Cardi B and Megan Thee Stallion’s tantalizing new single and video ‘WAP’ hit the internet on August 7th, quickly racking up 50 million YouTube views in the first 48 hours.
Interest in the artists flowed over to Pornhub, where searches for Cardi B grew by 235% and Megan Thee Stallion by 210% compared to their average daily searches.
Kylie Jenner was one of several stars making a cameo in the video, with her searches growing 130% above average on August 9th.
In Pornhub’s 2019 Year in Review, Cardi B was the 3rd most searched celebrity (after Kim Kardashian), while Kylie Jenner came in 8th for the year.
UPDATE: August 12
In the days following our original story, searches for Cardi B skyrocketed to 1574% when compared to the daily average prior to the release of ‘WAP’.
Searches for Megan Thee Stallion continued to grow to 363% above average, as well as Kylie Jenner to 252% above average.
As of August 11th, searches for WAP grew to over 526,000 in just 5 days.
