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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Slow Motion is Moving Fast

Vocativ asked our Pornhub statisticians to see if Slow Motion videos have grown in popularity over the last few years. With the development of new high FPS cameras, more studios are producing scenes and compilations featuring slow motion sex. But has this translated into interest from Pornhub’s 60 million daily visitors? Apparently it has.

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Eurovision Song Contest 2016

The Eurovision Song Contest is the longest-running annual international TV song competition. Beginning in 1956, the 2016 edition marked it’s 61st year. The finale took place on Saturday May 14 and lasted for 4 intense hours as the performers sang and viewers from across Europe televoted for their favorites. As often happens with hotly-anticipated televised events like the Game of Thrones premier, the Super Bowl, NBA Finals and NHL Playoffs, we saw major changes to Pornhub’s normal traffic levels before, during and after the Eurovision finale show.

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France’s Favorite Searches

The country of France ranks 21st worldwide for population, but turns in an impressive 6th for traffic to Pornhub. So our friends at Vice France asked Pornhub’s statisticians to take a closer look at how France’s visitors enjoy watching Pornhub.

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Italian Crime Series Gomorrah Kills Pornhub Traffic

During the last few weeks, anticipation grew as Italians waited anxiously for the airing of a new season of Gomorrah. The TV show, produced by Sky and broadcast in 130 countries, has developed a cult following all around the world. After a two year wait, on Tuesday May 10th Italians were happy to finally see a new episode of their favorite TV show. The first two episodes recorded an audience of nearly 1.2 million, so our friends at Fanpage asked us to take a look at Pornhub traffic to see if Gomorrah-mania hit our Italian visitors as well.

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