The porn website receives more than 500,000 daily reproductions of virtual reality videos, Asia being one of the territories where this type of content enjoys the greatest popularity.
Pornhub, one of the largest online porn services, has revealed some data about the growth that virtual reality is having in this industry. Since the spring of 2016, Pornhub users have been enjoying porn for virtual reality, one of the fastest growing categories, going from 30 videos at its launch to the more than 2,600 available today.
Users are currently 500,000 views a day, consuming 2 more videos on average than traditional content users, but spending the same amount of time on the page, around 10 minutes. This increase in more videos per session may be due to the unique features offered by this new medium, which leads the user to want to try more content, indicates Pornhub.
Below we can see some of the infographics that the company has published:
360º content is one of the most sought after. Men are more likely than women to watch VR porn videos. They are most popular for users aged between 25 and 34 years.
Christmas 2016 was the period that reached the most daily reproductions, managing to increase the average of daily reproductions until May 2017. According to Pornhub, this growth could be due to the fact that porn was one of the first things users wanted to try with new viewers.
Asia leads in popularity with Thailand, Hong Kong, the Philippines and Taiwan. The United States, Ireland and the United Kingdom have the highest growth. Spain, for the moment, remains in the average of the rest of the neighboring countries.
The porn industry has always been up to date in technology, helping its adoption and success, as happened in the past with VHS and Blu-ray. It is to be expected that these numbers will continue to grow over time and may even surpass traditional consumption through 2D video.
