Episode 2492
Pornhub
Wed, 2024-Feb-28 02:35 UTC
Length - 1:46
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Welcome to popular Wiki of the Day where we read the summary of a popular Wikipedia page every day.
With 162,815 views on Tuesday, 27 February 2024 our article of the day is Pornhub.
Pornhub is a Canadian-owned internet pornography video-sharing website, one of several such sites owned by adult entertainment conglomerate Aylo. As of December 2023, Pornhub is the 14th most visited website in the world and the 2nd most visited adult website, after XVideos. The site allows visitors to view pornographic videos from various categories, including professional and amateur pornography, or to upload and share their own videos. Content can be flagged if it violates the website's terms of service. The site also hosts the Pornhub Awards annually.
In December 2020, following a New York Times exposé of non-consensual pornography and sex trafficking, and its associated potential backlash, payment processors Mastercard and Visa cut their services to Pornhub, who then removed all videos uploaded by unverified users, reducing the total content from 13 million to 4 million videos. A 2023 documentary, Money Shot: The Pornhub Story, covers the opposition to Pornhub and the views of some pornographic performers.
This recording reflects the Wikipedia text as of 02:35 UTC on Wednesday, 28 February 2024.
For the full current version of the article, see Pornhub on Wikipedia.
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