| Statistics | Reserach Source |
| 64% of men struggle with sexual addiction or sexual compulsion including, but not limited to use of pornography, compulsive masturbation, or other secret sexual activity | Patrick Means' 1995 survey of 350 men (10% pastors, 90% key laymen from 12 denominations) Men's Secret Wars by Pat Means, Revell, 1996, page 132-133, 255 |
| In an unnamed Fortune 100 company, 60% of all time spent on the internet at work by male employees was devoted to pornography. | An unpublished study referenced in Healing the Wounds of Sexual Addiction by Dr. Mark Laaser, Zondervan, 2004, page 32. |
| In a study of 1000 sex addicts, 94% had been emotionally abused, 74% were physically abused, and 81% were sexually abused as children. | Don't Call it Love, Patrick Carnes, New York; Bantam, 1991. |
| 60% of all visits to the Internet are sexual in nature. | Al Cooper, San Jose Marital Services and Sexuality Center, MSNBC survey, 2000. |
| As many as 80% of visitors to sex sites were spending so much time looking at erotica on the computer that they were putting their real life jobs and relationships at risk. "Until they discovered cybersex, most of these people had no problems with sexual addiction" - Al Cooper. | Al Cooper, San Jose Marital Services and Sexuality Center, MSNBC survey, 2000. |
| 17% of all women struggle with porn addiction | Internet Filter Review |
| More than 30% of 1,500 surveyed companies have terminated employees for inappropriate use of the internet while only 37.5% use filtering software. | Websense Incorporated and The Center for Internet Studies, 2000. |
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