Pornhub study reveals 2022 trends and which countries watch the most sex online

What are this year's top porn trends? 

Which country watched the most porn in 2022? 

And who put porn aside during the World Cup?

Adult website Pornhub has the answers to all your questions. 

They have published their 9th Year in Review, an extensive breakdown of all things pornographic in which their intrepid statisticians reveal the past year’s porn viewership, as well as the hottest trends and terms during the year of our Lord 2022.

According to their press release, their Insights team and Pornhub’s statisticians sift through data “from billions of visits to see what content defined the year.”

They also go on to state that Pornhub’s top searches are "often influenced by pop culture and other worldwide events, and many of these terms define 2022 not just on Pornhub but in mainstream media as well."

So, clutch your pearls and marvel at their very insightful and colourful infographics – here are the key takeaways from 2022. And stay to the very end to see which fictional characters come up top and which countries prefer porn to football... 

According to Pornhub’s findings, topping this year’s trends is Reality porn.

“The Reality category grew by +169% to become one of the Top 20 categories, while popularity of the Amateur category has dropped slightly by –19%. Our statisticians theorize that as more amateur models have become full-time performers, the quality of their videos has improved, but visitors are still seeking a real homemade porn experience.”

Comparatively, the Transgender category grew by +75% to become the 7th most popular category worldwide. 

Close behind these two categories are ‘Group sex’, ‘Outdoors’, ‘Positions’, ‘Feet’ and ‘Femdom’.

Pornhub’s #1 worldwide search in 2022 remained “hentai”, followed very closely by