The Largest Study of Online Porn Just Came Out. The Results Are Disturbing.

Researchers analysed the homepages of three major porn websites, and found 1 in 8 video titles shown to first-time users describe sexual violence.

A recent study by British researchers—also the largest study of online porn to date—found that one in eight porn videos suggested to first-time users was labelled with text describing sexually violent acts.

The study involved researchers taking screenshots of the homepages every hour on the three most popular porn websites in the United Kingdom—Pornhub, XVideos, and XHamster—over a six-month period between 2017 and 2018. In the 131,738 videos surveyed, the researchers looked at the descriptions and titles of the videos and searched for keywords that corresponded with the World Health Organization’s definition of sexual violence but excluded the consensual BDSM titles. While they analysed the description and titles of the videos, they did not look into the content of the videos.