# Does porn generate more income than...

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**Category:** Factual Questions\
**Created:** [September 5, 2012, 6:51pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/does-porn-generate-more-income-than/633778 "2012-09-05T18:51:32Z")\
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**Author:** ![Laudenum](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/l/7993a0/32.png) [@Laudenum](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Laudenum)\
**Post date:** [September 5, 2012, 6:51pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/does-porn-generate-more-income-than/633778/1 "2012-09-05T18:51:32Z")

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…Microsoft, Google, Amazon, eBay, Yahoo, Apple, and Netflix combined?

There was an article giving out about 50 Shades of Grey today that cited this, and a quick Google shows lots of ‘porn facts’ that agree - but I couldn’t find a credible source.  
(Also, I think porn is biggest in China and Korea which I doubt 50 Shades sold well in).

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**Author:** ![Pitchmeister](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/pitchmeister/32/3459_2.png) [@Pitchmeister](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Pitchmeister)\
**Post date:** [September 5, 2012, 6:57pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/does-porn-generate-more-income-than/633778/2 "2012-09-05T18:57:45Z")

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Where did this originate? Another thread from, um, today…

> **[Porn industry profitability](https://boards.straightdope.com/sdmb/showthread.php?t=664430)**
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> I just read this in a column in a local newspaper and it struck me as possibly wrong. “It’s not that surprising that the porn industry – which is primarily geared towards men – has had such an impact on the reading habits of a generation of women:...

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**Author:** ![Laudenum](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/l/7993a0/32.png) [@Laudenum](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Laudenum)\
**Post date:** [September 5, 2012, 7:05pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/does-porn-generate-more-income-than/633778/3 "2012-09-05T19:05:53Z")

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Hah, he’s actually referring to the same article as me. 🙂

Sorry didn’t see the thread.

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**Author:** ![lance\_strongarm](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/l/87869e/32.png) [@lance\_strongarm](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/lance_strongarm)\
**Post date:** [September 5, 2012, 7:21pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/does-porn-generate-more-income-than/633778/4 "2012-09-05T19:21:58Z")

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Ah, well, if you include “50 Shades” in the porn category, maybe it’s true.

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**Author:** ![TriPolar](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/tripolar/32/3008_2.png) [@TriPolar](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/TriPolar)\
**Post date:** [September 5, 2012, 7:32pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/does-porn-generate-more-income-than/633778/5 "2012-09-05T19:32:37Z")

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Another thread on the matter. [A popular subject today](http://boards.straightdope.com/sdmb/showthread.php?t=664430)