On October 16, Hurricane Ophelia battered Ireland with it’s biggest storm on record. In preparation, the whole country was closed down including government buildings, transportation and private businesses. With so many people stranded at home, our friends over at the Irish Mirror asked how this affected Pornhub and in turn our statisticians found a massive increase in Ireland’s Pornhub traffic compared to a normal day. Beginning in the early morning, traffic was up 48% above normal levels at 02:00. We then found from 08:00 until 16:00 that traffic was as much as 53% above average. After a full day spent on Pornhub, Ireland’s evening traffic returned somewhat to normal, fluctuating plus or minus 10% from average. Continue reading “Ireland Traffic During Hurricane Ophelia”
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Girls Who Like Boys Who Like Boys
Our first Insights post to focus on the porn interests of women was What Women Want. One of the most interesting take-aways from that study and it’s follow-up More of What Women Want was the large amount of gay porn viewed by women. Not only do women view a lot of lesbian porn, but the second most popular category among women was gay porn featuring men. Our friends at Cosmopolitan asked the Pornhub statisticians to dig a little deeper. Continue reading “Girls Who Like Boys Who Like Boys”
Germany’s “Tatort: Hardcore” Causes Increase in Bukkake Searches
On October 8th the latest installment of Germany’s popular Tatort series aired, entitled “Hardcore”. The subject matter had much to do with pornography, so curious Germans headed to Pornhub following the episode to see what Bukkake was all about. On October 8th we saw a search increase of 95% above daily averages, and 137% on October 9.
Greece Insights
In this edition of Pornhub Insights we’re taking a look at the current porn habits of the Mediterranean country of Greece. We last looked at Greece back in 2015, so the folks at Lifo.gr checked in to see how Greek porn preferences have changed since then. While overall traffic from Greece has increased, the rank has dropped from 21st worldwide to 24th. This is mostly due to growth in other countries as seen in our last Year in Review.
XXX Marks the Spot – Pirate Day Insights
Since being popularized by columnist Dave Barry in 2002, September 19th has been celebrated by land-lubbers and sea-goers alike as International “Talk Like a Pirate” Day. It joins the ranks of hundreds of “fake” holidays, which become further popularized each year due to the rise of social media.
This year, “Talk Like a Pirate Day” set sail with more observers than ever, and when our friends at Mashable checked in to see what bounty of Pornhub searches we could find, we soon discovered a 367% increase in pirate related searches on September 19th!
Apple’s iPhone X(xx) Live Event
What gets Apple fans harder than Pornhub? New hardware from Apple of course! Apple’s annual fall iPhone Event took place on Tuesday, September 12th and millions tuned in live to watch the unveiling of new phones and other tech. Just as we found during last year’s event, traffic to Pornhub dropped significantly during the live show.