Type of business | Private |
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Type of site | Pornographic video sharing |
Available in | English, German, French, Spanish, Italian, Portuguese, Polish, Russian, Japanese, Dutch, Czech, Simplified Chinese |
Headquarters | Montreal, Canada[1] |
Country of origin | Canada |
Area served | Worldwide |
Owner | Aylo[2] |
Founder(s) | Matt Keezer |
Industry | Sex |
Services | Pornography |
Parent | Ethical Capital Partners[3] |
URL | www.pornhub.com |
Advertising | Yes |
Registration | Optional |
Launched | 25 May 2007 Montreal, Quebec, Canada |
Current status | Online |
Pornhub is a Canadian-owned internet pornography video-sharing website, one of several owned by adult entertainment conglomerate Aylo.[4][5] As of August 2024[update], Pornhub is the 16th-most-visited website in the world and the most-visited adult website.[6]
The site allows visitors to view pornographic videos from various categories, including professional and amateur pornography, and to upload and share their own videos. Content can be flagged if it violates the website's terms of service.[7] The site also hosts the Pornhub Awards annually.
In December 2020, following a New York Times exposé of non-consensual pornography and sex trafficking, payment processors Mastercard and Visa cut their services to Pornhub. Pornhub then removed all videos uploaded by unverified users,[8] reducing the total content from 13 million to 4 million videos.[9] A 2023 documentary, Money Shot: The Pornhub Story, covers the opposition to Pornhub and the views of some pornographic performers.[10]
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