Pornhub's site traffic surged after YouTube went down

Get the Full StoryIn one of those strange twists of fate, online adult video site Pornhub saw a surge in traffic during Tuesday night's YouTube outage, perhaps answering the riddle of what America watches when they can't access old wrestling videos or Beyonc clips.

According to data released by Pornhub, the site saw a wave of additional traffic late Tuesday evening. Traffic surged to 12 percent above normal at around 9 p.m. ET, when the outage was widely reported, climaxing with a 21 percent increase over normal traffic around 10 p.m. ET.

Traffic dropped precipitously once YouTube's service was restored, dropping to slightly below average numbers around midnight while the world watched videos of squirrels water skiing or dogs skateboarding to remind themselves that, yes, we are alive. Read more...More about Youtube, Pornhub, Youtube Outage, Culture, and Sex Relationships

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