Of 854 people currently or recently in prostitution across nine countries said pornography was made of them while they were in prostitution. 47% were upset by attempts to make them imitate acts from pornography.

U.S. hotline sex-trafficking cases in 2024 that listed pornography as a venue — alongside hotels, illicit massage, and street-based commercial sex.

Average age of entry among domestic minor sex-trafficking survivors who reported being forced into pornography production — younger than street (13.8) or online prostitution and stripping (14.2).

Of 616 U.S. hotline cases (2007–2016) involving sexually explicit digital content, the people exploited were minors.

Of minor sex-trafficking survivors who entered “the life” in 2004 or later were advertised online, up from 38% among those who entered before 2004.

Sex buyers in a Boston comparison study imitated acts they had seen in pornography with partners, versus 29% of men who did not buy sex.