- Figures from providers Pornhub and xHamster show more women using porn
- Search term ‘porn for women’ showed massive increase in the past year
- Globally, porn use by South African and Saudi Arabian women increased most
More women are watching porn with demand for material by female users increasing more than 350 per cent, figures from providers show.
According to Pornhub’s 2017 report, 28.5 billion people visited the site last year and the number one search was ‘Porn for Women’.
That search term saw 359 percent growth among female users between 2016 and 2017 and among overall users, the phrase saw a 1,400 percent increase in searches year over year, Mashable reported.
Both Pornhub and xHamster have reported a big increase in porn use by women
xHamster’s report shows the global trend in porn use by women with South African showing biggest increase and China the largest fall
Meanwhile rival provider, xHamster has produced a year-end report and projection for 2018.
It shows that the site saw a 2.4 percent increase in women viewers across the globe.
In terms of individual countries, the site recorded the biggest gains in South Africa, where female users grew by 23 percent while in China and Saudi Arabia, which increased 11 per cent.
But xHamster saw a 28 percent decrease in women users from China.
Women represent 26 percent of xHamster’s total users with ‘daddy’ the top search among US, with ‘mom’ the top search term for women globally.
The site says that the share of women viewers on porn sites has increased steadily in the last few years.
Earlier this year, figures from Pornhub, showed that women are far more likely to look at online porn using their phone than men are, it has been revealed.
Pornhub found that 71 percent of its female users visit the portal using a smartphone and are 16 percent more likely to reach for the device than men.
The research shows that 80 percent of women who visit the site opt to use a smartphone or table, compared to 69 percent of their male counterparts.