In this edition of Pornhub Insights, we’re going back in time to the seventies and eighties with Men’s Health to see what type of vintage porn is most popular with Pornhub’s visitors. Today you can enjoy thousands of classic porn scenes on Pornhub without wearing out your VHS tapes from excessive pausing and rewinding.
Burning Man Festival Insights
The 31st annual Burning Man festival took place in the Black Rock desert of Nevada from August 27th to September 4th. It is estimated that 70,000 people attended this year’s festival, and while there they become part of the temporary metropolis of Black Rock City. At the conclusion of the festival, Inverse asked Pornhub’s statisticians to take took a closer look at how traffic to the site was affected, and if any interesting search trends appeared.
Portugal Insights
Today Pornhub Insights will be taking a look at the porn viewing habits of Portugal, in collaboration with our friends at Correio da Manhã. This Southern European country ranks 41st for worldwide traffic coming to Pornhub, while it’s population ranks only 88th. More than half of Pornhub’s visitors from Portugal are using mobile devices such as smartphones (47%) and tablets (10%), which is far less than the world average of 72%.
Mayweather vs. McGregor Fight Night Insights
It was one of the most highly anticipated sporting events of the year, which, as we have come to see with the likes of the NBA Finals, World Series and Super Bowl, means that traffic on Pornhub was sure to be affected. We teamed up with our friends over at Men’s Health to see exactly how much typical traffic levels fluctuated while Mayweather and McGregor traded blows. Continue reading “Mayweather vs. McGregor Fight Night Insights”
2017 Solar Eclipse Traffic
Two amazing things happened on August 21st, 2017. First, the moon passed between the Earth and the Sun, blocking day light to much of the continental U.S. for the first time in nearly 100 years. And second, U.S. traffic to Pornhub plummeted to some of the lowest levels we’ve seen in years, as people’s eyes diverted from pornstars to the real star overhead.
The following map illustrates the traffic changes by state. Many of the states where the eclipse’s “path of totality” passed through had the biggest traffic drops, including a -54% change in Wyoming, -42% in Nebraska, -40% in Idaho and -39% in Oregon.
Boobs: Sizing Up the Searches
In this edition of Pornhub Insights, we’ll be getting abreast of a topic that’s near and dear to the heart of many Pornhub fans — Boobs! We paired up with our friends at Mashable to find out what the most popular breast related searches are, as well as what demographics, countries and states are most interested in searching for them. To shake things up, we’ll be breaking our stats into searches for big breasts versus small breasts, and also fake breasts versus the real thing.