Come again?
Pornhub traffic plummeted in the Big Apple on Tuesday night as nervous New Yorkers watched the election count come in, new data from the website reveals.
Visits to the X-rated site were down a staggering 41% at 10 p.m., around the time Mayor-elect Zohran Mamdani took to the stage to make his victory speech.
Given Mamdani’s popularity in certain Brooklyn neighborhoods known as “the commie corridor,” it’s no surprise the traffic drop was most pronounced in that borough, down 35% on average for the entire evening (6 p.m. to 12 a.m.).
Voters in Staten Island appeared to be the least invested in the election outcome, with that borough seeing the smallest drop in traffic, down just 15% in the same time period.
Meanwhile, young voters were more likely to swap porn for politics on Tuesday, with viewership dropping most acutely among those aged between 18 and 35.
Meanwhile, the dirty data shows significant differences between the sexes in their viewing habits on election night.
Men weren’t feeling so randy after the results came in: at 2 a.m. on Wednesday traffic among New York City males was still down 27%.
In comparison, women had largely resumed their regular viewing habits, with traffic just 3% below average for the fairer sex.
New Yorkers who were perusing Pornhub on Tuesday didn’t appear particularly interested in politics, with no large spike in any searches related to the election.
Instead, Big Apple residents were interested in “big butts” — with that search term seeing the biggest surge of the day.
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