Porn Hub 2016 Year In Review Searches

[MFCGod]

Just looking over Porn Hubs statistics for 2016 - http://www.pornhub.com/insights/2016-year-in-review

It surprises me that step mom and milf are #2 and #3

On MFC G/G shows are very popular no doubt, but of the top models I don't see many older women at all

What causes this disparity between seemingly older women being very popular on porn hub but no so popular on cam sites?

I would assume the users of Porn Hub are pretty much the same users on MFC..

Maybe I'm wrong, maybe the users of Porn Hub are younger men looking for free content, whereas the paying customers on MFC are older and prefer younger women?

Or is it just for the fact there aren't as many women over say 35 camming in comparison to their younger counterparts?

 

[Ann_Sulu]

Doesn't surprise me. I've gotten guys wanting me to pretend I was their mom/step mom since I started camming over 4 years ago. This has even happened with guys who were obviously 10+ years older than me.

 

[JickyJuly]

I think the reason is simple. It's not as much that older women can't do that well on MFC or do better in clips even. Women see what works where they're putting their stuff and try to fit the mold. On MFC, it might be beneficial to set your age lower than you are. On a clip site, it's money to label yourself anything that fits you that someone might look for. The same girl who is forever 25 on cam, but is really 32 is probably not going to snub her nose at the milf money if she doesn't have to clearly state her age.

 

[NoelleBright]

It depends on where you're looking, honestly. On Streamate older women seem to be more popular than on token based sites. There's a very generous amount of women 40+ with amazing placement who are clearly doing very well for themselves there.

 

[LilyPink]

I think this says more about the client than the model.

Are the people who are spending money on cam sites the kind of people who prefer younger models? Why? Do they often prefer to be in a more responsible, money holding position? Maybe they're the people who go and get what they want.

Milf/Mom fetish is not just about age but often more about handing responsibility over to someone else and this can extend to the relationship the porn user has to money too. Pornhub is free. Are the people using Pornhub more passive and less likely to use a webcam website?

Obviously not disregarding those who use both for different things.
Also considering that my only experience of a webcam site as a service user is myfreecams.

 

[JoleneBrody]

I honestly think it has a lot more to do with the role play than the actual age of the performer, which is probably the disconnect between the two.

 

[MFCGod]

Just out of interest I just looked at tags on MFC

The top tags atm are: Sexy, Funny, Young, Natural, Hot, Sweet, Cute

There's only 45 models on with "Milf" which is pretty low down the list

It seems like the models on cam don't believe that's what the majority of people are looking for

 

[Gen]

I think MFC models in general cater to a very vanilla, widespread audience. Cute young bouncy girls like you'd see in a beer commercial or something, haha. The same reason that even if MILF and stepmom are hot in porn, it has less prevalence in mainstream media than cute young women because it's not as much of an "easy sell". And there's less outright roleplaying on MFC so a sexy older lady might lose the MILF appeal if she's not actively roleplaying that in her room.

I also think the polar ends of MILF and teen being clustered together near the top is because people who watch a lot of porn tend to seek variety so they get bored of seeing the stereotypical porn star every day and start to pursue things that are both further from the mainstream and maybe a bit taboo.

Also MFC is social more than *just* sexual and so that could make a difference, too.

 

[Sevrin]

It's worth remembering that this graph only shows relative popularity. Those terms "milf" or "lesbian" might only represent 3 and 4 percent of total searches respectively. We have no way of knowing, since that data is not provided. They may be more popular than other search terms, but still only represent a small percentage of total searches.

There are other problems with Pornhub's numbers. For instance, when they are breaking down gender and age, they rely solely on self-reporting, which leaves their figures open to error. The fact that increasing numbers of people use VPNs to visit adult sites also allows for distortion of regional preferences.

 

[Bobbie Madison]

I'm guessing the women that are older had already put in the work as a camgirl a while ago because doing research, as I did before going into the sex industry, tells you that if you want to be a porn star, and do it well, you have to pay your dues. That's starting as a solo camgirl, then g/g, then b/g, more exposure then try to shoot for the big names.

So the MILF's, who are their real age and not doing roleplay, probably got tired of camming a few years back and are now just doing videos, referring to Pornhub.

Then there's the girls who want to do camming full time, and nothing else, so they put their all into it. That's the girls you see on the top of any camsite, because they put their all into it, and they paid their dues too. Some even switch to only making clips and make a decent income from that.

It's the sex industry, there's a place for everyone. It's up to you to own it.

 

[VeronicaChaos]

I'm guessing the women that are older had already put in the work as a camgirl a while ago because doing research, as I did before going into the sex industry, tells you that if you want to be a porn star, and do it well, you have to pay your dues. That's starting as a solo camgirl, then g/g, then b/g, more exposure then try to shoot for the big names.

So the MILF's, who are their real age and not doing roleplay, probably got tired of camming a few years back and are now just doing videos, referring to Pornhub.

Then there's the girls who want to do camming full time, and nothing else, so they put their all into it. That's the girls you see on the top of any camsite, because they put their all into it, and they paid their dues too. Some even switch to only making clips and make a decent income from that.

It's the sex industry, there's a place for everyone. It's up to you to own it.

I've been in the industry for 8 years and I've never heard about paying your dues in that way before. Mostly, when people talk about paying your dues, they're referring to building an audience, having more slow periods, etc. I think a lot of people do go in that progression, but not for paying dues; just because it's the logical one. When you're new you don't know other girls to do shows with. It takes a lot of girls time to be comfortable enough to do b/g. Girls get burnt out and move to clips. You see a lot of the opposite, even, where porn stars move to camming. There's not as much money in porn as there was; it's moving to camsites.

I think a more practical reason why you don't see as many older women on MFC is because, as we all know, to be successful on there you have to put EVERYTHING into it. That might be fine for a 25 year old who has lots of energy and hasn't settled down, maybe moved out of their home town and don't have much of a social life outside the internet, but for an older woman who's married, has kids, etc. it becomes less feasible. And I suspect many of the older women on MFC have sacrificed quite a lot to be successful there.

Of course, you always have your career oriented women who don't plan on marrying/having kids/etc. just that the chances of those elements increase with age.

That's also why I think you see more older women on SM. You can cam when you get the chance and make consistent money.

 

[THE MOLLIE MARIE]

Alright I deleted my original post because I thought some more and well, we don't know how many people search for the terms "milf" and "step-mom" on mfc, only the number of times the tags are used. So I don't know what sort of conclusion can be drawn from that.

Studies have told us that women and men value different traits as attractive or desirable. So it makes sense to me that (mostly) female cam performers would describe themselves using tags that do not necessarily perfectly align with those most commonly searched by (mostly) male porn consumers.

Still willing to bet that some of it has to do with the different rules for cam sites vs. clip sites regarding taboo subjects as well. But the former reasoning was much more compelling to me.

 

[Nikola Tesla]

People search PornHub for Overwatch?

 

[Lintilla]

I personally wouldn't assume that Pornhub and MFC have the same audience at all. I would expect Pornhub to have a much wider audience, while MFC would be more specific. And as others have mentioned, MFC is not representative of all cam sites. For me, 50% of the women in the first 4 rows of Streamate right now are 30+. I can't really comment on overall member preferences, since I'm just one person. As a woman who is turning 35 this month, those stats don't surprise me, but that's not saying much. Despite not being any sort of mom IRL, I'm in that age range, so I'd get more of those requests than someone else. I can definitely say that requests for taboo in general (including step mom, friend's mom, mom, step something else, other relative, wife's friend, friend's wife...) have increased a lot in the last few years.

 

[Violet Dawn]

People search PornHub for Overwatch?

D.va is sexy.