I can't even begin to describe how much I love data like this (and like the data from Match.com posted earlier this week). Academic research is obviously the gold standard when it comes to the sciences, but data collected through websites that have millions of users is also highly informative, despite it's typical lack of scientific rigour.
PornMD is a worldwide porn search engine that searches content across many very popular porn websites (SpankWire, YouPorn, XTube, etc.). As you can probably imagine, millions of searches have been conducted through the site, and someone wise has been collecting all the data from those searches. PornMD recently released some of that data. They've tallied the most frequent searches by region (within the US and across the world), and created infographics to display their findings. Check them all out here.
Some of the more interesting findings:
- MILFs (Mothers I'd Like to Fuck - in other words, women aged ~30+) are now more popular in the states than teens (and in many other countries, too)
- Asians top the list in Canada
- Ebony (African American) tops the list in Mississippi, Louisiana and Arkansas
- despite claims by Ahmadinejad, the president of Iran, that there are no homosexuals in Iran, 5 of the top 10 most frequent searches in Iran are for gay content