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VR Porn Booms in Popularity with 500K Views a Day at PornHub [Infographics]

By M. Christian
June 7, 2017
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The highly trafficked adult website reveals stats on its virtual reality users.

It’s always fascinating when an adult entertainment company releases its findings on who is watching what, especially when it’s about new sex tech like virtual reality.

In this case Pornhub, a prolific adult website and supporter of VR porn, offered up some of its sizzling stats.

A revealing look at VR porn habits

As part of its PornHub Insights reporting, where the company presents data and viewing trends of its users, a series of infographics reveal that VR porn isn’t just gaining popularity. PornHub also shows when and what type of content people are seeking out in their hunt for virtual reality sex flicks.

The infographic notes that when the site first began offering immersive adult content, Pornhub's humble library only offered 30 VR videos. Since its catalog has exploded to 2,600 films—all in the space of only 12 months.

Data shows that the site’s VR users generally view two or more videos per visit than other users, staying on the site a little less than ten minutes.

Pornhub hypothesizes this is because of VR’s novelty. What isn’t presented is the difference between streamed VR content and videos that must be downloaded before being viewed. The site also doesn’t reveal what type of virtual reality hardware viewers use to see content, contrary to the recent move of fellow VR porn site BaDoinkVR. Perhaps PornHub will release this information sometime in the future.

The majority of viewers are still men

Regarding viewers’ sex, PorhnHub notes that men are 160% more likely to watch VR porn than women—and of them, the 25- to 34-year-olds are nearly 50% more eager to watch than any other age group.

As for the time of year, PornHub points out a huge spike around the holidays, chalking it up to the fact the VR rigs became a popular gift. Recipients are likely eager to test drive their new presents by looking at VR porn.

Where in the world is VR the most popular?

Growth has also occurred in every part of the United States, with popularly surging most in the East in areas such as Rhode Island, New Jersey, Vermont, and New Hampshire. On the other side of the country, VR porn still remains extremely popular, though the popularity growth rate is slower on the West Coast.

Virtual food for thought

Looking at this information, it is clear that VR porn is here to stay. And as time goes by, it will more than likely become even more widely viewed—a trend that will no doubt be fueled by the availability of lower-cost VR rigs such as Samsung’s Gear VR and Google Cardboard.

Image sources: PornHub Insights

M. Christian

M.Christian loves nothing better than exploring the intersections of sex and technology—and speculating on the future of both. A highly regarded erotica writer he has six novels,12 collections,100+ short stories, and 25 anthologies as an editor to his name. His non-fiction regularly appears n many sites, but he’s most proud of being a regular contributor to Future of Sex.

Of his erotic fiction, Tristan Taormino said that “M.Christian is a literary stylist of the highest caliber: smart, funny, frightening, sexy—there's nothing he can't write about … and brilliantly.”

Reflecting his unique ability to sympathetically and convincingly write for a range of genders and sexual orientations, his stories have appeared in multiple editions of Best American Erotica, Best Gay Erotica, Best Lesbian Erotica, The Mammoth Books of Erotica, and others. His collection of gay erotic fiction, Dirty Words, was a finalist for the Lambda Literary Award.

While a majority of his stories have been collected into books like Dirty Words, his fondness for combining sex and science fiction is clearly evident in collections that include Rude Mechanicals, Technorotica, Better Than The Real Thing, Skin Effect Effect, Bachelor Machine, and Hard Drive: The Best Sci-Fi Erotica of M.Christian.

As a novelist, M.Christian’s versatility is on full display with and the somewhat controversial queer BDSM/horror/thrillers Finger's Breadth, and Me2.

M.Christian has worked on the industry’s production side as an Associate Publisher for Renaissance E Books and as a Publisher for Digital Parchment Services. The latter dedicated to celebrating the works of science-fiction legends such as William Rotsler, Jerome Bixby, Jody Scott, Arthur Byron Cover, Ernest Hogan, and James Van Hise.

Covering topics like BDSM safety, sexual education, senior sexuality concerns, queer and gender issues, plus reviewing a variety of sextech products, M.Christian’s non-fiction has appeared on sites like Kinkly, Tickle.Life, Sexpert, Queer Majority, Sex for Every Body, and—of course—his ongoing work for Future of Sex.

If there’s anything M.Christian enjoys more than writing, it’s teaching. A featured presenter, sometimes with his friend Ralph Greco Jr, at national sex and BDSM events, he’s lectured on kink play (with an emphasis on safety), polyamory, boosting sexual creativity, and erotica writing--for beginners or those wanting to go pro.

M.Christian is a cohost on two popular sex-education podcasts: Love’s Outer Limits with Dr. Amy Marsh and Licking Non-Vanilla with Ralph Greco, Jr.

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