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The ‘Game of Thrones’ season premiere was so popular people stopped watching porn

Traffic to Pornhub was down 4.5 percent during the premiere.

 

Kris Seavers

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Posted on Jul 19, 2017   Updated on May 22, 2021, 11:23 pm CDT

People were so hyped about a new season of Game of Thrones that traffic to Pornhub dipped during the premiere Sunday.

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Traffic to the adult entertainment site was down 4.5 percent during the premiere, according to Pornhub Insights. “That’s a considerable change in visitors as Sunday night is one of the most popular times for people to visit Pornhub,” the insights post says.

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Pornhub tracked traffic changes during season 6 of Game of Thrones as well. During the premiere in April 2016, Pornhub traffic dropped 4.1 percent. The fourth episode had a 4.9 percent drop, and the finale last June resulted in a whopping 5.2 percent drop from average Sunday night viewership.

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The violence and dramatic tension in Sunday night’s episode didn’t deter users from returning to Pornhub in the hours following. Traffic was back to normal 90 minutes after “Dragonstone.”

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*First Published: Jul 19, 2017, 12:58 pm CDT
 

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