Pornhub

English thumb|The logo of Pornhub Etymology From en porn hub pornography a central facility providing a range of related services, so-called because the website hosts pornographic videos; but Pornhub was originally part of a parent company called Interhub, which may have potentially inspired its name. Coined by founder Matt Keezer in May 2007. The noun sense is derived from the prominence of Pornhub. Pronunciation en /ˈpoɹn.hʌb/ /ˈpɔɹn.hʌb/ GA en LL-Q1860 (eng)-Flame, not lame-Pornhub.wav US /ˌpoɹnˈhʌb/ en /ˈpɔːn.hʌb/ RP en Porn hub en ʌb 2 Proper noun en Internet trademark A pornographic video-sharing website. en 10 August 2009 Ben Fritz Tough times in the porn biz w:Los Angeles Times B3 Sites like Pornhub, YouPorn and RedTube attract more users than TMZ and the Huffington Post. The porn sites are even bigger than Pirate Bay, the top portal for illegal downloads of movies, TV shows and music. en 2017 Seth Stephens-Davidowitz Everybody Lies: What the Internet Can Tell Us About Who We Really Are w:Bloomsbury Publishing 9781408894699 121 Only 1 in 24,000 PornHub searches by men are explicitly for preteens; that may have something to do with the fact that PornHub, for obvious reasons, bans all forms of child pornography and possessing it is illegal. en 2017-12-21 w:J. Courtney Sullivan Get Me to a Nunnery w:The New York Times https://www.nytimes.com/2017/12/21/opinion/sunday/christmas-nuns-abbey.html With each horrifying news story lately, my husband has taken to asking, “Is it time for the abbey?” We talk about living in the (nonexistent) caretaker’s cottage, raising our son up in fresh air, far from the evils of corrupt politicians and Pornhub. https://web.archive.org/web/20201109041824/https://www.nytimes.com/2017/12/21/opinion/sunday/christmas-nuns-abbey.html en 2019 Giselle Gates Married to a New York Menace: He's the Sickest in the Game Royalty Publishing House 9781702251815 52 https://archive.org/details/marriedtonewyork0000gate/page/52/mode/2up?q=%22Pornhub%22 “Girl, that nigga know he’s fine, damn!” “Juelz, girl, the things I would do to him can only be seen on Pornhub and Xvideos,” she laughed, I pretended to look to my right. en 2020-05-27 Josephine Tovey Our homes have become our whole world – and now I'm obsessed with changing mine w:The Guardian https://www.theguardian.com/lifeandstyle/2020/may/28/our-homes-have-become-our-whole-world-and-now-im-obsessed-with-changing-mine I’m surprised by how quickly I have become a home obsessive. I trawl Facebook Marketplace at every hour of the day for bargains, like a teenager who has just discovered Pornhub. All my targeted online ads have flipped from dating apps and activewear to rugs and midcentury dining tables I can’t possibly afford (but will definitely click on anyway). https://web.archive.org/web/20200702065513/https://www.theguardian.com/lifeandstyle/2020/may/28/our-homes-have-become-our-whole-world-and-now-im-obsessed-with-changing-mine en 2024-01-05 w:Emma Brockes Digested week: Abdication of Denmark’s queen continues to charm and entertain w:The Guardian https://www.theguardian.com/uk-news/2024/jan/05/digested-week-abdication-denmark-queen-charms-entertains A second, untitled horror movie was described in Variety as “a late-night boat ride turns into a desperate fight for survival in New York City when a mischievous mouse becomes a monstrous reality”. Let’s hope PornHub doesn’t see an angle here. https://web.archive.org/web/20240315070805/https://www.theguardian.com/uk-news/2024/jan/05/digested-week-abdication-denmark-queen-charms-entertains en 2024 Chibundo Egwuatu, Zahra Stardust, Mireille Miller-Young, Daisy Ducati Amir Baradaran, Denton Callander, Panteá Farvid, Thomas A. Vance Curating Desire: The White Supremacist Grammar of Tagging on Pornhub Sexual Racism and Social Justice: Reckoning with White Supremacy and Desire w:Oxford University Press 9780197605509 284 Recommender systems now rank, sort, filter, and suggest information to users, based on a range of data including user behavior and preferences. Pornhub has a "Recommended For You" section on their homepage as well as their "Recommended Categories" and "Recommended Porn Stars," where they direct users to particular videos, categories, and performers. en-GB Pornhub owner to suspend site in France in protest at new verification law w:The Guardian 2025-06-04 https://www.theguardian.com/world/2025/jun/03/pornhub-france-id-verification 0261-3077 Adult content platforms have come under fire elsewhere in the European Union. EU regulators said last month that several sites, including Pornhub, would be investigated for failing to comply with rules to protect children. https://web.archive.org/web/20250812112218/https://www.theguardian.com/world/2025/jun/03/pornhub-france-id-verification Synonyms abbreviation en PH, en Phub euphemistic en Hornpub, en the Hub, mul ⬛️🟧, also humorous en Cornhub, en orange site Hypernyms en porn site Derived terms en Pornhuber -hub Translations website Afrikaans: af Pornhub Arabic: ar بورن هاب m Bornhāb Chinese: Mandarin: cmn Pornhub, cmn 色情樞紐, cmn P站 P-zhàn informal Dutch: nl Pornhub French: fr Pornhub German: de Pornhub m Greek: el Πορνχαμπ Hindi: hi पॉर्नहब m pŏrnhab, hi पोर्नहब m pornhab Japanese: ja ポルノハブ Porunohabu Korean: ko 포른허브 Poreunheobeu Polish: pl Pornhub Russian: ru Порнхаб Sanskrit: sa पोर्न्हुब् n, sa अश्लीलकेन्द्र n अश्लीलकेन्द्रम् Serbo-Croatian: sh Порнхаб Spanish: es Pornhub Swedish: sv Pornhub Turkish: tr Pornhub Ukrainian: uk Порнхаб Noun en informal A pornographic website; a porn tube. en 24 July 2013 Mark Wilson https://www.fastcompany.com/3017871/infographic-mapping-the-united-states-by-its-porn-searches Infographic: Mapping The United States By Its Porn Searches Fast Company As invasive as the Googles and Pornhubs of the world having access to our most private searches may be, it does occasionally give us a wider, more accurate view of ourselves. Can you imagine a Gallup poll on pornogaphic habits? Probably not. https://web.archive.org/web/20210320192440/https://www.fastcompany.com/3017871/infographic-mapping-the-united-states-by-its-porn-searches en 30 August 2021 https://www.exchange4media.com/digital-news/twitter-has-a-full-fledged-porn-industry-disinfolab-report-115313.html Twitter runs a full-fledged porn industry: DisinfoLab Report Exchange4media Addressing Twitter's inability to rein in pornographic content, DisinfoLab has compiled a report on its lax policy, which fails to keep a check on objectionable videos that can be easily accessible on the platform. Calling Twitter the "PornHub" of social media, the report said that videos of child pornography and even rape are available freely on the platform despite its publicised stance of "zero tolerance." https://web.archive.org/web/20210831072706/https://www.exchange4media.com/digital-news/twitter-has-a-full-fledged-porn-industry-disinfolab-report-115313.html en 27 March 2023 Brad Emery https://www.smh.com.au/world/north-america/michelangelo-a-genius-no-just-a-filthy-little-boy-20230326-p5cveq.html Michelangelo a genius? No, just a filthy little boy The Sydney Morning Herald The lewd lesson in question also included Michelangelo's Creation of Adam painting and Botticelli's Birth of Venus. By that thinking, I guess all the breasts and bottoms on display make the Sistine Chapel the Pornhub of the 16th century. https://web.archive.org/web/20230329204923/https://www.smh.com.au/world/north-america/michelangelo-a-genius-no-just-a-filthy-little-boy-20230326-p5cveq.html Further reading Q936394 Pornhub en Pornography Websites en genericized trademarks