Non-consensual deepfake imagery — synthetic explicit content generated and distributed without a subject's permission — has moved from a niche technical concern to a documented, fast-growing category tracked by watchdog groups, regulators, and researchers worldwide. The figures below come from platform audits, child-safety hotlines, academic studies, and government data collected between 2023 and 2026.
1. How much deepfake pornography exists, and who it targets
Independent audits of deepfake video hosting sites give a baseline for the scale of the problem and who bears the brunt of it.
| Metric | Value | Source |
|---|---|---|
| Deepfake pornography videos identified online (2023) | 95,820 videos, +550% vs. prior baseline | Home Security Heroes |
| Share of all online deepfake video content that is non-consensual intimate material | 98% | Home Security Heroes |
| Share of deepfake pornography subjects who are women | 99% | Home Security Heroes |
| Combined views on top adult sites hosting deepfake content | 303,640,207 views (7 of top 10 sites) | Home Security Heroes |
| Year-over-year growth in deepfake porn output, 2023 vs. 2022 | 464% increase | Sensity AI |
98%
of all deepfake video content found online is non-consensual intimate or pornographic material.
Home Security Heroes, State of Deepfakes
“
Deepfake pornography is not a fringe use case of synthetic media — it is, by volume, the dominant one.
”— Home Security Heroes, State of Deepfakes report
Distribution channels compound the problem beyond dedicated hosting sites. A Telegram chat room used to request and produce "deepnude" images reached roughly 200,000 subscribers, according to Sensity AI's tracking of dedicated abuse channels.[2]
2. The child-safety dimension
The sharpest recent growth shows up in reports involving minors, where multiple independent trackers converge on the same trend.
| Metric | Value | Source |
|---|---|---|
| NCMEC CyberTipline reports involving generative AI, 2024 vs. 2023 | 1,325% increase (4,700 to 67,000 reports) | NCMEC |
| Total NCMEC CyberTipline reports, 2024 vs. 2023 (new bundling methodology) | 20.5M reports, down from 36.2M | NCMEC |
| Same generative-AI report increase, as analyzed by Thorn | 1,325% year-over-year increase | Thorn |
| IWF-assessed realistic AI-generated CSAM images/videos (2025) | 8,029 images and videos | Internet Watch Foundation |
| Growth in AI-generated CSAM videos found by IWF, 2024 to 2025 | 13 videos to 3,440+ videos (~260x) | Internet Watch Foundation |
| Share of 2025 AI-generated CSAM videos in the most severe legal category | 65% (2,233 videos) | Internet Watch Foundation |
| Share of victims in IWF's 2025 AI-generated CSAM assessment who are girls | 97% | Rappler |
1,325%
year-over-year increase in NCMEC CyberTipline reports involving generative AI technology, 2023 to 2024.
National Center for Missing & Exploited Children
WeProtect Global Alliance's threat assessment describes AI-generated CSAM as continuing to grow "at alarming speed" since it was first flagged as an emerging risk in 2023, a trend it says has been sustained through 2025.[7]
IWF's actionable AI-generated CSAM reports also jumped from 51 in 2023 to 245 in 2024 — a 380% increase[21] — and a 30-day audit of a single dark web forum found 3,512 AI-generated CSAM images and videos, up 17% from a fall 2023 audit of the same forum.[22] For scale context, IWF's total CSAM caseload across all content types — not just AI-generated — exceeded 300,000 reports in 2025.[28] Within that, AI-generated content skews notably more severe: 43% of non-AI CSAM content falls into the most extreme severity category, versus over 65% of AI-generated video content.[30]
“
AI-generated child sexual abuse material has moved from an emerging risk to a sustained, accelerating threat in the space of two years.
”— WeProtect Global Alliance, Global Threat Assessment
3. Youth victimization and South Korea's documented crisis
Survey data on teens and case data from South Korea — the country with the most extensively documented deepfake sex-crime caseload — show how concentrated victimization can be among minors.
| Metric | Value | Source |
|---|---|---|
| Teens (9-17) reporting some online sexual interaction in 2025, broad definition | 45% (including deepfake nudes, SG-CSAM, sextortion) | Thorn |
| Overlap between teens affected by deepfake nudes/sextortion and broader interactions | 67% overlap | Thorn |
| Share of South Korea's deepfake sex-crime victims who are children/teens | 46% | MLex |
| Share of identified South Korean deepfake crime victims who were minors, 2021-2023 police data | 59.8% of 527 cases (315 victims) | Korea Herald |
| Rise in South Korean government takedown requests for deepfake sex videos, Jan-Jul 2024 vs. 2023 | ~6,500 requests, 4x prior year | NPR |
| South Korean deepfake porn victimization rate in a 10-country survey | 3.1%, among the highest surveyed | ACM CHI |
6,500
South Korean government takedown requests for deepfake sex videos in the first seven months of 2024 — four times the same period in 2023.
NPR, citing Korea Communications Standards Commission
“
Nearly half of the country's identified deepfake sex-crime victims are children or teenagers.
”— MLex, reporting on South Korea's Personal Information Protection Commission
4. Where non-consensual deepfakes get distributed
Dedicated hosting sites, imageboards, and social platforms all play distinct roles in how this content spreads and continues spreading even after enforcement action.
| Metric | Value | Source |
|---|---|---|
| MrDeepFakes peak monthly active users (Nov 2023), before its 2025 shutdown | 12 million MAU | Wikipedia, sourced compilation |
| First major penalty tied to MrDeepFakes distribution, Australia (Sept 2025) | A$343,500 fine plus legal fees | Wikipedia, sourced compilation |
| Posts on two successor sites after MrDeepFakes' shutdown, vs. its lifetime output | 359,400 and 104,418 posts vs. 48,734 lifetime posts | arXiv preprint |
| Share of requests on 4chan's dedicated board specifically for non-consensual synthetic imagery | 86.1% | arXiv preprint |
| Visits to "nudify" sites driven by social referrals over four months (Dec 2025-Mar 2026) | 5.7M+ visits; ~1.82M from YouTube, 1.3M+ from X | Institute for Strategic Dialogue, via DigiconAsia |
| Overall image-based sexual abuse reports to UK's Revenge Porn Helpline, 2024 | 22,275 reports, up 20.9% from 18,421 in 2023 | SWGfL / Revenge Porn Helpline |
737+
posts per week on one successor site after MrDeepFakes' shutdown — activity that grew, not declined, following the platform takedown and the TAKE IT DOWN Act's passage.
'Deepfake Pornography is Resilient to Regulatory and Platform Shocks,' arXiv preprint
Successor-site posts vs. MrDeepFakes' entire lifetime output
“
Shutting down the largest dedicated host didn't shrink the ecosystem — it redistributed it, and volume kept climbing.
”— 'Deepfake Pornography is Resilient to Regulatory and Platform Shocks,' arXiv preprint
Even AI chatbots have become a distribution vector: reporting cited alongside IWF's 2025 findings estimated that before safety measures were implemented, the Grok AI chatbot was generating roughly one nonconsensual sexualized image per minute.[29]
Key numbers at a glance
| Metric | Value |
|---|---|
| Deepfake porn videos identified online (2023) | 95,820 (+550%) |
| Share of deepfake video content that is non-consensual intimate material | 98% |
| NCMEC generative-AI CyberTipline report growth, 2023-2024 | +1,325% |
| IWF AI-generated CSAM video growth, 2024-2025 | 13 to 3,440+ videos |
| South Korean deepfake victims who are minors (regulator estimate) | 46% |
| MrDeepFakes peak monthly active users | 12 million |
| Successor-site posts vs. MrDeepFakes' lifetime total | 359,400 vs. 48,734 |
| UK Revenge Porn Helpline reports (2024), highest on record | 22,275 (+20.9%) |
Sources
Sources
- 1. Home Security Heroes, State of Deepfakes ↩
- 2. Sensity AI, Deepfake Detection for Investigating Sexual Crimes ↩
- 7. WeProtect Global Alliance, Global Threat Assessment ↩
- 8. NCMEC, 2024 in Numbers ↩
- 10. Thorn, What the 2024 NCMEC CyberTipline Report Says About Child Safety ↩
- 11. Thorn, 2025 Youth Perspectives on Online Safety ↩
- 13. MLex, Children Nearly Half of Deepfake Sex-Crime Victims ↩
- 14. Korea Herald, deepfake crime victim data ↩
- 15. NPR, South Korea deepfake takedown requests ↩
- 16. ACM CHI, Non-Consensual Synthetic Intimate Imagery (10-country survey) ↩
- 17. Internet Watch Foundation, How AI Is Being Abused to Create CSAM ↩
- 20. Rappler, IWF AI Child Sexual Abuse Imagery Report ↩
- 21. Internet Watch Foundation, Annual Data & Insights Report 2024 ↩
- 22. NBC News, AI-Generated Child Sex Abuse Material Posted Online ↩
- 23. SWGfL / Revenge Porn Helpline, 2024 Annual Report ↩
- 24. Institute for Strategic Dialogue, via DigiconAsia ↩
- 25. Deepfake Pornography is Resilient to Regulatory and Platform Shocks (arXiv preprint) ↩
- 27. Wikipedia, MrDeepFakes (sourced compilation) ↩
- 28. CBS News, AI-Generated Child Sexual Abuse Material Report ↩
- 30. Euronews, AI Fuels Surge in Extreme Child Abuse Imagery ↩