SAN FRANCISCO: According to the data released by Google, Pakistan tops the list of most porn-searching countries and leads the way in porn searches for animals like pigs, donkeys, dogs, cats and snakes, news website Salon reported on Thursday.
It further revealed that six of the top eight porn-searching countries were Muslim states. The country at number two in the list was Egypt, while Iran, Morocco, Saudi Arabia and Turkey came in at numbers four, five, seven and eight, respectively.
The fact that porn trends within the region can even be tracked was impressive, given that the sale of pornographic material has been banned in nearly every Arab country except Lebanon and Turkey.
More recently, the Saudi Arabian government also announced that it had hacked and disabled about 9,000 Twitter accounts associated with the publication of pornography and arrested many of the handles’ owners. The move was organised by the Commission for the Promotion and Prevention of Vice, also known as Haia, the Saudi religious police.
Many Muslim states declare that cemented social morals should not be violated. The data out there, however, suggest their public may feel otherwise.
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Wrong news, please make clarification for this misinformation See for yourself what google database tells about Pakistan search queries: https://www.google.com/trends/topcharts#vm=cat&geo=PK&date=2014&cid Searches: 1. ARY News Live 2. Express News Live 3. PTV Sports 4. Hiload 5. Samaa TV 6. Bigg Boss 8 7. Baby Doll Song 8. World Cup 2014 9. Dhoom 3
People: 1. Robin Williams 2. Ayeza Khan 3. Tiger Shroff 4. Umar Akmal 5. Hamid Mir 6. Sana Khan 7. Lionel Messi 8. Gauhar Khan 9. Daisy Shah
Where's the Google search statistics and demographics? express tribune/web desk, you people seriously need to do proper HOMEWORK before publishing these bullshits
Rest of the world watches Pogo ?
Rest of the world watches Pogo ?
AOA All,
Salute to so called MEDIA OF PAKISTAN, without confirming any news, they are just copy pasting details. ITS A SCAM, and shame on media groups which are spreading this false news
http://tribune.com.pk/story/823696/pakistan-tops-list-of-most-porn-searching-countries-google/
Here is the official report of Google of 2014 results
http://www.google.com.pk/trends/explore?hl=en-US#q=porn%2C%20sex%2C%20bird%20sex%2C%20gay&date=1%2F2014%2012m&cmpt=q&tz=
Paua new ginea tops it, shame on all Pakistani Media, now dare to publish the truth, shame on you for defaming Pakistan
The source of this NEWS is another gossip-magzine type news paper; SALON, where they will publish anything without being questioned. But I like to highlight this to Expree Tribune that we expect some sort of responsibility from you. You should not simply publish anything without verifiable data. "Salon" is neither a creditable source nor did they publish their thoughts based on any "recent" data and you did the same thing; a shame for your name! Express Tribune played dumb for whatever the reason!
Wrong propaganda propagated without research. Please do a rebuttal as mentioned here http://propakistani.pk/2015/01/19/pakistan-gets-wrongly-labelled-top-porn-searching-nation-proofs/
Indian papers or the news Channel get bombarded by threats calls and redicule... called an agent of the enemy of they print or broadcast any news that's derogatory to Indian honor. People there just only want to hear good news of Rising & Shining* etc, including the political leaders. So now they love to come over here to hear bad about us, to boost their "honor". Plus boosting publisher's much needed advertisement income, they have huge overhead expenses too!
I find this report just a publicity, nothing else. Pakistan is a small country and internet is not much available to common masses.Just think.
its a wrong information about Pakistan
I am not astonished to know that.. My question is from the rest of the world.. that how many of you watch porn in one week??? do you guys use your credit card to subscribe?? or only watch LIVE on internet??? this is the main question we have to look into and ask oneself... Rather than making fun of it that it is highly being searched in Pakistan... ridiculous...... He who wants to watch, shall no doubt search through web, but in Pakistan porn sites are blocked and cannot be search through web and last resort would be through google... that is the main reason.. they named Pakistan.. otherwise my question would be from the Americans that how many of you has performed in PORN WEBSITES..
Another fake and misguided press release. If you search on the Google trends about these "sex" related keywords then you find that Pakistan is not in the top of the list.
http://www.google.com.pk/trends/explore?hl=en-US#q=porn,+sex,+bird+sex,+gay&cmpt=q&tz&tz
Also, the Tribune should publish counter article accepting the negligence and apologizing to the nation for the humiliation they have caused and should publish the correct facts.
To my surprise, the Tribune trusted on the porn search engine's data. I had a different image of the Tribune it appears to be like Sun.
The article on which this one is based on disseminate wrong information. Did the newspaper ever try to verify this information? These figures are incorrect. Better read the article published on propakistani.
Is there a dedicated "Porn" button on keyboards sold in Pakistan as in the picture? It would make sense. Maybe even supply a replacement key in case it is worn out too soon.
Well watching porn is better than actually raping somebody. Pakistan has very less rape cases compared to india, US or any other western country. And for a fact im sure everybody watches or have watched porn in their life. Its only that the western world have porn in every tv program which is openly aired and in pakistan they search for them. Watch porn, dont rape !
this is hilarious , how its possible in a country where only 10% people have the access to the INTERNET?? if Pakistan was below India in that list then it would have somehow digestible
Meanwhile, ET tops all news sites in bashing and spreading hate speech against Pakistan & Pakistanis in an effort to please the huge sized neighboring country and gain some popularity on the internet. Cheap & old tactics.
I am a bit skeptical over it, how come this is possible when in Pakistan the access to such websites is banned. And if, by any means people are watching it cloakedly: through proxy isp's so how did they note down the traffic is coming from Pakistan? Need clarification on this.
Why are you promoting news articles of not-so-popular Salon, do your own research and report what you find!
@Usama: Even normal websites can detect VPNs/proxy/socks/ do you think google can't detect that? no use defending you country like this accept it. period.
Couldn't be possible in a country where 80% of the population do not have internet access.
How innocently the people who are denying are behaving,,, "Jaisay jantay nahee pahchantay nahee"... Actually the people who deny most are in it...!! I watch porn daily, but I cant take all credit alone for No 1 position...!!
@Waqas: Waqas it doesn't need expertse to type 3 letters in Google you know what (5EX)
Pakistan Gets Wrongly Labelled as Top Porn-Searching Nation, Here are Proofs!
http://propakistani.pk/2015/01/19/pakistan-gets-wrongly-labelled-top-porn-searching-nation-proofs/
Dear Tribune.com.pk, I would like to sue you on publishing a false report with misleading facts which goigle never revealed. Please either apologise to the people or provide me with evidence as the title says Google declared pakistan as the top porn searcher.
@Prudent:
Seems legit!
Blame it on the laptops handed out by Nawaz Sharif!
Skynet aka google
Just wondering how the ET staff refer the source/originator of the news as "SAN FRANCISCO". Even the Salon site doesn't have SAN FRANCISCO mentioned anywhere.
Is ET staff making news just based on their assumption? Is their any editorial board in ET or not? ET please reply and apologize for spreading fake news
there's a reason why top six of eight countries are Muslim states
Second time this is happened. Few years back, Pakistani English media had similar kind of trash talk. It proved otherwise. Same for this latest data.
http://propakistani.pk/2015/01/19/pakistan-gets-wrongly-labelled-top-porn-searching-nation-proofs/
I can understand their motives but what a about those people who believe this nonsense without thinking twice?
Non sense from a Western Owned and funded newspaper. This is just impossible so present your FACTS and SOURCES and makes no sense why our media buys western news and runs it a wild. Clearly Pakistani newspaper knows nothing about Propoganda warfare or does and using it against us. Lets look at it logically. Pakistan is the 5th -6th biggest country population wise, so it will make it to the highest list as it is. However 10000s of phonographic sites were censored. Try accessing them and see. So if people are re-routing their ISPs to access such sites and youtube, their ISPs WONT be Pakistani, and therefor this news makes NO sense!
@G Indian:
"Make love, not war."
Good. Now tell this to Modi as well. No wonder he is so acrimonious and belligerent (wife left him long time ago).
@GI Joe:
Thank you for the link
(http://www.google.com/trends/explore#q=sex&date=1%2F2014%2012m&cmpt=q&tz=). I have myself checked on Google, and in almost all sex and porn related top queries India usually stands at the top 3 positions, while Pakistan is around 10th position or even lower. Any good newspaper would have checked facts before printing something that could create a wrong image of the country, but then good newspapers don't rely on foreign assistance.
For non Muslim countries pron is available just outside their home no need to search for Muslims they have to find it some way....so make the news this way in pictures and movie searching smaller sin Muslim countries top and doing bigger sin of adultery non Muslim specially western countries top.
Provide the actual Google study if you are truthful. To all the snarky intellectuals: look and read before you consume. Stop being mindless sheep. This has actually been going around the web a while.
Shame on Tribune for posting a news without authentication! salon.com is your source, which also doesn't cite any source for its claim!... is this how low your journalistic conduct can go? its really disappointing... do you get money for posting such crap propaganda against Pakistan?
@Babu: "one of the most talented nation on globe" are you sure...?? could you please elaborate those talents...?? these kind of empty boasting is spoiling Pakistan - from childhood I am listening from my father that - one Pakistani army soldier is equal to 10 Indian soldier...!!
It is true that incident of rape has increased in big cities but that is also a reflection of the fact that more women today are coming out openly to tell they have been raped. This would not have happened in the past. Media has also become much more powerful and vocal in highlighting cases of rape. Most of rapes in the past would happen between the girl and someone close to her in the house and the girl would be ashamed to come out and tell the story. More rapes are now happening outside the house. So, what has changed? I think change has to do with the way middle class women in India have forged ahead. I see women everywhere: in MNCs, in Bank, in IT, etc. And they are there in high positions bossing over men! Having enough money to go around, these women seem to be having a ball. They are going to late night with their boyfriends, attending parties and coming home late. While this happening in big cities, there is also this immigrant men population that seems to be left behind in this rat race. Semi-skilled or unskilled, they have not much to do than drift away in squalor. This is the population that chances upon a lone girl returning home from a party or waiting for someone late at night. Impotent as these men are in other matters, they seem to show their power over women by indulging in this heinous act. Better surveillance by police, educating women what to avoid etc. will go a long way in reducing crime against women. Until then, it is a long battle ahead for them
It is true that incident of rape has increased in big cities but that is also a reflection of the fact that more women today are coming out openly to tell they have been raped. This would not have happened in the past. Media has also become much more powerful and vocal in highlighting cases of rape. Most of rapes in the past would happen between the girl and someone close to her in the house and the girl would be ashamed to come out and tell the story. More rapes are now happening outside the house. So, what has changed? I think change has to do with the way middle class women in India have forged ahead. I see women everywhere: in MNCs, in Bank, in IT, etc. And they are there in high positions bossing over men! Having enough money to go around, these women seem to be having a ball. They are going to late night with their boy friends, attending parties and coming home late. While this happening, in big cities there is also this immigrant men population that seems to be left behind in this rat race. Semi skilled or unskilled, they have not much to do than drift. This is the population that chances upon a lone girl returning home from a party or waiting for someone late at night. Impotent as these men are in other matters, they seem to show their power over women in indulging in this heinous act. Better survaillence by police, educating women what to avoid etc will go a long way in reducing crime against women. Until then, it is a long battle ahead for them.
Pakistanis shouldn't feel offended by this news, which probably could be false or exaggerated. I hope the news is true to show that Pakistani males have real manly feelings and they behave like grownups. Pakistanis should feel ashamed of suicide blasts, minority genocide, beheadings etc. etc..... Porn is relatively harmless when compared to violance committed in the name of religion. What is the so called big deal about sex. As long as one bears the consequence of sex like STDs, unwanted pregnancies, there is nothing inherently immoral about sex or porn. Sexually liberated societies like Norway, Sweden, Finland, Denmark and Canada are among the happiest nations on earth. Make love, not war.
Sexually repressed societies produce frustrated men who don't know how to channel their sexual frustration and are always on the boil.
@Pindi Kid:
Stop falling into their traps, it's exactly they wanted. To lead people into believing they are the scum of earth
Interestingly the source of the news is a blog (you can check the source of salon which ET gave as reference). In that blog there is no reference just assumption :)
Google trends shows totally different story and ET doesn't bother at all to check it. What type of peoople are working on Web desk who doesn't even bother to check the reality? Will ET ever apologize to Pakistani nation for spreading the fake news. I think it will never happen. Only honest journalist apologize if they do mistake.
Utter nonsense! Who is Google working for and whose interest do this and other sites like facebook etc. serve? I would rather trust the devil!
This news is fake.
Google trends show the different story. You can check from the link www.google.com/trends/ and there in search box enter the word "Porn" or "Sex", the region wise top countries comes up that shows from where the searches with these words are coming from
I searched the word "Porn" the list comes up as Papua New Guinea on Top, then Soloman Islands, on third place India, Forth place Fiji and on fifth place is the Pakistan.
and by searching the word "Sex" the list comes up as Sri lanka on top, India second, Bangladesh Third, Ethopia forth, Nepal 5th and Pakistan is on the sixth position.
the news by Tribune is totally wrong. Any one can check, google openly shows the trends and any one can check.
ET,
For godsake, check your facts before publishing faulty, self incriminating nonsense. Pakistan does not have sufficient Internet penetration to even register on the radar. US and Europe by far are the biggest consumers of pornography.
Type sex+goat in google trend...tadaa....Pakistan ha ha
@Dinesh Hindu, why are you worried about Islam and marriages when your goddess DRAUPADI had 5 husbands, obviously it will give air to ra....:p But no problem real winner was god vishnu with 5000 wives, oh boy how lucky!!!
Why do anyone need to block this, its person wish what he/she wants to see. Don't to much about world but in India we have "Information Technology Act 2000" which do not prevent access to these sites and i believe this is how it should be. After all its people what they want to see. Before this article i didn't new porn is banned in parts of world. and coincidentally same countries still manages to be at top in that list. Hence message for government, don't suppress masses from information in what sort it may be.
From where did the writer get this survey info ? Please check the internet consumption rate from pakistan throughout the world hardly it comes near 5%( IPv4: 5.2 million addresses allocated, 0.1% of the world total, 27.2 addresses per 1000 people (2012). Still I am assuming 5% ) and if I consider your article stats then every pakistani is searching porn including you and tribune staff lol .
Congratulations to all muslims in Pakistan, Saudi, Egypt. etc. for achieving top honors in something we can rave about. More and more islamic studies are needed so we can do even better. Oh, of course we cannot stand those cartoons but who cares about personal character. Isn't it time to review and introspect rather than complaining and protesting all the time about what others might be doing to us?
I think pakistani government must ban Google as well because It is degrading the islam and it is a way to search anti islamik things like porn. If pakistani government do this then it would be known as a Nobel work and go a good image of islam world wide.
ET how irresponsible of you! I just checked two words 'sex' & 'porn' on Google trends and Pakistan does not even comes in top five..
Ladies and gentleman, in searching for "sex":
Sri Lanka is #1, India is #2.
2014 results (real):
http://www.google.com/trends/explore#q=sex&date=1%2F2014%2012m&cmpt=q&tz=
(note: Pakistan is #9)
The Salon article linked above contains many factual inaccuracies. While I don't deny the fact that porn in Pakistan is rampant, but there is no list. Google did not produce any result for 2014 with such results.
The whole news is fake. Just follow the trail.
The author of the original article on an unknown blog who came up with this list also is unable to produce a reference.
Ofcourse its the western world conspiring against us, we don't search porn on Google.
Umm, where's the report ?
Pak have already banned all porn websites and the only option to open it is to use a VPN which NEVER show ur current location on the web… Period..
you lair... send me Google report .... I cant see it anywhere except here..... lair pakistani media
@Concerned: Bro I tried a lot but couldn't bring India to 1st position :P
This is a global phenomena. ET please have some common sense before putting such a negative news. The countrymen who's capital have been labelled as the 'rape capital' of the world are having a field day.....bigotry at its heights.
when you find pleasure nowhere you go for things like that............ the question is what are these sights for??????
what about Europe countries there do sex in real.. there girls got pregnant in 12 years 13 years of age...that's why there no need to search porn in Google. they do in real. ha ha ha
since PTA blocked almost all the porn sites on Local Internet Providers so how its is possible ???? PTA Should start filtering google results too.
All those who quote Google’s stats about Pakistan being on top for searching internet porn, read this. We are the 7th largest population of the world with easy access and the least internet literacy. That’s the reason why a freak here will “SEARCH” for porn on "Google" and not type in the porn website address directly, like the rest of the world.
In the absence of Youtube...how come ...Pakistan is stated as at the top of the countries..searching for porn sites...Absurd.
Because its blocked. If the top porn sites worked, I wouldn't be searching for it on Google.
Why Islam worry about porn, if they alredy belive in 4 wife and 40 chuldren philosophy.
@Concerned: We belive in islam that how it is and what it teach u
The report is right, you can check it in google.com/trends... Its not about opening porn websites, the report is about searches on keywords in Pakistan through google...
this is another false propaganda, false indictment, false allegation against pakistan, one of the most talented nation on globe n they made just bcoz they can't digest our growth, n increasing literacy rate n in minimum resource v manage to fight against terrorism.
These all stuff are officially banned in Pakistan. This is a fake research and the whole Jewish society just want to degrade Pakistan , so we should raise voices against thosr baster eds . pakistan zindabad.
I do keyword research and found porn keyword is mostly searched from India.
So you guys are safe using proxy.... Happy :) @Prudent:
@Prudent: Well then-only possibility left would be out of the proportion of the %age of people using internet in a country and not quantitatively.. if u get my point! But your second point remains valid..
Non muslim states dont need to "SEARCH/GOOGLE". They can access the websites of their choice directly without , People in muslim countries had to work harder and search for the sites which are not blocked by their respective countries. Its a game of statistics and hiding information fact. Google just releases the statistics and does not explain or comprehend it.
So what? Watching porn inside of your house does not affect the society as much as the gang rapes our neighbor is busy doing
Seriously tribune?
How come Google is able to back track the original location? All the countries in the list have banned such sites and still tops. This is really an achievement :s
i think that the of setting "age gate off" in daily motion should also be banned
Watching porn is far more safer than raping helpless women. Hope India opens free Porn Bars every few 100 yards in all cities.
70% of Pakistan's population does not have access to internet, then how can this country be on top of the list???
Yes porn searchers are muslims porn makers are non muslims
Keeping in mind that pakistani servers have banned (blocked) all or most of porn sites like youtube so i'll say this is just a approach to degrade us, though i do admit many do search for Porn but if thru proxy servers (VPN) and it uses other countires server and cannot show it on pakistans figures its simple as that
Talking about a country where majority is illiterate. Among those who can read and write, majority cannot write a single sentence of English. I doubt even 90% of the population would understand the word "Porn". Yet, it tops the list. Hah !!!..Yeah right.
Would have been better if tribune would have done its own research on the topic and displayed results as they are easily available on Google trends.
Pakistanis should not take this news seriously.
Because unless others who know which websites to access for what kind of materials, Pakistanis naively google everything. Hence end up being on the top of the list.
They can not be, and are not the top consumers of porn online.
people of pakistan are fed of Ik speeches on TV ...thats why they search porn more than anyother country...
Pakistan, The land of amazing.
Can't open a single porn site on my ip. Still lands #1 on this research. Insert success kid meme here
What's wrong with porn? Pakistan is a sexually repressed country, and people will find a way to satisfy their urges. It's only natural.
probably the Xact guys doing somthing....since v dont have utube, and most of the expilicit sites are blocked.
So what...
So, What..... :/
Its fake and misleading, you guys don't even bother to verify. Check yourself the top searches of 2014 http://www.google.com/trends/topcharts?geo=PK&date=2014#vm=trendingchart&cid=4cdd03da-6bfa-4b2d-bafe-853f6e02de70&geo=PK&date=2014&cat= . And if you check the traffic sources on top porn sites using Alexa you can see that most of the traffic on these websites comes form the countries United States, Japan, India and Germany. We all know that the majority of such websites are blocked in Pakistan and when someone uses proxy to browse such websites he/she is no longer tracked as a visitor from Pakistan on that website.
The Information provided in the News seems irrelevant, There is no Link from Google up in the post, even if i accept that then please tell me who has given the Results now and why?
ET, did you every tried checking this and verifying by yourself since google release it on public domain.... I seriously doubt on that 20 crore Pakistanis assuming 50% having internet will do much sex search than any other nation on this planet.
Dear Tribute, WHY would you publish this article? Can we PLEASE stop publishing negativity and spreading vice. IT DOESN'T HELP!
What about those countries who are making it....
I think such sweeping statements should be qualified. Billion dollar porn industry operates in USA and the west legally. They don't need to google it as it is freely available and the stats might have been skewed. With all our weaknesses Pakistani still have high moral values.
'Nearly every Arab country except Lebanon and Turkey ' It's a common misunderstanding that thinking Turkey is a Arab country. However it's Turkic not Arabic.
seriously ET, this website Salon is your source? You have taken poor editorial-ship to the next level!
Go get a life tribune. Porn is blocked in Pakistan. If still anyone searches it, they do it through proxies. how come google know the origin of request. Stop blaming your own country.
This data doesn't tell the whole true picture, you can type certain keywords related to pornography and western countries top it.
@Usman: So true!
I am sure this is USA conspiracy.
Yes It is Not something to be proud of infact is shamful .. But in West Porn Sites are Available online & Ppl Book mark thm & use CC for suscripton & visit the Xact same sites .. instead of searching (on GOOGLE)..
whereas in Muslim Countries .. Due to Blockade the User have to search (via Google Search engines) a yet unblock or new site every time ... resulting in higher number of queries ..
I m again Not defending Porn or searching them .. but showing a mere technicality which proves the west is not as pious as such numbers / stats potray ... !!!
What if we don't win Cricket World Cup, or in Olympics. Let us rejoice that we are now World champions in something besides Terrorism.
i object. India is bigger than Pakistan and their rape ratio is much more higher than Pakistan so how is it possible they watch less porn then Pakistan or any other Muslim countries ??? its just a conspiracy to defame Muslims. nothing else. hope Muslims understand and stand against it rather than support and exaggerate this report.
If they are saying Muslims are on the top of overall porn search. Then it might be because of the other factors where other Non-Muslim countries exceed. like - Prostitution - Alcoholism - Pub - Bars - Weed, Ecstasy etc.
The Non-Muslim satisfy themselves on above mentioned ways. While in Muslim countries people find it very hard (impossible) to get these things. I am not justifying the pornography. I am just highlighting the factors. There is one more factor. The Muslim countries are not working 100% as per "Sharia Laws and as Welfare States". I guess people in Muslim state are frustrated because of lack of proper business, education, health benefits etc.
It is alarming for Muslim Govt. They need to do take steps in order to release this frustration alongside blocking such material.
It is unbelievable, as all the known adult/porn websites are blocked in Pakistan including youtube and even proxy servers as well. Why would one search for something which he knows he cannot even access?
Well, atleast we bagged the top position in something ... Cheers!!
This is fake data especially when the stats lead to searches involving animals. This sick mentality prevails in the west plus don't forget who are the makers of porn...the very western people.
if you actually try advanced search option on google, you have an option to see what search is made the most from which part of the world. and if you do so, you will see that this report is based on complete lies. Pak is not even in top 5 on google itself for this search. i know you will not believe me, hence, go ahead and look for yourself.
Google intends on destabalizing Pakistan by making false accusations. This shows how much of a threat we are to the Jews. Pakistan Zindabad.
Ridiculous journalism. Checked the "salon" link where its written that
".... a data from google revealed... "
Even salon website has NOT mentioned official news from "Google". The fact is its a fabricated news. Pak have already banned all porn websites and the only option to open it is to use a VPN which NEVER show ur current location on the web... Period..!
As Western citizens are already well aware of the websites to watch porn, they don't need to search for it. In countries like Pakistan, porn is officially banned and sick people try searching for some "luck". :-P
But still I doubt if we can defeat India in this field. ;)
Old news. Tribune is 10 years too late. And put in porn website names in google trends, and let me tell you, Pakistan wouldn't be in the top 5 at least.
Well there are some concerns about report. First there are only 10% INTERNET users in Pakistan where as UK, US have 85%+ users. Is it possible that whole 10% or part of it searches Porn to a greater level than the majority users? But perhaps it can be and why not Second the porn sites are blocked and the way to get them is by use of proxy. The proxies change the location. Even after changing location Pakistan tops the searches. Thats not so gullible.
Not the first time. Lack of education. Big talks and here is the truth.
Wasn't Pakistan already the reigning World Champions in Porn Searches?? Congratulations to all the perverts for helping Pakistan retain its title even though it had very stiff (no pun intended) competition...
No. I refuse to acknowledge problems in my own society. Charlie Hebdo cartoons deserve all of my energy and protests :)
A point for Indians to gloat and cheer about.