To masturbate or watch the talk?
Traffic on Pornhub plummeted Tuesday night as former President Donald Trump faced off against Vice President Kamala Harris during their first — and possibly only —presidential debate.
Many amorous Americans traded porn for politics, with the highly-anticipated showdown drawing in a whopping 67 million viewers across 17 networks, including ABC, NBC, CBS, MSNBC, Fox and CNN.
Streaming on Pornhub was down 14.8% on average across the country through the debate, dipping in each of the 50 states.
Some battleground states, nonetheless, saw much more dramatic drops.
Visits to the X-rated website tumbled 22.6% in Wisconsin and 18.2% in Pennsylvania, that are shaping as much as be must-win states for the candidates.
Timestamps provided by Pornhub show streaming was at above-average levels before the talk kicked off at 9 p.m.
Nonetheless, viewership dipped as soon as Trump and Harris took to the stage.
By 9.36 p.m., because the two candidates traded barbs on immigration, Americans appeared captivated. Traffic was down 23.5% nationwide.
Nonetheless, some pent-up viewers didn’t have the stamina to take a seat through the whole event, with Pornhub traffic picking up again after the primary business break at 10:06 p.m.
“It seems people had heard enough from the candidates and as an alternative selected to alleviate themselves of the stress,” the corporate cheekily quipped in a press release provided to The Post.
To masturbate or watch the talk?
Traffic on Pornhub plummeted Tuesday night as former President Donald Trump faced off against Vice President Kamala Harris during their first — and possibly only —presidential debate.
Many amorous Americans traded porn for politics, with the highly-anticipated showdown drawing in a whopping 67 million viewers across 17 networks, including ABC, NBC, CBS, MSNBC, Fox and CNN.
Streaming on Pornhub was down 14.8% on average across the country through the debate, dipping in each of the 50 states.
Some battleground states, nonetheless, saw much more dramatic drops.
Visits to the X-rated website tumbled 22.6% in Wisconsin and 18.2% in Pennsylvania, that are shaping as much as be must-win states for the candidates.
Timestamps provided by Pornhub show streaming was at above-average levels before the talk kicked off at 9 p.m.
Nonetheless, viewership dipped as soon as Trump and Harris took to the stage.
By 9.36 p.m., because the two candidates traded barbs on immigration, Americans appeared captivated. Traffic was down 23.5% nationwide.
Nonetheless, some pent-up viewers didn’t have the stamina to take a seat through the whole event, with Pornhub traffic picking up again after the primary business break at 10:06 p.m.
“It seems people had heard enough from the candidates and as an alternative selected to alleviate themselves of the stress,” the corporate cheekily quipped in a press release provided to The Post.
