After all of the bullshit, strangeness, and occasionally neat new innovations from 2021, there is more than enough to write on for my purposes. That doesn’t mean that I’d like to remember all of it, but there are some exciting things worth going back to.
But when I tried to, I found that it was harder to do than I thought.
For one, PornHub did not publish its annual demographic report for 2020/ Not only that, but it seems like other sources that often blog about trends in the online sex business did not do so in the same abundance the previous year.
What I find especially odd is the fact that everyone was noting that there was a sharp uptick in people viewing porn at the start of the lockdowns. You would think then that there would be more data to work with and report on.
However, I was still not deterred. To keep you informed and entertained with content that you might not be familiar with, I’ve gone through and scrubbed the net for research. So here we go – these are the more interesting trends, searched categories, popular starlets, and sites of the weirdest year in living memory.
Trending names and search terms were interesting
Celebrities
Does anyone else remember when Carmen Electra was dating Denis Rodman? Well, I imagine that a lot of my geekier and younger readers won’t, but it doesn’t really matter. Parts of their relationship were featured in the ESPN documentary The Last Dance in the spring of 2020.
As a consequence, daily searches for Electra went from a mere 1,500 a day and then spiked into the hundreds of thousands at the end of April. By the way, I would suggest looking up her old material. While most of it is of the vanilla variety, she did do good work with Playboy back in the day.
Other famous persons who have seen a rise in popularity on porn sites last year – despite not actually being in the skin biz – included Kylie Jenner and Miley Cyrus, once again. What’s more, after her wet ass pussy dropped online with her video of the same famous chorus, Cardi B saw an incredible rise in searches for her hourglass figure for quite a lot.
Come to think of it; I’m sure her posts on OnlyFans probably had a lot to do with that, too.
Other celebrities who have experienced a massive boom in traffic at various points of the year include (relatively) recent additions to the industry, including Belle Delphine and Maitland Ward. Given how hot their smut is, that comes as no surprise to me.
BDSM
I don’t know if this has anything to do with the Fifty Shades series, the sexual liberation of women since the ’60s, or something else, but women are really interested in BDSM nowadays. Female PornHub users were 86% more likely to search for that term. To put some additional numbers on that, the only other demographic which came close were gay men, who were only 12% more likely to use that search term.
Speaking of gays, if you didn’t know, women that year and well before that were already into seeing mano y mano porn, too. And these days, they seem to like the intersection of both since ‘gay BDSM’ was 163% more likely to look for that than men. Moreover, other terms ladies were far more likely to look up include ‘spanked and fingered,’ ‘dominant-submissive,’ and ‘punishment.’
And if you think it’s middle-aged housewives who are looking for such material, guess again. Women below age twenty-five were somewhat more likely to be into this sort of smut, and those over fifty-four were by far the most common demographic to be into the aforementioned forms of fap movies.
By the way, if you want my recommendations on where to find fantastic fetish footage, I’ve got a blog and a list of not one but two pages of reviews for you to see. Further, if you want to take things even further, I’ve got a list of dungeon gear to try whether you’re new to the scene or experienced.
Video games
Just like porn, video games are pretty much ubiquitous in society, so I guess it is no surprise that these twin forms of entertainment are starting to merge together. There are plenty of mods out there when it comes to popular franchises from Minecraft to Roblox.
(FYI, buckle up when you read that second reference – it’s super strange, and that’s coming from me!)
But those tend to be modified and hacked versions of existing programs. What I find to be especially interesting, and so do many other people, are original erotic depictions featuring popular game characters.
For instance, after the remake came out, Final Fantasy VII started trending online when it came to porn searches toward the beginning of 2020. Given how famous that particular installment that game in the fantasy RPG is for featuring beautiful, busty women – Tifa Lockhart, for example (!) – it only makes sense.
While I’ve never found this franchise to be something that is considered sexy, upon its 35th anniversary, the Mario franchise grabbed the attention of gamers and porn consumers alike.
While it was launched in 2018, Among Us blew up with game enthusiasts in autumn of 2020, as did those who surfed around PornHub. In fact, at its peak, searches for parodies of the now-famous deduction game reached 700,000 a day. This means that this game is the most searched video game term on PornHub, second only to Fortnite.
Since I’m on the topic, you might want to check out my blog on my fav Nutaku adults-only video games. It is an older blog, but the info is still useful.
Italian women
As you all know, I find women to be beautiful no matter the shape, size, or color that they come in. But I gotta say that there is nothing wrong with having a preference at all.
It would appear that, as of late, a growing number of Italian women are into lovely ladies who hail from the peninsula of Italia. Trending search terms include ‘italiano,’ ‘dialoghi italiano,’ and ‘pompino.’ There are also loads of queries for lesbian search terms as well.
By the way, if you are interested in where I think you can find the finest Italian ladies, I have got you covered. No wonder that land’s nickname is Bel Paese.
‘Rona virus porn
Like just about everything else, COVID-19 has affected everything including the adult entertainment industry. Of course, it has not ended but rather revolutionized the industry if you ask me.
As I’ve pointed out already, porn viewing exploded all over the place starting right around late March and continued to stay elevated for months. Much to the chagrin of religious fundie and rad feminists, it would appear that people have far more fun watching smut than going to church or reading 2nd wave literature.
Who can blame them right?
In addition to this, coronavirus has led to a whole new genre of kinky porn. In fact, ‘rona porn has now been recognized as an award-winning variety of erotica according to AVN.
According to the web, the five most fabulous models are…
Mia Khalifa
Yes, that’s correct; despite having been (officially) out of the business for about half a decade, she still is one of the top trending porn stars in 2021.
I imagine that there are several reasons for this lasting staying power. The first thing I can think of is the fact that she was relatively innovative as a performer. After all, how many performers can you think of who got (in)famous by wearing a hijab?
As we know, that boosted her career, but also put her reputation and safety in jeopardy in a real way.
Another thing that comes to mind is how she seems to feel in the industry while in it and now while out. If you don’t know, she was all gung-ho about being in the skin business while working. Then when she got out of it, she had nothing but trash to talk about – despite having actually made six figures in flat pay and royalties.
So, maybe part of the reason why folks are still fascinated with this woman is due to her checkered opinion about the adult industry. And then when you think about it, who doesn’t love a classic?
Of course, she’s got a lovely, mocha-colored body with a snatch shape and an always moist snatch. That has to be part of it.
What do you guys think?
For those who are interested in what she’s up to recently, Ms. Khalifa is (sort of) back in the industry. To give you some details, she’s monetizing her lingerie photos online. For additional details, see this write-up.
Mia Malkova
Gotta say that it was not at all a shock to see this woman as being one of the top-rated performers of last year. While some tubes list her a rank or two lower than fourth, this performer still maintains a high rank all among the best tubes. Moreover, she’s been rated as one of the top performers according to Ero Hut (2nd), The Little Slush (top 50), xxxBios.com (2nd), Men’s XP (8th), and Redbled (2nd) to mention other recent listicles.
If you have not seen any of her scenes, you should do yourself a favor and get on it.
Abella Danger
While she may be of Semitic Ukrainian descent, Abella is anything but your typical Jewish princess. Like many performers, she first started dancing before getting into the adult entertainment industry, though her specialty was ballet.
It seems to me that this skill has served her well since she can gracefully glide through a set only to then duck and twirl on a dick. Clearly, a huge chunk of the internet agrees as you can see by looking at old trends on leading tubes like PornHub.
Riley Reid
This is another gal who has once again managed to retain an enormous but unsurprising following online. Her past work is vastly impressive when you consider that she’s been in hundreds of scenes and won accolades for scenes involving other famous performers like Manuel Ferrara, Mick Blue, and Erik Everhard.
I mean shit (!) she’s taken Mandingo’s dick, for fuck’s sake.
Of course, Ms. Reid has worked with a wonderful number of women as well. Examples include Reena Sky, Remi LaCroix, among many others. It’s hardly difficult to find her online, but the first place I would suggest that you go to see her work would be on her official PornHub page.
Lana Rhoades
Once again, Ms. Rhoades has proven herself to be at the top of her game, literally. Out of the dozens of nominations, she’s been put up for; the most recent was the 2021 Fan Award for Most Epic Ass. Look up her work, and you’ll be more than impressed by what you see.
Suppose you need a place to go, besides some of the tubes listed below, the best place to see her most recent work on Digital Sin, Brazzer’s sites, and Jules Jordan Video. Other places to keep up with her work would be by following her on Twitter (@lanarhoades) and Facebook (/xLanaRhoades).
I should stress that this is only a partial list of some of the gorgeous models out on the web. If you want to see who my all-time top fifty starlets are, then look up this blog.
But even then, that is kind of dated considering my new project, PornDudeCasting, features established erotica models and fresh participants all the time. Look that site up, and don’t forget to regularly check this blog to read the post-scene interviews that I do.
The established tubes did well this year, too
OnlyFans
It was hard for me to rank this website seeing as there has been a consistent shift in web hits over the last many months. Then there is the fact that with so many accounts behind a paywall, it’s not as easy to get data on how popular OnlyFans is relative to the tube sites.
However, one thing is certain: it is one of the biggest and fastest-growing adult entertainment platforms on the web.
Everyone seems to have started an account either as a user or content creator. Indeed, there are loads of girl-next-door but gorgeous gals who have joined up to a variety of crazy famous celebrities including Blac Chyna, Bella Thorne, and Amber Rose among many others.
There is even a famous, former pastor who started an account and she’s making a marvelous amount of money since pulling out of the pulpit.
By the way, if you are interested in earning a piece of this pie then look up my startup guide on making money on OnlyFans.
xHamster
As far as tubes go, this one has retained a high degree of popularity for reasons that are awesome. One of the weaknesses that I think that certain tubes have is the lack of original amateur erotica.
This sort of porn is much in abundance as you can see by clicking on the amateur tab at the top of the homepage. Check it out and you’ll not only see exclusive content, but the kink and creativity factor is pretty damn high, too.
It seems to me that people have no problem paying for premium membership given how much of that content that there is and how cheap membership. Then there is the fact that the site designers did a fine job developing methods for people to connect with each other.
I’m sure it helps, that this website also has a geo-location dating software that I rarely see on tube sites, let alone those with quality like this.
XNXX
I am someone who prefers quality over quantity but can see reasons why you might want to have even more.
To be honest, I really would like to have both a lot of high-quality variants of things that I like, but you can’t always have it all. Anyway, if you prefer to search through pages of porn, seeking out all sorts of smut, then this is the tube for you.
Between the dozens of categories there are almost certainly going to be tens of thousands if not hundreds, so give it a look if you somehow haven’t.
xVideos
This tube has a proud history of having both studio porn and original broadcasters. When it comes to the site exclusive stuff, there is page after page of live cam models that you can find nowhere else on the web.
Indeed, there are going to be hundreds online at any time, at a minimum, and as is typical they all look luscious to me.
The studio smut is superb as well, with uploads coming from all over the web featuring vanilla sex to Kink.com-level sexual escapades. In fact, there are over 19,000 submissions that pop up when you look up the term’ kink.’
Also, they do link you to real adult video games in the menu instead of just a bunch of spam links. It’s also worth noting that while there are ads on the site, it’s not too dangerous when it comes to dealing with malware or pop-ups.
Figures that this site is and has been as popular.
PornHub
For the longest time, I had thought that PornHub had long been established as the tube site. For years starting around 2010, it has always placed in the top five compared to other tubes and consistently scored a superb Alexa ranking.
However, it has only been since the start of 2020 that this tube has become the most popular tube the net has ever seen, according to the number of page hits they’ve received. Even after The Great Purge at the end of last year, this website still has an impressive 3.5 million videos uploaded and counting.
Once again, there are several other tubes that I could have mentioned, but I only have so much time to describe the many other tubes out there. If you want even more suggestions, I’ve got dozens more that I have reviewed in detail.
Until then, share this and get excited about the next upload.
