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Pornhub saw a 22.4% increase in Linux traffic over 2025 (www.pornhub.com)

submitted 4 months ago* (last edited 4 months ago) by Kalcifer@sh.itjust.works to c/linux@programming.dev

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EDIT (2025-12-19T09:08Z): Whoops! I totally didn't see that this had already been posted to this community ^[2]^. I didn't mean to repost it. My bad!

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Type: Image. Title: "Traffic by Operating System". Publisher: ["Pornhub">"2025 YEAR IN REVIEW"]. Published: 2025-12-03. Accessed: 2025-12-16T23:00Z. URI: https://www.pornhub.com/insights/2025-year-in-review.
- Location: §"Traffic by Operating System".
Type: Post. Title: "Linux traffic has grown 22.4% in PH this year". Author: "maam" ("@maam@feddit.uk"). Publisher: ["sh.itjust.works">"Linux" ("!linux@programming.dev")]. Published: 2025-12-09T1;31:57Z. Accessed: 2025-12-19T09:10Z. URI: https://sh.itjust.works/post/51299445.

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[-] snooting@wetshav.ing 121 points 4 months ago

Is this how the world finds out that it’s finally the year of the Linux desktop?

[-] bigfondue@lemmy.world 76 points 4 months ago

We've got the gooners, we've won!!!

[-] towerful@programming.dev 24 points 4 months ago

Something about porn leading the way, something about DVDs winning, something about VHS winning.

All of that doesn't matter.
Because Linux desktop (in my experience, KDE Plasma and Wayland) along with distros that do sensible things (I use EndeavourOS btw) are just SO much better that Windows.
I only boot windows for software I have to run windows with fullscreen or GPU based software that doesn't exist on linux

[-] boredsquirrel@slrpnk.net 10 points 4 months ago

KDE Rocks

Go install it on old laptops, let people see and donate

[-] towerful@programming.dev 9 points 4 months ago

Wtf is GNU/Linux? You mean SystemD/KDE?

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[-] A_norny_mousse@feddit.org 2 points 4 months ago

You think they're pleasuring themselves at their desktops?

[-] MotoAsh@piefed.social 4 points 4 months ago

You aren't?

[-] A_norny_mousse@feddit.org 2 points 4 months ago

tbf I was being facetious. Something something ThinkPad

[-] HakunaHafada@lemmy.dbzer0.com 1 points 4 months ago

More like WankPad, amirite?

[-] AstaKask@lemmy.cafe 1 points 4 months ago

Main Beat-off Station

[-] Sims@lemmy.ml 32 points 4 months ago

Yeah, I lost my girlfriend, so .. no judging please !

[-] orbituary@lemmy.dbzer0.com 40 points 4 months ago

Did you look at the last place you saw her?

[-] Makeitstop@lemmy.world 28 points 4 months ago

That's what he's doing.

[-] Gullible@sh.itjust.works 10 points 4 months ago* (last edited 4 months ago)

No, the Waffle House bathrooms are closed for cleaning

[-] SapphironZA@sh.itjust.works 3 points 4 months ago

You can use CTRL+R to search you command history. Much faster thst hitting the up arrow. I am sure she will turn up.

[-] SPRUNT@lemmy.world 26 points 4 months ago

The Steam Deck can run a browser, right?

[-] DmMacniel@feddit.org 4 points 4 months ago

Of course, why?

[-] TacoSocks@infosec.pub 13 points 4 months ago

He implying people are using the steam deck to wank.

[-] olympicyes@lemmy.world 2 points 4 months ago

They used to include Nintendo 3DS on the survey results. I can only think of one kind of PH user that would prefer Steam deck.

[-] Lucidlethargy@sh.itjust.works 25 points 4 months ago

THIS IS THE YEAR OF LINUX DESKTOP.

[-] horn_e4_beaver@discuss.tchncs.de 2 points 4 months ago

This is the dawning of the age of aquarius

[-] Iheartcheese@lemmy.world 15 points 4 months ago

How much of that was furry porn?

[-] ShaggySnacks@lemmy.myserv.one 7 points 4 months ago

All of it.

[-] protogen420@lemmy.blahaj.zone 2 points 4 months ago

gay furry porn

[-] cm0002@programming.dev 13 points 4 months ago

Sorry guys, it was just me

/Jk

[-] shalafi@lemmy.world 5 points 4 months ago

Yeah, from my Debian VPN.

[-] pivot_root@lemmy.world 12 points 4 months ago

It doesn't work like that. They use the self-reported user agent from the web browser that is requesting the page.

[-] horn_e4_beaver@discuss.tchncs.de 4 points 4 months ago

How else do we get the data to train our Language and Vision models?

[-] AwesomeLowlander@sh.itjust.works 4 points 4 months ago

22.4% of 5% base, so in actuality a 1% increase. While the title is technically accurate, it's very misleading.

[-] DupaCycki@lemmy.world 26 points 4 months ago

It's not at all misleading. That's how percantages work. It plainly says '+22.4%', which is fully factual and accurate. Your 'actual 1% increase' is a false statement. It's a 1 percentage point increase, which is completely separate from the regular percantage.

[-] FishFace@piefed.social 13 points 4 months ago

A percentage increase is a relative increase. The thing you're thinking of would be described as "percentage points".

It's somewhat misleading to talk about a large percentage increase on a small base, though.

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[-] Kalcifer@sh.itjust.works 10 points 4 months ago* (last edited 4 months ago)

I'm struggling to understand why you think the title is misleading. Could you elaborate on your rationale to help me understand? 🙂

Do you perhaps have an alternative title that you would suggest? Would you be satisfied by something like, for example, "Pornhub saw a 22.4% increase in Linux traffic (from [e.g.] 5% to ~6%) over 2025"?

[-] AwesomeLowlander@sh.itjust.works 3 points 4 months ago

Sure! As is currently written, it gives the first impression (to me, at least) that the traffic share of Linux has jumped from x% to (x+22)%. Now I understand that this is subjective, but I believe that's how many people would read it at first glance as well.

Again, there's nothing technically inaccurate about it, but the 22% number there is imo distracting and tends to lead to misunderstandings. I would personally write it as "Pornhub sees Linux traffic share increase from 5% to 6% (22.4% increase) over 2025"

[-] dakoriki@sopuli.xyz 9 points 4 months ago

Well it is an increase of 22,4 percent but at the same time an increase of 1 percentage point. So both are correct. But as we know bigger number more better so thats what we got

[-] olafurp@lemmy.world 1 points 4 months ago

Nah mate, it's very much exactly what it says. A ambiguous statement would be "Share of Linux devices on pornhub grew by 22.5%" which could be either in relative or absolute terms. Traffic increase is pretty much number of requests made from a Linux machine grew by 22.5%.

[-] Willy@sh.itjust.works 4 points 4 months ago

cool and all but what % of people watch porn on their “big screen”? hard for me to remember that last time I wanked it at a desktop. shit, it might have been at work which would require windows.

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[-] Eh_I@lemmy.world 3 points 4 months ago

Weird tug of war

[-] Deconceptualist@leminal.space 3 points 4 months ago

Sorry everyone, that was me.

Wait no, it was Sims, he already fessed up. Yep totally him and not me.

[-] Onomatopoeia@lemmy.cafe 2 points 4 months ago

Lots of pirating going on...

[-] boredsquirrel@slrpnk.net 2 points 4 months ago

Probably some data hoarders scraping that shit

[-] Tollana1234567@lemmy.today 2 points 4 months ago

sounds likely, since alot of PH thats been sanatized ends up on non-PH sites.

[-] DmMacniel@feddit.org 2 points 4 months ago

Would they identify as Linux though and not simply as Windows?

[-] Damage@feddit.it 2 points 4 months ago

Depends on the default use agent for yt-dlp I guess

[-] boredsquirrel@slrpnk.net 1 points 4 months ago

Also sometimes websites have a fallback for systems with weaker DRM

[-] Phegan@lemmy.world 1 points 4 months ago

It's the year of the Linux desktop, baby. Been waiting 40 years for it. And will be waiting 40 more

[-] p000l@lemmy.world 1 points 4 months ago

Coomers! Assemble!

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