SAN FRANCISCO — Good Vibrations and Babeland have released a survey of their combined customer base examining patterns of behavior and feelings about porn to mark the relaunch of the Good Vibrations-branded VOD site.
The survey polled 2,382 of their customers, of varied ages, genders and sexual orientations. Some of the questions and results include:
Do you watch any kind of porn — professional, amateur, webcam, or something else? 85% said 'yes,' while only 2.39% said 'no' and 12.59% said they had in the past.
How often do you watch porn? 12.21% said 'daily,' 37.67% watched throughout the week, 31.64% said they watch a few times a month, a little over 12.5% indulge every few months, 3.16% said 'Once or twice a year' and 2.42% watch less than once a year.
How do you view porn (select all that apply)? The percentages revealed add up to more than 100%: 93.68% said they watch alone, and 38.38% do so with a lover. 3.66% of sociable porn fans said they watch 'with company.'
Where do you find your porn? Select your top three preferred sources. Paid streaming and download sites were cited by 15.49%, while free tube sites were the source of porn for 87.70% of our survey participants. 8.55% like cam sites, while about 5.5% like premium fan sites. 27.36% of our respondents use Twitter, Reddit and the like to find porn. 17.2% turn to DVDs or other physical recorded content. 6.13% check offerings on TV via their satellite or cable provider and a little over 1% like to be closer to the action and like viewing booths and sex clubs. More than 27% said they prefer photography, written erotica and/or erotic audio, and 4.32% cited other porn-finding options, including listing their favorite sites, expressing enthusiasm for erotic comics, porn they make with (or are sent by) their partner, and one cited their 'freaky mind,' while another looks for 'vintage porn stills on the internet.'
Since Babeland and Good Vibrations are toy companies, we were interested to know whether our respondents had ever used interactive toys with porn. 1.66% said they had used app-enabled toys with camming sites as viewers or as talent. 2.38% have used these toys with a lover while making a private video or stream, while a bit over 5.3% have used VR while viewing porn. 1.71% said they have paired an app- enabled toy (like Fleshlight, Kiiroo or Cowgirl) with porn and over 70% replied 'Not yet!' to this question.
“Overall — perhaps because we are a sex-positive site, but also possibly because cultural attitudes about porn have been in a state of change — most of our respondents seemed to feel that porn has some level of significance in their lives,” a rep noted.
“It is very clear that they are going to all the corners of the internet, in particular, to find it," added the rep.
For more about the survey, visit GoodVibrations.com and find their relaunched VOD site here.
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