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Gay Searches in the United States

As part of a special collaboration with Daily Dot, Pornhub Insights is looking into the popularity of gay porn (nsfw) for the first time, beginning with Americans who account for nearly 40% of Pornhub’s 60 million daily visitors. The proportion of visitors viewing Pornhub’s gay male content in the United States has grown 45% from 2012 to 2016. As of May 2016, over 3% of all U.S. Pornhub visitors go directly to our gay male section of the site.

These numbers exclude the large number of lesbian videos viewed on Pornhub, as those are most often associated with straight visitors. Specifically, this study will look at people viewing Pornhub’s gay male content, where in the U.S. they visit from, and what searches and categories are the most popular.

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Coming of Age: Millennials

The Millennial generation, members of which are also sometimes referred to as Echo Boomers, consists of the demographic cohort born roughly between the years 1982 and 2000. Through a special collaboration with our friends over at Mic.com, we’re taking a look at the particular way that Pornhub’s 18-34 users interact with the largest adult site in the world. Touted by some as the most tech savvy generation to date, millennials are generally known for being glued to their phones and sharing all aspects of their lives on social media. Thanks in part to the open and rapid access to information afforded to this group by the web in their formative years, the sense of media awareness and general world views of these 18-34 year-olds truly sets them apart from previous generations in the way that they consume online. Continue reading “Coming of Age: Millennials”

Pornhub Traffic During the CFB Playoff

The Ohio Buckeyes overtook Oregon in a 42-20 win, claiming the inaugural College Football Playoff National Championship title on January 12th 2015. While most eyes last night were glued to Heisman winner Marcus Mariota and Ohio State star QB Cardale Jones, the Pornhub and Youporn statisticians were carefully tracking traffic patterns. Let’s take a look at how this latest sporting event shaped the flow of visitors to the greatest sites in the world.
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