Despite several bans imposed on pornographic websites, a shocking report has emerged which show that India leads in global porn consumption on smartphones in 2019. According to adult entertainment site Pornhub in India, 89 percent people watched porn via mobile devices in 2019 — up three percent from 2017 when the figure already touched 86 percent. The US was second, with 81 percent and Brazil third, with 79 percent.
Overall, three in four people are watching porn on their mobiles globally — meaning the devices like desktops and laptops have become secondary choices for them to watch porn, according to adult entertainment site Pornhub. The site witnessed its share of mobile traffic reached 77 percent globally in 2019 —10 percent rise from the prior year. Meanwhile, Seventy per cent people in Japan logged into Pornhub from their smartphones while the UK saw 74 percent people watching porn on mobiles.
In 2013, mobile traffic accounted for just 40 percent of Pornhub traffic, revealed its annual ‘Year in Review’ report. The porn watching on mobile trend was seen across major Pornhub markets. The rising porn consumption on smartphones in India is owing to cheaper data plans along with a significant price drop in high-end smartphones that have made Internet surfing easy for over 450 million smartphone users in India.
India has the world’s highest data usage per smartphone at an average of 9.8GB per month that will double to 18GB by 2024, according to Swedish telecom equipment maker Ericsson. The ongoing digital transformation in the country is expected to increase India’s total Internet user base to 829 million by 2021. The adult entertainment site has also released data on how people access its portal from various Android operating systems.
