Feb 19, 2018
The thrills and spills of the Winter Olympics have got people excited in more ways than one. Inspired by the action on the slopes and ice rinks of South Korea, people are turning to certain websites to get some, erm, action of their own. Father and daughter swept away and killed by avalanche in French Alps We’re talking, of course, about porn. It turns out that the influx of athletes and spectators to the Gangwon-do region, where the Games are being held, has led to a huge spike of traffic to PornHub in the area. The porn site said its traffic reached a peak of 85% higher than normal levels on February 12 – a few days into the Winter Olympics. Several phrases have risen to stratospheric levels (Picture: Pornhub Insights) Olympics searches were minimal up until last week (Picture: Pornhub Insights) Determined porn fans are finding ways to log on in South Korea (Picture: Pornhub Insights) Korean porn has also become much more popular (Picture: Pornhub Insights) That’s made all the more impressive by the fact that porn websites are banned in South Korea. So you’ve got to hand it to people who are so dedicated to porn that they’ve managed to log on regardless. The Games in Pyeonchang are also influencing the way people watch porn, according to PornHub.
