Korean searches explode on Pornhub in 2018

It turns out 2018 was a major year for Korean porno popularity. Recently the adult site PornHub released their yearly stats and you're not going to believe this. Korean related searches have skyrocketed and most impressive is... get ready for it... searches for "Korean" were the #1 gay porn search term this year! Suck it Japan! No pun intended.

"Korean" becomes 2018's #1 search term for gay searches on Pornhub. Image: Pornhub

Here's what they say:



By analyzing traffic landing specifically on Pornhub Gay pages, our statisticians were able to see what type of gay (male) porn was the most popular in 2018. Searches for ‘Korean’ took over the number one spot from ‘Japanese’

Not only that, but visitors of all genders have apparently become more interested in the land of morning wood calm.

Increases in Korean search trends across genders. Image: Pornhub

Gender Demographics - Searches for ‘Korean’ grew by 188% among women and 213% among men,
Age Demographics - Among 25 to 34 year olds. ‘Fortnite’ was the top trending term, as well as a 233% increase in ‘Korean’ searches. 

Overall, "Korean" ranked #10 as the most overall popular search term on the site!

2018’s Most Searched for Terms - Searches for ‘Japanese’ gained 3 positions to become the 5th most popular search, with ‘Asian’ gaining 6, ‘Korean’ up an impressive 16 and ‘Chinese’ up 14 positions.

They mention in the post that some of these gains coincided with the PyeongChang Olympics. So maybe people were just curious, or the athletes/spectators themselves were excited to experience a little more of their host country. It'll be interesting to see if these numbers drop significantly next year if so, because otherwise it does seem like a growing trend. Look at what they said for 2017 last year regarding the gay searches:

Topping the search list for the second year was ‘japanese’, followed this time by ‘korean’ which moved up in rank 57 spots since 2016.
2017 Year in Review – Pornhub Insights

Maybe Korea's "soft power" projection with all those hot male idols is yielding some "hard" results in fans across the world.

You can check out the entire report here for global site trends.

🔗 2018 Year in Review – Pornhub Insights

I wouldn't know anything about this because I never visit these kinds of sites. Nope.

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