'Ban or no ban, India watching more porn than ever'

New York, Jan 11: The verdict is out. Ban or no ban, India is watching more porn than ever. In 2015, India knocked out Cada to grab the third position - after the US and Britain - in visiting one of the world’s largest adult websites Pornhub. In its annual review of how people around the world watch porn, Pornhub found that while the US added 11 seconds to their average time spent on watching porn, India - at 9 minutes 30 seconds - recorded a higher average time with a one-minute increase in the duration of each visit.

“More and more, we are finding that our users are opting for mobile devices like smartphones and tablets when they visit Pornhub,” the website noted. PornHub received 21.2 billion visits in 2015 - 40,000 visits every minute or 2.4 million per hour.

“In fact, visits from smartphones alone now account for 53 percent of traffic shares, up from just 45 percent last year. Only 36 percent of Pornhub traffic origites from desktop computers worldwide,” the review noted.

The most famous keyword search among Indians was “Indian, including bhabhi, aunty and teen. “Bollywood actor Sunny Leone is the top searched porn star” in India, the review added.

“Love” remains the most commonly featured word in Pornhub comments. “Pornhub viewers in countries like Cuba, Mongolia and Kazakhstan tend to keep their sessions short and sweet, with average visit lengths ranging from just over 5 minutes to around 6.5 minutes,” the review noted. In 2015, “lesbian” was the most searched term on the site. (IANS)