Pornhub 2022 in Review: 'Lesbian' remains most-searched US category with HENTAI coming in second

Pornhub 2022 in Review: 'Lesbian' remains most-searched US category with HENTAI coming in second
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Pornhub is revealing America's top popular searches for X-rated content in 2022. Lesbian was the most commonly searched word across the 50 states, with the Japanese anime genre "hentai" coming in second. The company revealed the dirty statistics on Tuesday, December 13.

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The tube site, which is owned by the industry group MindGeek, is one of the most popular in the world. It received one billion views in December 2021, for example. Women now make up 29% of Pornhub's audience in the US, an increase of 4% over the previous year. Globally, women now make up 36% of viewers globally, a 4% increase from the previous year, as reported by Mashable.