The San Diego Comic-Con took place from July 20th to 23rd 2017. What began as a small gathering of 145 comic fans in 1970, has grown exponentially to become one of the world’s largest pop-culture expositions including comics, movies, horror, anime, collectibles and video games. It now attracts nearly 150,000 visitors annually to the San Diego area. Our friends at Gizmodo checked in to see if Comic Con and it’s visitors had any effect on Pornhub’s searches.
Game of Thrones Season 7 Premiere Traffic
The highly anticipated Game of Thrones Season 7 premiered on Sunday July 16, so our friends at Cinema Blend checked in to see what effect it had on Pornhub’s traffic during the first episode. Our statisticians found that across the United States, traffic to Pornhub was down by 4.5% during the airing. That’s a considerable change in visitors as Sunday night is one of the most popular times for people to visit Pornhub.
Continue reading “Game of Thrones Season 7 Premiere Traffic”
North Korea Insights
Pornography of any sort is officially banned in North Korea, but Google Analytics does still report regular incoming traffic — albeit only a few thousand visitors to Pornhub over the course of 2016 and 2017. While much less than the 80 million visitors arriving at Pornhub each and every day, it’s still enough traffic for our statisticians to make some generalizations about what type of porn is most often watched in North Korea, and how it’s consumed. The folks at Inverse checked in to see what Insights we found.
Gay Porn Pride
In celebration of Gay Pride Month, Pornhub Insights and VICE are taking a look at what type of gay porn is popular across the United States, and how preferences differ by age group and in comparison to non-gay viewers.
D.C. Takes a Break for Senate Testimony
In the ongoing affairs of a new administration, few evidentiary events have been as anticipated as the testimonies of James Comey and Jeff Sessions before the Senate. Both were aired live in open sessions, and it seems that especially in Washington, D.C., people were putting even Pornhub on hold to tune in.
NBA Finals Traffic – Warriors vs Cavaliers
Live sports events like the Super Bowl, World Series and Euro Cup often cause major changes in Pornhub traffic, especially in the cities that are playing. Last year we found that during the 2016 NBA Finals, fans of the Cleveland Cavaliers and Golden State Warriors dropped everything, including Pornhub, to cheer for their favorite teams. So our friends at Men’s Health asked how the same cities shaped up for this year’s finals.
Continue reading “NBA Finals Traffic – Warriors vs Cavaliers”