Apparently Louisiana was “smart” and allows a third party to do this for them, called AllpassTrust. Pornhub is fine with this type of verification, which is why LA is the only southern state here (GA isn’t southern enough).
Yeah, if it was just age verification there are third party services that do it in a secure way, and I've always said we could implement things like you verify with your browser that you're over 18, and at the protocol level it would the allow or deny
Of course age verification isn't the actual goal, so none of those privacy respecting approaches are ever considered in most places. Download what you can now, I'm guessing this is coming for the nation
I'm surprised Indiana is on there, unless people are submitting their IDs. I personally get my porn fix from a nice young man on an electric scooter every Thursday.
It's probably no accident that those and the other two with "wedding" and "husband" are all northern states. It's still winter right now, which means that they're still getting really short days, which makes people feel sad.
Seeing hugging and cuddling makes me curious. Are there videos of people just cuddling on those kinds of platforms? That seems really wholesome unless it's awkward naked cuddles.
It also surprises me that so many of the top searches include things I feel are labeled as kinks. Aren't they things that only small demographics enjoy, if so many people enjoy it is maybe wrong to perceive it that way?
What's awkward about naked cuddles? As a queer woman it's probably my favourite thing to do with a partner. Skin to skin contact is just really healing.
Maybe it's just lack of experience, I suppose with certain people it wouldn't be too bad. The hair might be annoying as not all of it as soft as on my head but I think I'd be uncomfortable.
On your second paragraph, notice its "relative searches" which it then explains in the subheading. Not top searches.
If debauchery like "hand-holding" got 0.5% of searches in one state while in other states it got 0.1% of searches, and there wasnt as much a difference for other terms, thats the top relative search.
But it doesnt tell us anything about how many people actually searched for it.
Man, the number of places pornhub has pulled out of (hehehe) is nuts. Georgia is the only surprise on here, since Louisiana has some government program there using to stay live.
They're like the Luxottica of porn, hundreds of brands all owned by one place. Even if pornhub left, the vast majority of all their other sites are still available in any given state.
Kinda surprised, I'd think anyone into watersports would call it watersports. I guess I overestimate how much the average kink porn watcher knows about the kinks they watch
watersports is the label, but it doesn’t appear in titles. piss is more common than pee in a bdsm context because it sounds more degrading, dirty, etc but idk i could see voyeur type porn saying pee
I always wonder what the actual statistical significance of these maps are. They always seem random, and it'd make sense if it's essentially the same mix of a little of everything everywhere.
I believe the main purpose of releasing them is to generate publicity for their company that they might not be able to get otherwise in more mainstream media. Much like how the legal brothels in Nevada put out press releases about how they’re offering free services to first responders who helped on a recent disaster or something like that. It gets people talking about them and spreads awareness about their offerings.
Much like how the legal brothels in Nevada put out press releases about how they’re offering free services to first responders who helped on a recent disaster or something like that.
Interesting, I hadn't heard of that. But yes, they aren't academics and don't need their data to actually say anything.
"More often" could be by one search in a total set of 1,000,000, which basically is never going to be statistically significant - it could just be random chance, and not an actual trend. That goes in both absolute and relative terms.
I find it mildly interesting that, aside from California, no state was a leader in a "common" porn. By that I mean go look at the top 100 videos/categories. No state took the lead in blowjob or step-anything.
This leads me to think that they were filtered out. I would say mathematically similar between states, except pornhub has released exactly that data on numerous occasions. But if they didn't filter out anal, then how much more popular did it have to be?
I mean, there's also a question of how they're clustering searches. I'm guessing "hugging" and "Hugging" didn't get their own separate category, but hugging all on it's own is very specific for porn. If small categories outnumber big ones and they're essentially filled at random, you'd expect that the biggest outlier would be a small category.
Why would the list be done by early afternoon? Wouldn't it make more sense to post the top searches of valentine's day after they are all in? For all I know people looking at porn before noon could be in the minority and these results would be completely overshadowed by later searches.
Yeah. IDK what is meant by a P value but I agree that I suspect the methodology used to create this is designed to make the data more interesting than it really is.
As in, how much more frequently is "enema" searched for in Alaska than elsewhere, and are there more vanilla terms like "college" which occur more frequently in Alaska than elsewhere.
The map indicates the most popular searches from the IP addresses within each state. Or at least I think it does. It seems a bit odd that something like "intimate" could ever be more popular than like bj or something
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bravesilvernest@lemmy.ml · 137 pts · 1y
Whoa, it's wild seeing the map of "places that ban us"
scrubbles@poptalk.scrubbles.tech · 58 pts · 1y
Kind of. "Places that an adult in their own home has to register with the state to see porn, so pornhub disables the state"
They try to regulate porn by mandating a user show their id to the provider, and they totally won't abuse that list of users at all they pinky swear
kabi@lemm.ee · 36 pts · 1y
flames5123@lemmy.world · 6 pts · 1y
Apparently Louisiana was “smart” and allows a third party to do this for them, called AllpassTrust. Pornhub is fine with this type of verification, which is why LA is the only southern state here (GA isn’t southern enough).
scrubbles@poptalk.scrubbles.tech · 8 pts · 1y
Yeah, if it was just age verification there are third party services that do it in a secure way, and I've always said we could implement things like you verify with your browser that you're over 18, and at the protocol level it would the allow or deny
Of course age verification isn't the actual goal, so none of those privacy respecting approaches are ever considered in most places. Download what you can now, I'm guessing this is coming for the nation
bdonvr@thelemmy.club · 5 pts · 1y
Yeah there's some that try and do ID verification here... Like verification by webcam AI age shit. No no no no no.
NO
Whats_your_reasoning@lemmy.world · 8 pts · 1y
I feel like that’s the real message in this map.
1: Haha, look at funny sex words!
2: Wait, why are all those states…
3: … Ohhh shit.
voxthefox@lemmy.world · 5 pts · 1y
I dunno but I think i see a match in progress between Colorado and Georgia.
lightnsfw@reddthat.com · 87 pts · 1y
I was like "wow no incest shit!", but then I realized most of the southern states are blocked now.
jve@lemmy.world · 2 pts · 1y
It’s only because it’s the relative top searches.
The whole country is after their step sis.
Wonder how this map would look globally.
TempermentalAnomaly@lemmy.world · 1 pts · 1y
Thcdenton@lemmy.world · 79 pts · 1y
Holy shit like half the country is missing. Fucking nanny state horseshit
Letstakealook@lemm.ee · 25 pts · 1y
I'm surprised Indiana is on there, unless people are submitting their IDs. I personally get my porn fix from a nice young man on an electric scooter every Thursday.
Thcdenton@lemmy.world · 10 pts · 1y
murmelade@lemmy.ml · 59 pts · 1y
Not to kink-shame but, wtf Alaska?
Troz@sh.itjust.works · 29 pts · 1y
They're just a more prepared California.
ech@lemm.ee · 10 pts · 1y
Honestly, Indiana has me more baffled.
Wiz@midwest.social · 3 pts · 1y
I don't know what that is, and I'm afraid to search it!
TassieTosser@aussie.zone · 10 pts · 1y
The sound of an air pocket getting forced out of the vagina during sex. Essentially a pussy fart.
Ziglin@lemmy.world · 2 pts · 1y
Curiosity killed the cat… I recieved no satisfaction from that answer.
CuddlyCassowary@lemmy.world · 39 pts · 1y
Wyoming and Ohio need each other.
Death_Equity@lemmy.world · 13 pts · 1y
Wyoming and Ohio lead to Colorado.
puppycat@lemmy.blahaj.zone · 12 pts · 1y
inclementimmigrant@lemmy.world · 38 pts · 1y
All those blank states. VPN profits must be up.
Podunk@lemmy.world · 27 pts · 1y
Im in texas. I was getting the hub from colorado. Today Im more in a Wyoming sort of mood. Need to get the best results. Time to change servers.
mydoomlessaccount@infosec.pub · 27 pts · 1y
Hawaii and Nevada should date ❤️
Birch@sh.itjust.works · 4 pts · 1y
And turn into New Hampshire and New Mexico someday
RidgeDweller@sh.itjust.works · 1 pts · 1y
HelixDab2@lemm.ee · 26 pts · 1y
I just think that it's both sweet, and a little sad, that there are searches for "hugging", "intimate", and "cuddling".
Has someone checked in on Wyoming, North Dakota, and Ohio? They seem like they might be lonely.
conditional_soup@lemm.ee · 7 pts · 1y
It's probably no accident that those and the other two with "wedding" and "husband" are all northern states. It's still winter right now, which means that they're still getting really short days, which makes people feel sad.
PraiseTheSoup@lemm.ee · 2 pts · 1y
It's not just the short days. It is currently 2°F outside and on Monday the forecasted high temperature will be -9°F. People are cold and lonely.
FlyingSquid@lemmy.world · 25 pts · 1y
Oh sure, now that I've left Indiana, suddenly being queer is a good thing...
Tolookah@discuss.tchncs.de · 63 pts · 1y
That says queef.
FlyingSquid@lemmy.world · 40 pts · 1y
Ah.
I may not be wearing my glasses and I may have had some wine.
toomanypancakes@lemmy.world · 14 pts · 1y
Hope it's a good wine, that sounds lovely
FlyingSquid@lemmy.world · 15 pts · 1y
It was worth the low price I paid, so yes. Thank you.
crawancon@lemm.ee · 14 pts · 1y
id prefer it said queer, queen, queesy or queso over queef.
Tolookah@discuss.tchncs.de · 12 pts · 1y
So you know, searching Pornhub for queso gets you videos with cheese in the title.
I needed to check. For science.
__nobodynowhere@sh.itjust.works · 2 pts · 1y
crawancon@lemm.ee · 2 pts · 1y
I feel like we should stop combining them into sentences or else porn will be made.
and I don't want that.
not today..
A_Very_Big_Fan@lemmy.world · 3 pts · 1y
😭
Ziglin@lemmy.world · 23 pts · 1y
Seeing hugging and cuddling makes me curious. Are there videos of people just cuddling on those kinds of platforms? That seems really wholesome unless it's awkward naked cuddles.
It also surprises me that so many of the top searches include things I feel are labeled as kinks. Aren't they things that only small demographics enjoy, if so many people enjoy it is maybe wrong to perceive it that way?
princessnorah@lemmy.blahaj.zone · 6 pts · 1y
What's awkward about naked cuddles? As a queer woman it's probably my favourite thing to do with a partner. Skin to skin contact is just really healing.
Ziglin@lemmy.world · 2 pts · 1y
Maybe it's just lack of experience, I suppose with certain people it wouldn't be too bad. The hair might be annoying as not all of it as soft as on my head but I think I'd be uncomfortable.
poplargrove@lemmy.world · 2 pts · 1y
On your second paragraph, notice its "relative searches" which it then explains in the subheading. Not top searches.
If debauchery like "hand-holding" got 0.5% of searches in one state while in other states it got 0.1% of searches, and there wasnt as much a difference for other terms, thats the top relative search.
But it doesnt tell us anything about how many people actually searched for it.
Ziglin@lemmy.world · 1 pts · 1y
I understood it as the one with the highest percentage in that state at first. What you said makes a lot more sense and is a bit of a relief.
poplargrove@lemmy.world · 1 pts · 1y
Im guessing the map wouldnt get much attention for top searches, those would probably be very normal things, so they went for this method :)
moosetwin@lemmy.dbzer0.com · 21 pts · 1y
alaska be like
moosetwin@lemmy.dbzer0.com · 20 pts · 1y
I misread, absolute enema
edgemaster72@lemmy.world · 8 pts · 1y
Absolut enema?
Whitebrow@lemmy.world · 2 pts · 1y
That’s called boofing and is strongly advised against.
spooky2092@lemmy.blahaj.zone · 20 pts · 1y
Man, the number of places pornhub has pulled out of (hehehe) is nuts. Georgia is the only surprise on here, since Louisiana has some government program there using to stay live.
ivanafterall@lemmy.world · 2 pts · 1y
🤭
_stranger_@lemmy.world · 2 pts · 1y
They're like the Luxottica of porn, hundreds of brands all owned by one place. Even if pornhub left, the vast majority of all their other sites are still available in any given state.
wowwoweowza@lemmy.world · 20 pts · 1y
MA so wholesome
TempermentalAnomaly@lemmy.world · 6 pts · 1y
Add Minnesota, Wyoming, New York, and, what the heck, you get in there too Michigan ... You old gooner.
Lennny@lemmy.world · 4 pts · 1y
Michigan gets cold, it's survival instincts kicking in.
zarathustrad@lemmy.world · 1 pts · 1y
You can crawl in like a Tonton on Hoth.
Spacehooks@reddthat.com · 19 pts · 1y
Wyoming really needs some emotional help
Lemminary@lemmy.world · 7 pts · 1y
Meanwhile, Louisiana... 👀
Spacehooks@reddthat.com · 2 pts · 1y
Not sure if self or not.
tigeruppercut@lemmy.zip · 2 pts · 1y
So does N Dakota
Birch@sh.itjust.works · 2 pts · 1y
And Ohio
_lilith@lemmy.world · 15 pts · 1y
Jesus fucking christ Alaska, get your shit together
100_kg_90_de_belin@feddit.it · 10 pts · 1y
They're getting it out, that's for sure
TheBrideWoreCrimson@sopuli.xyz · 2 pts · 1y
For shit sure, even.
the_tab_key@lemmy.world · 4 pts · 1y
That's just because of Jeff. He watches too much porn.
wildncrazyguy138@fedia.io · 15 pts · 1y
I see gramps from Illinois is typing his questions into the wrong search bar again.
reallykindasorta@slrpnk.net · 15 pts · 1y
Searching Wife on pornhub feels backwards
manucode@infosec.pub · 9 pts · 1y
New Hampshire ♥️ New Mexico
TheBat@lemmy.world · 3 pts · 1y
NOT_RICK@lemmy.world · 9 pts · 1y
Softcore? I’m embarrassed for my state
magnetosphere@fedia.io · 11 pts · 1y
At least you’re not in Vermont, searching for “pee”
NOT_RICK@lemmy.world · 8 pts · 1y
Queef might take the cake for me
magnetosphere@fedia.io · 2 pts · 1y
I missed that one lol!
pixeltree@lemmy.blahaj.zone · 5 pts · 1y
Kinda surprised, I'd think anyone into watersports would call it watersports. I guess I overestimate how much the average kink porn watcher knows about the kinks they watch
pupbiru@aussie.zone · 7 pts · 1y
watersports is the label, but it doesn’t appear in titles. piss is more common than pee in a bdsm context because it sounds more degrading, dirty, etc but idk i could see voyeur type porn saying pee
pixeltree@lemmy.blahaj.zone · 1 pts · 1y
Makes sense
tigeruppercut@lemmy.zip · 4 pts · 1y
Or NH checking out the grandpas
FundMECFSResearch@lemmy.blahaj.zone · 9 pts · 1y
The contrast between Wyoming and Colorado made me burst out laughing:
por_que_pine@lemm.ee · 9 pts · 1y
I'm so proud of you, Ohio.
ivanafterall@lemmy.world · 7 pts · 1y
Has anyone checked in on Louisiana recently?
Jimmycakes@lemmy.world · 8 pts · 1y
These maps are no longer useful with so many millions vpn into other states. Pornhub maps list their charm. Rip pornhub maps 2025.
bmsok@lemmy.world · 8 pts · 1y
Yep. That's Michigan in February for ya.
Amanduh@lemm.ee · 7 pts · 1y
Hell yeah I actually did fap to my states porn last night
AdolfSchmitler@lemmy.world · 4 pts · 1y
U from colorado?
Amanduh@lemm.ee · 2 pts · 1y
Nope!
Kit@lemmy.blahaj.zone · 2 pts · 1y
Please don't say Alaska.
Amanduh@lemm.ee · 2 pts · 1y
Nope!
Kit@lemmy.blahaj.zone · 3 pts · 1y
Oh no, we have a double-negative situation here.
CanadaPlus@lemmy.sdf.org · 6 pts · 1y
I always wonder what the actual statistical significance of these maps are. They always seem random, and it'd make sense if it's essentially the same mix of a little of everything everywhere.
jqubed@lemmy.world · 7 pts · 1y
I believe the main purpose of releasing them is to generate publicity for their company that they might not be able to get otherwise in more mainstream media. Much like how the legal brothels in Nevada put out press releases about how they’re offering free services to first responders who helped on a recent disaster or something like that. It gets people talking about them and spreads awareness about their offerings.
CanadaPlus@lemmy.sdf.org · 1 pts · 1y
Interesting, I hadn't heard of that. But yes, they aren't academics and don't need their data to actually say anything.
Troz@sh.itjust.works · 6 pts · 1y
Pornhub actually has a pretty good blog that goes into detail on all kinds of trends. You might find answers there.
everett@lemmy.ml · 6 pts · 1y
You'll find your answer in the gray text above the map.
CanadaPlus@lemmy.sdf.org · 1 pts · 1y
No, no I wouldn't.
"More often" could be by one search in a total set of 1,000,000, which basically is never going to be statistically significant - it could just be random chance, and not an actual trend. That goes in both absolute and relative terms.
Nollij@sopuli.xyz · 1 pts · 1y
I find it mildly interesting that, aside from California, no state was a leader in a "common" porn. By that I mean go look at the top 100 videos/categories. No state took the lead in blowjob or step-anything.
This leads me to think that they were filtered out. I would say mathematically similar between states, except pornhub has released exactly that data on numerous occasions. But if they didn't filter out anal, then how much more popular did it have to be?
CanadaPlus@lemmy.sdf.org · 1 pts · 1y
I mean, there's also a question of how they're clustering searches. I'm guessing "hugging" and "Hugging" didn't get their own separate category, but hugging all on it's own is very specific for porn. If small categories outnumber big ones and they're essentially filled at random, you'd expect that the biggest outlier would be a small category.
Pandantic@midwest.social · 6 pts · 1y
I find it hard to believe that all the search terms are different in each state…
adaveinthelife@lemmy.ca · 11 pts · 1y
They're different by virtue of the criteria, if I understand it correctly.
Pandantic@midwest.social · 2 pts · 1y
Oh, right I didn’t see that note on the map. Thanks, that makes more sense.
Qwazpoi@lemmy.world · 6 pts · 1y
Why would the list be done by early afternoon? Wouldn't it make more sense to post the top searches of valentine's day after they are all in? For all I know people looking at porn before noon could be in the minority and these results would be completely overshadowed by later searches.
Ziglin@lemmy.world · 2 pts · 1y
Maybe it's based off UTC but that wouldn't really apply to the us.
motor_spirit@lemmy.world · 6 pts · 1y
AnUnusualRelic@lemmy.world · 6 pts · 1y
At least some people still think about their lonely grandmas.
reddig33@lemmy.world · 5 pts · 1y
Those passionate Minnesotans!
captainlezbian@lemmy.world · 5 pts · 1y
That all really tracks, especially Rhode Island
Melatonin@lemmy.dbzer0.com · 5 pts · 1y
Alaska? What's occurring?
shekau@lemmy.today · 5 pts · 1y
Kusimulkku@lemm.ee · 4 pts · 1y
bleistift2@sopuli.xyz · 4 pts · 1y
This map is useless without a p value. This could all be random noise.
Amanduh@lemm.ee · 6 pts · 1y
We also need pp, v, b and a values.
null_dot@lemmy.dbzer0.com · 4 pts · 1y
Yeah. IDK what is meant by a P value but I agree that I suspect the methodology used to create this is designed to make the data more interesting than it really is.
As in, how much more frequently is "enema" searched for in Alaska than elsewhere, and are there more vanilla terms like "college" which occur more frequently in Alaska than elsewhere.
sic_semper_tyrannis@lemmy.today · 4 pts · 1y
Wife? Do they not have their own wife?
guy@piefed.social · 3 pts · 1y
I would guess that it is mostly single people responsible for these statistics
Doomsider@lemmy.world · 2 pts · 1y
Checking in from Alaska. Uhh yeah, no one is into ... enema porn here. WTF
RmDebArc_5@sh.itjust.works · 12 pts · 1y
Doomsider@lemmy.world · 6 pts · 1y
Found the guy into enema porn!
RmDebArc_5@sh.itjust.works · 7 pts · 1y
::: spoiler Tap for spoiler /s :::
Doomsider@lemmy.world · 1 pts · 1y
Without the /s I would have definitely given you an upvote because it would have been hilarious.
I really like self deprivation humor. I guess I should just embrace my State's love of enema porn.
Will you go look up enema porn for me. For science of course.
RmDebArc_5@sh.itjust.works · 6 pts · 1y
OneWomanCreamTeam@sh.itjust.works · 10 pts · 1y
Do you just go around asking your neighbors and co-workers about their porn habits?
Doomsider@lemmy.world · 0 pts · 1y
This is a great idea. I will develop a survey to see if the people in my life and community are into scat porn.
Or maybe I will just say bullshit and be done with it. Confirmation bias is a bitch I guess.
indepndnt@lemmy.world · 2 pts · 1y
Is anyone else completely not surprised by DC's being "sub"?
Tikiporch@lemmy.world · 2 pts · 1y
I don't understand why they would be different. Why does the state line dictate what kink a population is into?
Dragon@lemmy.ml · 3 pts · 1y
"Top relative" probably means the search term which is the highest relative to other states, so them being different is built into the concept.
Tikiporch@lemmy.world · 3 pts · 1y
Makes sense. It's not very interesting if every state was "trans pegging".
tigeruppercut@lemmy.zip · 1 pts · 1y
The map indicates the most popular searches from the IP addresses within each state. Or at least I think it does. It seems a bit odd that something like "intimate" could ever be more popular than like bj or something
CuddlyCassowary@lemmy.world · 1 pts · 1y
I think North Dakota is just trying to say warm, but doesn’t know how to actually ask for what they need.
Snowclone@lemmy.world · 1 pts · 1y
Damn, I didn't know how judgemental I am about things I've also JK'd off about when it's out of the context of me being aroused.
finitebanjo@lemmy.world · 1 pts · 1y
I expected no less from South Dakota.