Netflix's Big Mouth Is Extremely Popular In Porn Searches
Considering how quickly Netflix put in a renewal order for Big Mouth Season 2 after its initial episodes had premiered, the animated show was clearly a popular choice among streaming audiences. Less intuitive, however, is the connection between Big Mouth's popularity with Netflix and the comedy's popularity with the adult entertainment juggernaut Pornhub. Let it be known, though, that Season 2's debut inspired a ton of porn-related Big Mouth searches.
Big Mouth was not completely absent from Pornhub's search traffic ahead of Season 2's premiere on October 5th, to be sure, but it might as well have been. Attention skyrocketed that weekend, and the website reported a 14,937% increase in Big Mouth searches over the previous average to date. That peak day came on Monday, October 8, when searches for "big mouth cartoon" equalled those for "cartoon," which is regularly one of Pornhub's Top 20 search terms.
As you can see in the Pornhub graph below, Big Mouth didn't cause a complete reversal of pornography standards by garnering billions of search hits. But it did inspire more people than expected to hit up the Internet in search of Big Mouth parodies or other inspired videos.
Pornhub's search traffic for Big Mouth has not gone away yet, even if there aren't any many people specifically seeking it out. Just as Netflix's original series continue to attract new viewers in the weeks and months after releases, viewers' fantasy trains continue to be fueled by whatever new media they discover. Big Mouth, for what it's worth, is at least heavily invested in sex and romance and awkward feelings. (Best not to think about the characters being underage, though.)
Just in case anyone thought that Pornhub may just be confused by people who are merely searching for porn videos about people who have large, cavernous maws, that's not the case. Here's a list of the most common search terms that were recognized and counted up.
In the end, I'm quite intrigued by the fact that the Monday had the largest Big Mouth search rush, rather than one of the weekend days. Perhaps everyone felt the need to binge Season 2 in its entirety before seeking out XXX content. It's gotta be the worst whenever a beloved show gets a plotline spoiled by its porn parody.
With all of the data that Pornhub has about the various areas of pop culture that people aim to explore on its site, it's only a matter of time before Pornhub Original Series are as ubiquitous as Netflix productions.
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Big Mouth Season 1 and 2 are currently available to stream on Netflix, while you'll have to do your own research about what Pornhub has to offer fans. While waiting to see if Season 3 will happen or not, head to our fall TV premiere schedule to learn what is definitely on the way.
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