Despite social stigma, the practice of homosexuality in Nigeria is still prevalent. In 2014, a law was passed which banned sexual relationships between persons of the same sex.
In December 2020, Nigeria emerged one of the highest users on popular gay dating platform Grindr, the world’s largest social networking app for gay, bi, trans, and queer people.
According to statistics provided by Google Trends for 2020, Nigeria witnessed surges in the search for gay porn in March and another in April. It is noteworthy that those increased interests in gay pornographic contents happened around the period the country embarked on a nationwide lockdown in March.
The statistics further ranked the states in Nigeria that had the highest search for “gay porn” with South-East states coming tops. First on the list was Imo, which was also the state that ranked the highest in 2019 for searches for gay porn. Closely behind was Delta state (up from 5 in 2019) while Enugu which ranked second in 2019 was third on the list in 2020
Top 10 states in Nigeria that searched for gay porn in 2020
- Imo
- Delta
- Enugu
- Anambra
- Abia
- Kano
- Bauchi
- Edo
- Nasarawa
- Lagos
In addition, Nigeria also witnessed the highest searches for porn in 2020 during the lockdown. According to statistics provided by Google Trends, the search for porn reached its highest peak in March and April of 2020.
Also for the year 2020, the Anambra and Abia came tops on the list of states in Nigeria that searched for porn.
Top 10 states in Nigeria that searched for porn in 2020
- Anambra
- Abia
- Edo
- Bauchi
- Federal Capital Territory
- Rivers
- Cross River
- Lagos
- Benue
- Imo