Pornhub turns 10, celebrates anniversary by revealing secret habits of users

The most popular porn site on the internet celebrates its 10th anniversary by releasing user data that traces the history of global porn viewership.

Updated on: Jun 14, 2017, 13:56:43 IST

Hindustan Times, Mumbai | By Poorva Joshi

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Surely we’ve all heard of Pornhub, the most visited adult website on the planet, with over 75 million users a day from all over the world.

Pornhub is visited by 75 million people every day from all over the world. (Shutterstock)

The famous porn purveyor turned 10 years old on May 25. To celebrate its decade of popularity, it published a detailed report on the secretive habits of its visitors.

The data is based entirely on the activity of the site’s pages. (Your web browser’s incognito window may not be as fully invisible as you think.)

From the number of registered viewers and videos uploaded every day to the trending categories and average time spent per user, the report provides an incredible insight into how current affairs and pop culture influences sexual fantasies.

As such, the report traces how the consumption of porn has changed over the years. Some of its more profound findings concern the types of devices people use to access porn. In 2008, only 1% of Pornhub’s traffic came from mobile devices; today, over 75% of visitors to the site use a smartphone or tablet.

Here are some other findings from the report.

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ABOUT THE AUTHOR
Poorva Joshi
Poorva Joshi is a Senior Content Producer with nearly five years of experience in journalism. She covers Indian politics and geopolitics, with a focus on diplomatic relations, trade negotiations, and economic policy between countries. She has previously worked at India Today, CNN-News18 and India TV. Over the years, she has reported extensively on major national and international developments, including the Air India plane crash, the Pahalgam terror attack, India–US trade tensions, tensions in the Middle East, high-profile crime stories in India, multiple state Assembly elections, and the 2024 Lok Sabha elections. She spearheaded the Bihar Assembly elections live blog, which drew over one million users to the Hindustan Times website. Her reporting on India–US tariff and trade tensions has consistently driven strong readership and engagement for the platform. In addition to reporting, she has spent a significant part of her career leading newsroom shifts, ideating stories, editing and fine-tuning copies, and seeing coverage through from planning to publication, alongside writing original articles. At HT, she received the Insta Award for being the top contributor to the HT News Team in November.Read More

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