Once in a while, there is an occurrence that seems very difficult to explain or analyze by mere science. It is not even a natural one, to say the least.
One example is the recent move of users of Pornhub to momentarily abandon streaming porn on the site to watch the US presidential debate between Democrats bet Hillary Clinton and the Republican nominee Donald J. Trump.
According to Pornhub, traffic at the internet’s leading adult site dropped by as much as 16% as Clinton and Trump squared off for their first face-to-face free-for-all debate, reports the New York Daily News.
The website’s traffic fell by 16% as of 9pm of September 26 or about the time when the televised presidential debate kicked off on national and global television held at Hofstra University.
But as the debate was drawing to a close, traffic to Pornhub has resumed to normal, indicating that a good number of Americans abandoned watching porn just to see what the next president of their country has to say on various national issues.
The adult site also saw traffic from New Hampshire, Massachusetts, and the District of Columbia to drop the most, with a significant 21% decline for each location.
On the other, hand Pornhub traffic from Mississippi, Alaska, and Hawaii, changed the least with just a 4% drop.
But the US presidential debate between Clinton and Trump was the most-watched in the history of the country, drawing an estimated 84 million viewers in the US alone.
Skipping out on a personal activity
Pornhub analysts cannot believe what happened but it did say that some American voters were so invested in the election that they apparently skipped out on a personal activity to get engage in the political process.
The analysts said that they just left Pornhub.com to watch the US presidential debate, details Attn.
The adult site showed some very enlightening information about its visits during debate night. Traffic to the site dropped sharply as the debate started and then returned to normal right afterward.
Across the United States, visits to Pornhub fell as much as 16 percent compared to an average Monday in at such time period. Traffic was down slightly below average in the hours leading up to the debate and then drop sharply at 9pm. By the end of the debate traffic had recovered fully to match normal Monday night levels, the site explained.
Ban in Russia
Many Russians are fans of major porn sites Pornhub and YouPorn but they all hit a brick wall early last month when they no longer can access the two sites.
Apparently, Russia has come to a decision to ban the two major porn sites as part of the crackdown on internet pornography by the country’s media watchdog.
The porn sites’ Russian users were disappointed that they were blocked on the decision of public authorities and took to social media to express their disappointment and outrage over the curtailment of their freedom.
In deciding to impose the ban, the Russian government also told the users of Pornhub and YouPorn to just meet someone in real life instead of fantasizing about someone they only see on their PCs, laptops, or mobile devices.
Pornhub and YouPorn are two of the biggest porn sites in the world and reports have it that the ban shall be sweeping since it shall involve several more sites in the future. Last year, the Russian government also banned 11 popular porn sites in the country.
The decision of the Russian government to ban porn sites came from two separate court rulings which determined that the websites are spreading pornography, contrary to Russian laws against the production, dissemination, and advertisement of pornographic materials and objects.
Pornhub responded to the issue on social media with witty, albeit sarcastic remarks. But the Russian government agency Roskomnadzor replied with sarcasm of its own.