Hard to parse the reasons for the big clusters with complete certainty but this is a basically plausible story. Other macro factors I have mulled include FOSTA/SESTA—I find the timing interesting, given that it was one of the only major pieces of porn-centric legislation in the last 10 years and it took place right around the time of the big jump—and Nick Kristof’s 2020 investigation, which clearly shows up in the data but did not dislodge the main trend.
Hard to parse the reasons for the big clusters with complete certainty but this is a basically plausible story. Other macro factors I have mulled include FOSTA/SESTA—I find the timing interesting, given that it was one of the only major pieces of porn-centric legislation in the last 10 years and it took place right around the time of the big jump—and Nick Kristof’s 2020 investigation, which clearly shows up in the data but did not dislodge the main trend.