18-to-24-Year-Old Women Watch More Porn Than Their Male Counterparts

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published 3 March 2015

If you think it's men who are the ones predominantly hitting up sexxxy videos...you'd be right. But there's one sector of women who are watching porn even more often.

According to a Vocativ and Pornhub study (opens in new tab), women aged 18 to 24 are watching five percent more porn than men aged 18 to 24. It's just further proof that porn—among other things (opens in new tab)—is slowly becoming less taboo.

Other interesting findings? The average age for men who watch porn is 36 and the average age for women is 34. When it comes to search, hentai and porn stars get the most play among 18-to-34-year-olds, while viewers aged 35 to 54 prefer swinging and wife swapping. And those older than 55? Just give 'em something "nude." Aw, sweet.

You can find more porn findings at Vocativ (opens in new tab).

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Samantha Leal is the Deputy Editor at Well+Good, where she spends most of her day thinking of new ideas across platforms, bringing on new writers, overseeing the day-to-day of the website, and working with the awesome team to produce the best stories and packages. Before W+G, she was the Senior Web Editor for Marie Claire and the Deputy Editor for Latina.com, with bylines all over the internet. Graduating from the Medill School of Journalism at Northwestern University with a minor in African history, she’s written everything from travel guides to political op-eds to wine explainers (currently enrolled in the WSET program) to celebrity profiles. Find her online pretty much everywhere @samanthajoleal.