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?
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Utah
Porn Subscriptions per 1,000 Broadband Users: 5.47
Total Broadband Users (2007): 996,589 -
Alaska
Porn Subscriptions per 1,000 Broadband Users: 5.03
Total Broadband Users (2007): 171,257 -
Mississippi
Porn Subscriptions per 1,000 Broadband Users: 4.30
Total Broadband Users (2007): 489,413 -
Hawaii
Porn Subscriptions per 1,000 Broadband Users: 3.61
Total Broadband Users (2007): 584,101 -
Oklahoma
Porn Subscriptions per 1,000 Broadband Users: 3.21
Total Broadband Users (2007): 971,862 -
Arkansas
Porn Subscriptions per 1,000 Broadband Users: 3.12
Total Broadband Users (2007): 653,977 -
North Dakota
Porn Subscriptions per 1,000 Broadband Users: 3.05
Total Broadband Users (2007): 292,054
Tie-8. Louisiana
Porn Subscriptions per 1,000 Broadband Users: 3.01
Total Broadband Users (2007): 1,286,450
Tie-8. Florida
Porn Subscriptions per 1,000 Broadband Users: 3.01
Total Broadband Users (2007): 7,415,862
- West Virginia
Porn Subscriptions per 1,000 Broadband Users: 2.94
Total Broadband Users (2007): 336,283
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last commentA quick review of how many SC's are in each of those states (listed by TUSCL)indicates that there could be a slight correlation between the lack of SC's and the results of this report. Six of the ten states shown in this report fall within the lowest third of the U.S. states in number of SC's. But FL is 2nd in number of SC's, and OK, LA & WV are all solidly in the middle third.
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I see most of the top states only had 3 people out of one thousand broadband users. That explains why I used to get so much spam mail.
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Ca has to be the capital for production. Utah for the most buyers. Wells NV would not be in existence if it weren't for the good ole Morman boys. FL must just be from the high number of tourists.Party time?
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The more porn I downloaded the more I want to go to a strip club. I downloaded the top 50 best breasts video from girls gone wild. I then later went to a strip club the next day and bought 2fer1 lap dance just so I could fondle some young boobs.
I remember watching the history of Hustler, and Larry Flynt originally owned bikini bars (early strip club type) in cincinnati, OH. He started a porn magazine to complement the business. It ended up becoming bigger than the business and he eventually shut down the clubs to work on the magazine full time. I think more strip clubs should take advantage of the fact they have ladies willing to take off their clothes and desperate for money, and shoot porn with them. I know one porn webmaster who says he is a regular to strip clubs and recruited some of his best talent from there.
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I see a link (albeit perhaps only anecdotally established, thus far) between high per-capita porn spending, and either one or both of:
A. rural and widespread population sparseness
and
B. high traditional anti-sexual religious content.
Gee what a surprise. Baptists in the boonies are hypocrites. Like we didn't already know ...
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Kinda interesting to see Southern-culture states like LA, MS, AK and WV on the list but I guess like most men, they prefer seeing women with a full set of teeth.
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sam, just to bust your nuts. lol. Ak is not Arkansas. It's Alaska. Also on the list but hardly a southern state. I remember reading that AK had the highest alcoholism of any state.So it follows that porn is big. What do you do when the weather is miserable and it is dark all day?
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"The more porn I downloaded the more I want to go to a strip club."
I agree, my appetite for porn, strip clubs, and genuine sex are all correlated, if I get more of one, I want more of all the others. I guess they're all separate fuels for the same fire.
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Shadowcat, a friend of my family's lives in Alaska as a hunting guide and he confirmed what you have said. In winter time, with nothing to do, he says Alaskans consume huge amounts of alcohol and drugs. Even fairly normal looking people are users of hard drugs like cocaine and meth.
Russia's problems with alcoholism probably stem from the same reason.
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I would have thought that I was the only one on this board reading the Journal of Economic Perspectives.
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Art, may be 2 of you. I have no fucking idea what that is and do no really want to know. FOX NEWS and TUSCL is all I need.
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Book Guy and samsung1 don't be an ass
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This really shouldn't be a surprise at all. In states like UT, AK, MS, OK, AR, ND, and WV where the Religious Right tries to legislate morality people will just find ways around their nonsensical govt. restrictions. Both extremes of the Right & Left are all wrong on this issue.
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