s early 2k it might be true. It sure seemed that way anyways.
I remember that porn was overtaken by social media in 2016. Can’t find a source for that any more though