37% of the Web is porn

[Rob Williams]

"Pornography makes up 37% of the total number of web pages online, according to a new study published by Optenet, a SaaS provider. According to the report, which looked at a representative sample of around four million extracted URLs, adult content on the Internet increased by 17% in the first quarter of 2010, as compared to the same period in 2009."

http://idle.slashdot.org/story/10/06/16/1722258/Over-a-Third-of-the-Internet-Is-Pornographic

Those are some stiff numbers, hard to beat for sure.

 

[slugbug]

Only 37%? I'm shocked

 

[Rob Williams]

Have you looked at all 37%?

 

[CaptainFluffy]

I thought It'd be higher than that.

 

[Rob Williams]

I thought It'd be higher than that.

Hah, fair enough. I had no idea it'd be this much, I mean, that's a HUGE number for the -entire- Internet. If that's where all the traffic is, perhaps we need to do a Porngage.com.

 

[madmat]

I'm just wondering what the other 63% is. Only because it's taking up the room for pr0n.

 

[Rob Williams]

I'm just wondering what the other 63% is. Only because it's taking up the room for pr0n.

If you're ever put in charge of this, please, please, PLEASE leave at least 0.000001% of the Web for Techgage.

 

[Glider]

Only 37%? If you consider that porn is 99.9% images and movies, I am surprised it is so little...