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The number of people in the UK and Ireland watching VR porn grew 250 per cent over the past 12 months, according to figures from Pornhub.

The porn site said virtual reality has been one of the fastest growing categories of videos on its platform since its launch in the Spring of 2016 when Pornhub’s VR content included just 30 videos.


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Now, hundreds of new VR videos are uploaded each month, bringing the total to more than 2,600 videos by May of 2017.

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This rise has been attributed to the increase in accessibility of VR headsets, resulting in VR porn videos now being watched 500,000 times each day.


Compared to other categories, Pornhub said VR porn visitors typically watch two more videos each time they visit the site (11 pages per visit compared to the average nine), while their time on site remains about the same at just under 10 minutes.

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Men are 160 per cent more likely to watch VR content than women, and the 25- to 34-year-old age group is 47 per cent more likely to watch compared to all other age groups. When looking for virtual reality videos, visitors are most likely to search for “VR”, followed by “360 VR” and “360 Degree”.

Immediately after launching, views of VR videos began to average around 200,000 per day. This increased throughout autumn and then tripled on Christmas Day VR. After the New Year, average daily views remained much higher than the pre-Christmas levels at around half a million per day.


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Compared to other countries, VR remains proportionately more popular in countries such as Thailand, Hong Kong, the Philippines and Taiwan, although the highest of growth was across Great Britain. Pornhub did not reveal what the starting point was for the 250 per cent increase and WIRED has contacted the site for more information.

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