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If there was any doubt about what’s really driving the internet’s economic engine, here’s a hint: it’s not online gambling. It’s porn.

The pornographic industry (world) is larger than the revenues of the top technology companies combined: Microsoft, Google, Amazon, eBay, Yahoo!, Apple, Netflix and Earthlink.

There are 4.2 million porn websites (12% of total)

Daily, 65 million pornographic search engine requests are made (25% of total)
and 2.5 billion porn emails are send.

42.7% of internet users view porn. US Internet porn sales alone are $4.9 billion.

40 millions US Adults regularly visit internet porn websites (72% male-28% female)

Source: current.com via Jarrett Martineau

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