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One in five of millions of people watch pornography during the working day, according to the UK’s media watchdog.

The Ofcom study revealed that 21 per cent of 13.8 million people watch online pornography between 9am and 5.30pm for an average of 55 minutes.

The regulator said it was unclear whether this was because of more people working from home as there were not previous figures to compare with.

Adults only spent more time watching pornography between midnight and 9am, with 59 minutes on average, according to the study. Seventy-three per cent of those doing so were men.

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[–] [email protected] 47 points 10 months ago (3 children)

55 minutes??? People DO watch it for the plot

[–] [email protected] 13 points 10 months ago* (last edited 10 months ago) (1 children)
[–] [email protected] 3 points 10 months ago

55 times a day?!

[–] [email protected] 4 points 10 months ago

It's called edging and it's art.

[–] [email protected] 1 points 10 months ago (1 children)

Or two sittings? Combining to that average...

[–] [email protected] 4 points 10 months ago (1 children)
[–] [email protected] 2 points 10 months ago

Got to get that first thing in the morning nut, then there's the lunch time pick me up...

[–] [email protected] 36 points 10 months ago

Between the /normal/ working hours of 9-5. NOT during their actual workday, as in they didn't correlate the results with the user's actual work schedule.

Pretty disingenuous title.

[–] [email protected] 34 points 10 months ago

That data would be interesting to check, somehow I doubt the 50+ minutes makes sense. Maybe a median would be better.

Also writing "during the working day" as if everyone works at the same time on all days of the year…

[–] [email protected] 17 points 10 months ago (2 children)

We should... We should be able to watch a little porn at work

[–] [email protected] 6 points 10 months ago

As a treat.

[–] [email protected] 6 points 10 months ago

I'm not in trouble at all!

[–] [email protected] 14 points 10 months ago

Truly an important use of surveillance

[–] [email protected] 11 points 10 months ago (1 children)
[–] [email protected] 2 points 10 months ago

Was going to post this!

[–] [email protected] 10 points 10 months ago* (last edited 10 months ago) (1 children)

With a little more surveillance we could figure out if they've purchased their porn watching license.

[–] [email protected] 4 points 10 months ago

Oi! D'you 'ave a loicense to choke that chicken?!

[–] [email protected] 10 points 10 months ago
[–] [email protected] 9 points 10 months ago (1 children)

What else am i supposed to do at work?

[–] [email protected] 6 points 10 months ago (1 children)
[–] [email protected] 4 points 10 months ago

Im keeping rhythm. If you dont like it take the train

[–] [email protected] 9 points 10 months ago (1 children)

People must have a lot of... time on their hands.

[–] [email protected] 4 points 10 months ago

... a lot of something on their hands, anyway.

[–] [email protected] 6 points 10 months ago (1 children)
[–] [email protected] 1 points 10 months ago

I was just thinking about that one!!

[–] [email protected] 5 points 10 months ago
[–] [email protected] 4 points 10 months ago (1 children)

I'd be very interested to see this divided by the type of work people are doing. I bet people with more private workspaces, like people working from home, and executives, probably contribute to this statistic much more than people stuck in open plan offices.

[–] [email protected] 5 points 10 months ago

A friend of mine keeps getting told off by his headmaster, now I know why.

[–] [email protected] 3 points 10 months ago

This is the best summary I could come up with:


One in five of millions of people watch pornography during the working day, according to the UK’s media watchdog.

The Ofcom study revealed that 21 per cent of 13.8 million people watch online pornography between 9am and 5.30pm for an average of 55 minutes.

Adults only spent more time watching pornography between midnight and 9am, with 59 minutes on average, according to the study.

In April last year, former MP Neil Parish resigned after he was caught watching pornography twice in the House of Commons.

The former Tiverton and Honiton MP admitted to watching explicit content inside the chamber, claiming the first time was accidental while looking at tractors but the second was a “moment of madness”.

A three-part study of 2,500 men and women in Hungary found eight different motivations behind internet pornography use.


The original article contains 268 words, the summary contains 135 words. Saved 50%. I'm a bot and I'm open source!

[–] [email protected] 3 points 10 months ago

Talk about an absolutely worthless study that means nothing at all.