Stats of our lives: The porn identity
X-rated websites account for a whopping 30 percent of all internet traffic — and more in our collection of surprising facts and figures
15 to 20
Minutes the typical internet porn viewer spends on an x-rated site, several times the three to six minutes generally spent on news sites
4.4 billion
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Monthly pageviews for porn site Xvideos — three times as much as CNN.com
30
Percent of all internet traffic accounted for by porn sites
Source: Daily News
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