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That's grossly inflated. Their source is that 4% of the top million websites are porn. That doesn't mean at least 4% of web use is porn.
by gowld 6y ago
That's grossly inflated. Their source is that 4% of the top million websites are porn. That doesn't mean at least 4% of web use is porn.
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- tyingq 6y agoThats not the only number in the article. They appear to have tried several different angles, including the somewhat flawed one you mention. For example: "Ogas and Gaddam also tracked web searches from July 2009 to July 2010. The proportion that involved porn: 13 percent. Finally, they interviewed officials at the major search engines about the prevalence of porn searches. Those estimates: 10 to 15 percent."
- gowld 6y agoStill seems dodgy. 3hrs per day on Facebook and Netflix and Youtube corresponds to very few search engine searches. Very few people are spending a comparable fraction of time on porn; it's a self rate-limiting activity. Beyond leisure time, a huge portion of people use Internet for work some or all day. Millions of people stream music all day. Porn is the least optimized search target so you'd expect more porn searches per session than other topics searches per session. 4+% of "things people do" in some sense? Sure.