According to StatiSense, a worldwide data and business intelligence platform, Nigerians visited more than 162 million p-rnog-aphic and betting websites in June 2024.
This was part of a broader investigation of the top 10 websites frequented by Nigerians via mobile devices last month, with a significant proportion of traffic focused towards adult content and gambling platforms.
StatiSense revealed its findings on its official X page, adding that search engines, social networking platforms, and betting sites were among the most popular.
Notably, adult sites Xvideos and Xnxx were among the top, receiving 80.18 million visits combined and ranking second and sixth, respectively.
The statistics also found that Nigerian mobile users visited sports-related websites 176.83 million times, with sports betting services Sportybet and Bet9ja receiving 83.1 million visits, placing them third and fourth in the ranking.
Despite the high popularity of adult and betting sites, prominent social networks such as X (previously Twitter), TikTok, and Instagram did not make StatiSense’s top ten list for June 2024. Google and Facebook, however, were heavily mentioned.
Here is the complete list of the top ten sites by visitor count:
- Google — 382.68 million visits
- Xvideos — 52.02 million visits
- Sportybet — 46.44 million visits
- Bet9Ja — 36.7 million visits
- Facebook — 30.86 million visits
- Xnxx — 28.16 million visits
- YouTube — 26.86 million visits
- Goal — 18.43 million visits
- Flashscore — 16.67 million visits
- Livescore — 16.06 million visits
Social media users have expressed varied reactions to these statistics. One user, @LagosCinematographer, remarked on the uniqueness of Nigeria in having adult and betting sites prominently listed:
“I have checked USA, many African and European countries, only Nigeria has p-rn and betting sites on their list and even appeared more than once . Inside this hardship, konji won finish una
.”
Another, @ayinlaoluwamayoma, pointed out, “Omooo, and to know more than 50% of the times Google was visited was to search for p-rn sites… This nation is gone .”
@Maverick also commented, suggesting deeper societal issues at play: “This is a negative stride especially to Nigerians.
However, we seem to underrate how a good and working government affects our life personal choices. The extreme rate of unemployment, hunger, and starvation has made people resort to degenerative means of coping mechanisms.”