History of Pornhub

Pornhub is a popular pornographic website which offers a collection of adult videos under different categories. It is one of the topmost adult websites that have several subscribers in various parts of the world. The headquarters office of pornhub is Montreal which located in the Quebec district of Canada. Moreover, it also has offices and servers in other countries that aim at fulfilling the expectations of people who want to watch high-quality videos. In addition, the pornographic website is available in other languages apart from English. The website provides opportunities for those who work in the adult industry for earning a decent income.

Who is the founder of pornhub?

Matt Keezer was a web developer in Interhub Company who developed a website for internet pornography. It was launched on 25 May 2007 in order to satisfy the needs of viewers. However, it failed to reach in the markets due to poor marketing ideas. In 2010, a Canadian company MindGeek purchased Interhub and created pornhub website for hosting videos on the internet. Today, it ranks the best one among the top 10 pornographic websites in the world enabling users to access videos on the internet accordingly.

What are the features of pornhub?

Pornhub allows visitors to share videos on social media platforms after watching them. It even provides ways to create a free account enabling users to download videos, post comments, and add videos to a favorite list. Moreover, one can even report the illegal content on the website to Pornhub teams and they will review them properly to take immediate action. In October 2013, the website also created a new feature called “pornhub select” for watching popular videos based on the choices. It even launched a content curation website “PornIQ” that helps to create personalized video playlists for viewers with an algorithm based on certain factors.

Statistics of pornhub

Pornhub is the most visited website and most of the traffic comes from mobile phones. It even has many women visitors in some countries. Some of the popular searches include celebrity videos, lesbians, and the best collection of videos. However, the traffic to the website drops during Christmas, New Year, Valentine’s Day, and local holidays. Those who want to act in adult videos can join the Amateur Program offered by the company that can help to make money. However, it is necessary to know the terms and conditions before joining the program which ultimately helps to accomplish goals in a profession.

Legal issues

Pornhub face certain legal issues due to copyright infringement claims raised by Pink Visual adult film production company. However, the suit was settled in October 2010 and both parties agreed that they would implement the filtering options on their sites in order to prevent piracy. In October 2017, the vice president of the company announced that the website would use artificial intelligence and computer vision that can help to identify and tag videos on the website with ease. The website has more visitors due to its quality videos which exactly fulfill their expectations.

Censorship problems

Pornhub received several criticisms in several countries and faced a temporary ban. It was blocked by the Great Firewall in China from September 2013. In Russia, it was blocked on 12 March 2014 saying that it contains the videos of some minor girls. Philippines Government blocked its citizens to view the content because most of the videos encourage child pornography. The site was once again blocked in September 10 Russia saying that the videos are spreading harmful information to children. In 2018, the Uttarakhand high court in India blocked the website because it sends wrong messages to the society that can cause several problems to women.

What are the products offered by pornhub?

Premium customers of pornhub can view 360° videos offered by the website with the PlayStation VR. In 2015, the company introduced a wristband which is well-equipped with the latest technologies. In addition, VPNHub is the new service offered by the company in order to satisfy the needs of VPN users. In 2009, it launched two other porn websites that collectively made up to 100 million visitors. On 1 February 2018, the company launched an online casino site for game lovers who want to play casino with responsible gambling with 1X2 gaming software.

Philanthropy events

The company organized several events and campaigns in order to raise money for certain issues via their philanthropy depatement Pornhub Cares. In fact, it conducted breast cancer awareness programs with leading actors. A tour bus was arranged in New York City in 2012 by the company for this purpose to create awareness among women. The company launched a weekend environmental campaign in April 2014 and ended on 2nd May 2014. Moreover, it splits the donation money amongst several charities for different causes. Pornhub even today raise funds from subscribers and others to support various issues that are affecting the society.