News of the Weird: Porn Site Estimates Its Viewers Have Spent 1.2 Million Years Watching

Perspective: A leading “adult” search engine reported in December that, over the last seven years, just two of the most popular Internet pornography websites it analyzes have been viewed 93 billion separate times, which averages to about 13 views for every person on Earth. Given the average viewing time of 11 minutes per visit, the search engine (PornWatchers.com) calculated that men (and a few women, of course) have spent about 1.2 million years watching pornography on just those two sites. Noted the search engine in its press release, “Say goodbye” to calling online porn a “niche.” “It's in every living room on this planet.”

By Chuck Shepherd

January 29, 2013