Infidelity Statistics

How common is infidelity in modern society? By very nature of the fact that infidelity is a secretive activity and not something that most people will readily admit to, it easy to understand the difficulties in obtaining reliable infidelity statistics with regard to cheating and deception.   

But for as long as monogamous relationships have been in existence, so too has the concept of infidelity. 

It will come as no surprise then, that it is such a broadly researched and studied subject. 

The figures on this page can make interesting reading and in many cases dispel some of the common myths about infidelity and maybe alter your perception of the classic adulterer. If you are the victim of infidelity, these following infidelity statistics will offer some reassurance that you are by no means alone in your predicament. 

  Dont Be One Of The 70% Of People Who Never Find Out Their Partner Is Cheating

• About 60% of men and 40% of women will, at some stage in their relationship, become involved in an affair. 
• More than 30% of people have had contact with someone online that has led to them meeting for sex 
• Almost 40% of internet users have had a sexually explicit conversation while online 
• Women under the age of 40 are just as likely to have an affair as their male partners 
• In the United States alone, almost 20% of all divorces are the direct result of an affair 
• About 20% of men have, or will engage in sex outside their marriage at some stage in their lives. 
• Between 80 and 90% of men AND women regularly and routinely flirt with the opposite sex. 
• Of all the men conducting online affairs only half consider this form of affair to be adultery. 
• There is strong evidence to suggest that engaging in online affairs eventually leads to real-time sexual affairs 
• Around 70% of spouses never find out about their partners infidelity.
• It is estimated that as much as 2-3% of children are unknowingly raised by men who are not their biological father's
• Research shows that it is extremely difficult for humans to maintain a monogamous relationship over a long period of time

Could you be the victim of an unfaithful partner?