Top States For Online Porn
Published in the Journal of Economic Perspectives, a report released earlier this year entitled "Red Light States: Who Buys Adult Entertainment" highlights where the revenues for pornographic entertainment on the Internet actually come from. According to AVN Media Network, Internet sales are the second largest piece of the $12.6 billion adult entertainment industry, drawing $2.84 billion in 2006.
The study tracked subscriptions for a top-10 seller of online adult entertainment (2006-2008) and using ZIP code data associated with those subscriptions, compared the data with numbers from the FCC that tracks the amount of broadband Internet users in any given state. One of the findings from the study revealed that online subscriptions are "more prevalent in states where surveys indicate conservative positions on religion, gender roles and sexuality."
So, which US States consume the most online pornography? Click ahead to find out!
By Paul Toscano
Posted 14 July 2009
10. West Virginia
Porn Subscriptions per 1,000 Broadband Users: 2.94
Total Broadband Users (2007): 336,283
Tie-8. Florida
Porn Subscriptions per 1,000 Broadband Users: 3.01
Total Broadband Users (2007): 7,415,862
Tie-8. Louisiana
Porn Subscriptions per 1,000 Broadband Users: 3.01
Total Broadband Users (2007): 1,286,450
7. North Dakota
Porn Subscriptions per 1,000 Broadband Users: 3.05
Total Broadband Users (2007): 292,054
6. Arkansas
Porn Subscriptions per 1,000 Broadband Users: 3.12
Total Broadband Users (2007): 653,977
5. Oklahoma
Porn Subscriptions per 1,000 Broadband Users: 3.21
Total Broadband Users (2007): 971,862
4. Hawaii
Porn Subscriptions per 1,000 Broadband Users: 3.61
Total Broadband Users (2007): 584,101
3. Mississippi
Porn Subscriptions per 1,000 Broadband Users: 4.30
Total Broadband Users (2007): 489,413
2. Alaska
Porn Subscriptions per 1,000 Broadband Users: 5.03
Total Broadband Users (2007): 171,257
1. Utah
Porn Subscriptions per 1,000 Broadband Users: 5.47
Total Broadband Users (2007): 996,589
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