Featured Data November 20, 2025

Young Men Increasingly Support Restrictions on Online Pornography

Survey Center Staff

In the last four years, young men have grown much more supportive of restricting access to online pornography. While all young Americans––ages 18 to 24––have become increasingly disposed towards limiting access to online pornography, young men have experienced the most substantial shift. In 2021, less than half (43 percent) of young men said they would support making it more difficult to access online pornography. By 2025, nearly two-thirds of young men said they were in favor of more restrictions on Internet pornography. The gender gap in support for restricting the availability of pornography has been cut nearly in half, from 15 points to only 8. And significantly, young men are now more supportive of limits on pornography than middle-aged men.