Pornhub has revealed that its X-rated site saw an unusually high number of visitors during and after the US presidential debate on Thursday night.
The event, which featured President Joe Biden and former President Donald Trump battling it out on camera, kicked off at 9 p.m. ET — at the same time Pornhub viewership fell -8 percent from average viewership.
“You can certainly say that the debate had an impact on the evening schedules of hundreds of thousands of Americans,” a company spokesperson told DailyMail.com.
Although the decline continued at the start of the debate, searches at 11 p.m., about 15 minutes after the confrontation, were 12 percent above average.
The event, which featured President Joe Biden and former President Donald Trump battling it out on camera, kicked off at 9 p.m. ET — at the same time Pornhub saw an eight percent drop in average viewership
Pornhub is an international site that receives 130 million visitors around the world every day, but the majority of its traffic comes from viewers in the US.
Delaware saw the largest decline, at -22 percent. This may be because the city moved closer to Washington DC, which also saw a -20 percent decline, as did Wyoming.
However, some states saw traffic increases during the debate, with Connecticut being the highest at more than 10 percent, followed by Maine at six percent and Alabama at two percent.
Pornhub published similar data in 2020, when Trump and Biden were running against each other for the presidential seat.
That year, traffic to the adult content site fell -18.5 percent at 9:00 PM ET and during the first hour of the debate, compared to a -16 percent drop in 2016, when the candidates first entered the stage.
Thursday’s decline on Pornhub cannot be compared to previous debates. That was probably because many Americans indicated they had no interest in watching the two men.
Delaware had the largest drop to -22 percent, which may be due to its proximity to Washington DC, which also saw a drop to -20 percent, as did Wyoming.
The event, which pitted President Joe Biden and former President Donald Trump against each other on camera, started at 9:00 PM ET
CNN reported Friday that only 47.9 million people tuned in to its live shows — a steep decline from 73 million years ago.
During Thursday’s debate, Pornhub saw its decline increase again after about an hour.
Many Americans criticized the candidates for calling each other names instead of answering questions about inflation, child care and abortion.
But it seems that soon after the event ended, people flocked to Pornhub – and stuck around for at least an hour.
