One in 10 men surf the internet for porn - and 40% of those peek at saucy pictures while their partner is in the next room

One in ten men use the internet to access porn, and many of them do it secretly while their partners are in the next room or in bed, according to new research.

Unsurprisingly, the survey of men's internet habits found that a majority - 34 per cent - mostly use it for general news, 17 per cent for sports news and 14 per cent mainly to shop.



But eight per cent admitted to mostly using the internet to view porn sites, 41 per cent of them doing so while their partner is next door, and one in five of them admitting ‘secretly’ going online to look at their favourite sites when their partner is asleep.

One in five men who look at porn websites do so while their partners are in bed

A further 16 per cent owned up to visiting porn sites while at work.

The UK’s discount and voucher code website www.MyVoucherCodes.co.uk contacted 1,183 men in relationships across the UK to discover their internet habits and what they mostly use the internet for.

When asked ‘How often do you look at your favourite websites in a week?’, three per cent of those who admitted looking mostly at pornography visited their favourite site daily, while 39 per cent only visited the sites once a week.

The majority of those asked, 83 per cent, claimed to use the internet daily, and a further 74 per cent frequently accessed it on their mobile phones.

Mark Pearson, chairman of MyVoucherCodes.co.uk, said: 'The internet has become a part of people’s everyday lives, so much so that it is difficult to imagine going a day without it.

'Men using the internet for sports news, shopping and pornography doesn’t shock me at all. However I was shocked to see that men use the internet secretly; this indicates that their partners wouldn’t be happy with the sites they are visiting.'