Videos from the ‘bareback’ category are viewed more often in states like Washington, Nevada and New Mexico. Again, we find that many Southern states are more likely to prefer videos from the ‘black’ category, along with some North-Eastern states like New York and Michigan. These are the gay categories that are viewed more often in each state when compared to all other states.
To really see how gay porn tastes vary from state to state, the following map shows the top relative category views. Gay videos featuring ‘Straight Guys’ are very popular in the West and Midwest states, whereas the ‘Black’ gay category is more popular in the South and parts of the North-East. Across the entire United States, only two categories rank as the top viewed in each state. Pornhub has more than 20 categories of gay videos, appealing to all different tastes. Other states with a low proportion include Montana at 2.31%, South Dakota at 2.32% and Idaho at 2.38%. The state with the lowest proportion of visitors to our gay section is North Dakota at 2.26%. New York follows closely behind at 3.3%, Florida at 3.27%, Mississippi at 3.26% and Louisiana at 3.22%.
The District of Columbia has the largest proportion of visitors viewing Pornhub’s gay section at 3.37%. To compensate for population density, our statisticians have instead looked at the proportion of gay viewers within each state. As the following heat-map illustrates, many Southern states have a larger percentage of gay viewers compared to Northern states. they visit from, and what searches and categories are the most popular.Īcross the United States, the proportion of gay viewers in each state varies greatly. Specifically, this study will look at people viewing Pornhub’s gay male content, where in the U.S.
These numbers exclude the large number of lesbian videos viewed on Pornhub, as those are most often associated with straight visitors. Pornhub visitors go directly to our gay male section of the site. The proportion of visitors viewing Pornhub’s gay male content in the United States has grown 45% from 2012 to 2016. As part of a special collaboration with Daily Dot, Pornhub Insights is looking into the popularity of gay porn (nsfw) for the first time, beginning with Americans who account for nearly 40% of Pornhub’s 60 million daily visitors.