United States vs Russia

There’s no doubt that political tensions have risen between the United States and Russia lately. So our friends at Vice asked the Pornhub Statisticians to crunch some numbers and see what both super-powers are doing to relieve their tensions. Seems like a little spy work is required. Mission accepted.
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Pornhub Traffic in Spain During the UEFA Final

The folks at PolicyMic asked the Pornhub Statisticians to take a look at how the televised UEFA Champions League Final affected traffic to Pornhub. The final match was between two teams based in Madrid, Spain: Real Madrid and Atletico Madrid so we expected to see some major traffic changes in this region.
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Pornhub Traffic Change During Super Bowl XLVIII

The Super Bowl, for many men and women in America, is something that can’t be matched by anything else in the world. The Pornhub Insights team has previously studied how major world events affect porn viewing habits. This time around, our number-hungry statisticians eagerly awaited the kick-off of the year’s biggest game, not just to watch the action unfold, but to also see how traffic changed on the world’s biggest porn site.

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The traffic drop on Pornhub just prior to the big game showed the level of excitement going on across the entire United States. The two states with the highest traffic drops to Pornhub were of course Colorado State with an 18% drop and Washington State which saw a decrease of 20% – they must have gotten their porn viewing out of the way earlier. The national drop to the site was 6% which is significant for a country of 314 million people!
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Pornhub Traffic Trends Driven by Worldwide Events

The Pornhub statisticians have been hard at work measuring the impact of various worldwide events on the traffic numbers of the world’s biggest porn site. With over 1 billion monthly visits the amount of data was immense to process and analysis, the result of their long Red Bull fuelled nights is the infographic below for your data pleasure. The stats show that people pull themselves away from their favorite website just long enough to watch things like the Olympics, the World Series, Presidential elections etc. We can form this conclusion based upon the actual drops in traffic to Pornhub during these events in different regions throughout the world. We also observed that traffic spikes as soon as the event ends and we’re here to welcome you with open arms.

The following interactive infographic breaks down how world events affect porn viewing, and teach us lessons about human behavior.

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Government Shuts Down, Pornhub Views Go Up!

Spending time with family, catching up on house-hold chores; these are the things you would think Americans would do with a little extra time on their hands… Truth be told, judging by the traffic spikes that Pornhub’s been receiving in some States, public employees seem to be catching up on their porn viewing!

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Pornhub’s Traffic During The 2013 Stanley Cup Final

We at Pornhub are interested in what causes traffic to fluctuate during certain times, sometimes citing world events, natural disasters, and sports as examples in order to see what draws Americans away from their computers and into the real world – you know, to interact, experience the outdoors… Like the olden days.
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