But also, Mormons love porn. There have been multiple studies from porn websites and Google that show that Utah has not only one of the highest per-capita consumption of porn, but also have a major (iirc, majority) interest in trans women. Which is... fascinating.

Edit2: jk, looks like my info is old. The trans and Mormon thing was from like 2009 and may be a shitty study by one guy on subscription porn. It seems like NOW, utahians don't use pornhub at all, but this year there was a huge increase in VPNs. (/s) but also, https://www.pornhub.com/insights/wp-content/uploads/2022/12/pornhub-insights-2022-year-in-review-united-states-relative-searches-by-state-map_.png 2022 by state, directly from pornhub

https://www.pornhub.com/insights/2022-year-in-review for the whole report

[–] ivanafterall@kbin.social 9 points 2 years ago

Utah looooves their porn. But they're conflicted by it, what with the religious shame and all, which is why the Utah legislature passed a bill to require webcam access/facial verification/age verification before you can access porn sites (thus causing PornHub to stop operating in Utah).

[–] animelivesmatter@lemmy.world 6 points 2 years ago* (last edited 2 years ago)

something tells me the increase in VPNs and drop in pornhub usage in Utah is because pornhub literally doesn't work in Utah anymore unless you have a VPN