The San Diego Comic-Con took place from July 20th to 23rd 2017. What began as a small gathering of 145 comic fans in 1970, has grown exponentially to become one of the world’s largest pop-culture expositions including comics, movies, horror, anime, collectibles and video games. It now attracts nearly 150,000 visitors annually to the San Diego area. Our friends at Gizmodo checked in to see if Comic Con and it’s visitors had any effect on Pornhub’s searches.
While people were visiting the San Diego area, we found that searches containing “comic con” increased 2767% over the 4 days, when compared to normal search levels leading up to the convention.
Other searches that increased in San Diego during the convention include “anime big tits” which grew by 382%, “cosplay” up 166%, superhero up 137% and “gamer girl” up 81%.
Porn parodies are a popular genre on Pornhub and related searches often increase in popularity when new movies or games are released. To learn more, take a look at our other Insights posts including Super Hero Porn, Star Wars Searches and Overwatch.