Smartphone porn use set to rise dramatically by 2020
New research estimates that 136 billion porn videos will be watched on smartphones this year, with the number rising by 55 per cent over the next five years
Porn users will continue to turn to free streaming services Photo: Alamy
By Telegraph Men
11:09AM BST 02 Jul 2015
The public's appetite for online porn is set to continue to grow at a dramatic rate, according to research published this week, with phones becoming porn users' favourite medium.
A study by digital analysts Juniper Research has concluded that adult smartphone users will each watch an average of 348 porn videos on their devices in 2015.
In total, the researchers estimate that 136 billion sexually explicit videos will be watched on smartphones this year.
If that sounds like a lot, they go on to predict that the number will increase by a further 55 per cent over the next five years, to 193 billion videos.
According to the Juniper report, titled "Digital Adult Content: Market Trends, Forecasts and Revenue Opportunities 2015-2020", the increase will be more significant in developing markets, as Wi-Fi and 4G technology become more widely available. The rise will be less steep in western Europe. However, net growth will be at its greatest in the United States.
The report also predicts there will be a boom in pornographic content created for new virtual reality devices.
However, porn producers are set to continue to see their profit margins suffer as more users turn to free streaming services such as PornHub.
Currently the global porn industry is estimated to be worth around £62 billion.
