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Baumgardner: What you need to know about the coronavirus pandemic and porn

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2020 might be the year that all of us want to escape from and/or forget for so many reasons. This means we should not be surprised to learn that many of us are looking for ways to escape the pain and the fear. One of the escapes that has seen a dramatic increase in use is pornography.

According to a variety of sources, since March there has been a 16% to 30% increase in use of pornography in the U.S. India reports a 95% increase. Pornhub, the world’s largest pornography website, reported seeing an 18% increase in users after making its premium content free for 30 days.

To give you some perspective, here are some porn usage statistics from 2018 tabulated by Webroot Cybersecurity:

* Every second, 28,258 users are watching pornography.

* $3,075.64 is spent on porn every second on the internet.