The more you keep something hidden or make a taboo around it, the more will be the curiosity factor associated with it. The topic of sex is still not openly spoken about in the Indian society. Even in forms of entertainment, the regulatory Censor Board chops off the scenes which involve exposure or sexual activity. Which is why probably Indians are so hooked on to watching porn online. A survey on Pornhub 2017 revealed how much Indians love watching porn videos online. India ranked at No. 3 beating US and UK among the top 20 countries which give most traffic to the website.

Pornhub happens to be the world’s biggest porn website. They revealed an annual report on Wednesday which also gave the popular searches on the site in this year. ‘Arab’ was the topmost search done in India, its views rising 165% more than 2016. ‘Hd Hindi’ sex searched had a whopping rise to 1822% while ‘Indian hd’ sex was at 1273% rise. The Indian category jumped up by 8 positions in the overall searches. Another not so surprising finding was to have Sunny Leone’s name among the top female porn stars who were most searched on the site. Sunny has been ranking in the top five for the third consecutive year. Along with her are Riley Reid, Mia Khalifa, Lisa Ann and Kim Kardashian. In terms of viewership, Indian female visitors to the site increased by 129%. This just shows how Indian women are tending to their sexual desires as compared to other countries. In times of controlling patriarchy and keeping women away from such desires, this finding is a good sign.

Considering the worldwide numbers, the site had 28.5 billion visitors in 2017 which comes to an average of 81 million users daily. Pornhub completed 10 years in the 2017 and these figures only add to their overall success. Their statistics show ‘Porn for Women’ category saw a rise of 1400%. In fact the searches for lesbian sex were at the top globally.

The average age of people visiting the site was 34 years, the highest density given by 25-34-year-olds, contributing to 32% of the traffic. What is again interesting that there are several old people too who enjoy watching porn. 55-year-old plus age group gave 11% overall traffic to the website. In India, it is the youth who were beating the viewership compared to US and UK. More than half of the Indian visitors are aged between 18-24 years. And the obsession with ‘bhabhis’ is still in its place. In the most viewed categories in India, it is the MILF category which takes the highest rank.

So our obsession with viewing sex is definitely not going to lessen. The more the limit on viewing content, the more would be the benefit of Pornhub we can conclude.

(The above story first appeared on LatestLY on Jan 11, 2018 01:05 PM IST. For more news and updates on politics, world, sports, entertainment and lifestyle, log on to our website latestly.com).