Pornhub reveals each state’s favorite gay porn
Find out what your state watches -- and what the most popular categories are across the U.S.
As a nation, there’s a lot that divides us: North vs South, Democrat vs Republican, conservative vs liberal, Coke vs Pepsi… But there’s one thing all Americans can agree on: porn — and boy do we love it. About 24 million of us watch something on Pornhub’s vast network of sites every day.
Now, thanks to a collaboration between Pornhub and Daily Dot, America’s gay porn habits have been laid bare for all to see. Gathering search terms, most viewed content and location information, it paints a rather surprising picture of just what we’re watching when we turn off the lights and draw the curtains.
First, a moment of celebration. Congratulations, D.C., as more people are visiting Pornhub’s gay content here than anywhere else in America (at least in terms of population percentages). Of all people in the District accessing Pornhub, 3.37% are watching dudes get sweaty with one another. Compare that with North Dakota, where only 2.26% are accessing gay content, and it ties in with the fact that D.C. has one of the highest-density gay populations in the country (New York and Florida also have pretty high percentages of gay porn users).
As a national trend, however, an interesting metric jumps out. Ignoring the gay meccas of the Northeast and California, the region with the highest proportion of gay viewers is the South. Yes, the South, land of anti-LGBT legislation and Republican bigotry. Turns out, there’s a lot of people accessing gay porn there.
While a lot of people enjoy porn, what we’re watching varies wildly. Much like our political system, at the national level porn habits seem split into two distinct camps: “straight” bros dabbling in their first taste of gay sex, or handsome black men in the throes of passion.
The Northeast, Midwest, West Coast, Alaska and Hawaii all love “straight guys” getting homoerotic. The South and Mid-Atlantic can’t get enough of watching black men climaxing.
What about specific regional tastes? Well, Wyoming is more likely to favor bear porn; Washington, Nevada and New Mexico prefer their porn sans condom (seriously, guys, wrap it up); states bordering Mexico are more likely to prefer Latino videos; and Alaska and Montana just can’t get enough of creampies (definitely not like Granny used to make).
Across the nation, the three most viewed categories are Black, Straight Guys and Bareback. Least viewed? Fetish, Massage and Japanese. The most searched for terms fall in line with those categories: those accessing gay porn were most likely to type “straight first time” or “big black dick.” Here in D.C., we favor the latter, with “big black dick” topping relative search results. Connecticut searches for “doctor” more than other states, which makes us wonder how many people are confusing Pornhub for Google (or, there’s a lot of really hot doctors that patients are fantasizing about — please confirm in the comments, Nutmeggers).
Oh, and America’s favorite gay porn star? Johnny Rapid. Congrats, Johnny!
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