Game Consoles
PlayStation's share of console traffic dropped by 3% in 2018 while the Xbox share grew by 4%. That wasn't enough to unseat PlayStation as the top choice for playing with oneself, as it still made up 54.4% of all console traffic.
Nintendo's 3DS traffic was reduced by nearly half to a measly 0.7%, while the PlayStation Vita grew by 50% to a total of 7.3% of the overall shares.
Should Nintendo decide to unlock the Switch's hidden web browsing function, it will be interesting to see how that impacts game console traffic to Pornhub. We'll have to wait for Nintendo and the 2019 Year in Review to see if that happens!
Searches for the hit game 'Fortnite' also defined 2018 as it skyrocketed from obscurity to one of our Top 20 searches of the year. Each time a new Fortnite character was released, searches would increase dramatically. You can check out all of our Top Video Game Character Searches below.
According to Dr Laurie Betito, Director of the Pornhub Sexual Wellness Center, "searches like these serve as an indication that people use this site to not only satisfy sexual urges but also to get a different angle on something they are already interested in. To see a famous character or hot topic in a sexual context."
Fantasy plays a big role in pornography (and indeed in human sexuality), so it's only natural that people will desire seeing sexual scenarios involving the game characters they emotionally connect with. In April when Fortnite's servers crashed, searches for Fortnite increased by as much as 60% over a 24 hour period.
Video Game Characters
There's good reason that Bowsette became one of our top 10 terms that defined 2018, with an incredible 34.6 million searches! (See Bowser and Bowsette Insights for more coverage). Although she was based on fan art and never actually appeared in any games, we nonetheless felt that Bowsette deserved a spot at the top of our game character searches.
Video game Fortnite gave 2017's favorite Overwatch a run for it's money in 2018, but Overwatch characters were still on top when it came to searches. Overwatch's Brigitte was the most searched game character at 4.8 million with a massive surge in searches after the March game update. (See Overwatch Brigitte Insights). Mercy was the second most popular Overwatch character at 3.2 million searches, followed by the Ashe character who only arrived in November but managed 2.6 million views in just over a month. (See Overwatch Ashe Insights).
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