YNOT EUROPE – The Polish have overtaken the Brits, Italians, French and Scandinavians as, per capita, the largest consumers of internet porn in Europe. According to sexologist Zbigniew Izdebski’s survey of 10,000 Polish internet users, 86 percent of Poles admit to viewing adult entertainment on the web.

The figure stands in stark contrast to the results of a 1994 survey, when only 50 percent of respondents admitted to watching porn of any kind.

Professor Izdebski attributes Poles’ interest in porn on the net to a lack of proper sex education at home or school.

“People wrongly treat porn movies as educational material,” he told the UK’s Sun newspaper. “Besides, they still think [web porn] is a forbidden fruit which tastes better.”

Apparently they also like their internet porn to be free. According to internet traffic-tracker Alexa, Polish internet users enjoy their adult content on so-called “tube” sites. Poles compose the fifth largest audience on the XXX-rated RedTube.

Alexa’s statistics also indicate Poland comes in fifth worldwide in terms of traffic to global porn sites. The U.S. ranks first, followed by Brazil, Pakistan and China.