Current Events > Guess Which Part of Texas Is Looking For Porn the Most?

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https://www.mysanantonio.com/news/local/article/pornhub-alternatives-19196631.php

So, if the people around you at work, home, or in the streets seem a little more tense and maybe you're that person you can thank Paxton for that, at least in part.

But one thing the whole debacle has provided a reminder of is just how horny the Lone Star State is. The amount of search traffic related to these sites going incognito and for virtual private network (VPN) services to circumvent the bans has been awe inspiring.

Looking at Google's search traffic after Pornhub's block went into effect provided a chuckle when the notoriously religious and conservative East Texas ranked top in Texas for searches of "how to access Pornhub."

But the topic deserves a deeper dive, so let's look at what parts of Texas are hardest hit by the bans. And to clear the air, there's no judgement here on these searches from my fellow Texans, just some context of how our state has reacted to the enforcement of a law passed by the conservative majority in the state capitol.

For these thirsty search terms, we'll look at Thursday, March 14, through Friday, March 22. That's the time frame from when Pornhub's ban went into effect through the time this story was written. Google's data may get updates over time.

One of the top searches for that time period up 3,500% was "how to watch porn in Texas?" Lubbock scored highest and the East Texas region of Tyler-Longview and Lufkin Nacogdoches searched for the term second most. Corpus Christ came third, followed by the region encompassing Waco, Temple, and Bryan at No. 4. The top five was rounded out by Austin and San Antonio finished No. 7.

The top search term for VPNs in Texas was "free VPN." The search traffic for this is a close race near the top, but Austin ranked No. 1, followed by Waco, Temple, and Bryan at No. 2; Lubbock at No. 3; DFW at No. 4; and Wichita Falls and Lawton, Oklahoma, at No. 5. San Antonio fell to No. 8 for this search.

Another popular search term is "Pornhub alternatives." Abilene and Sweetwater make an appearance as the area searching the most for this, by a healthy margin. Austin landed spot No. 2; Corpus Christi was No. 3; Amarillo was No. 4; and the East Texas region appears again at No. 5. San Antonio followed closely at No. 6.

Other "breakout" search terms, which means they were up 5,000% or more, include: How to access Pornhub in Texas; VPN; Pornhub VPN; Pornhub access; porn websites; and top porn sites. The list goes on and on with untold numbers of Texans scrambling to find ways to stimulate their visual cortex before they stimulate other things.

The law causing all this was passed by Texas' conservative House, Senate, and Republican Gov. Greg Abbott and requires sites serving pornography to verify the age of visitors before letting them access the content.

Lubbock is I believe where that rogue Republican Judge presides to give judgements all Americans have to abide by, like banning abortion pills and so on.

Republicans get away with going there to file their judgements because he's the only federal judge in the area, since nobody lives there.

I still think that PH would be wise to just encourage their users to just vote Republicans out. Porn has a larger control over things than people realize. Porn adopting VHS or DVD or Blu Ray had a bigger effect on media than anything else, same goes for streaming porn, which was around before shit like Netflix. VR is also more of a thing because of porn. Porn is also taking over AI generation and I wouldn't be surprised in the future, sex robots. Where porn goes, the rest of the country does.

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texas = houston (aka west louisiana)
dallas = tornado alley
san antonio = the alamo is there
austin = fields for music festivals
rest of the state = WARNING 200 miles until next gas station

This is what Texas voted for, it's what they wanted.

mystic_belmont posted...

This is what Texas voted for, it's what they wanted.

-OR- the state's legislation is horribly gerrymandered and if you just put things to a popular vote this wouldnt happen

mystic_belmont posted...

This is what Texas voted for, it's what they wanted.

Not everyone in red states are conservatives. Of course those who do vote Republican can't complain.

Robot2600 posted...

-OR- the state's legislation is horribly gerrymandered and if you just put things to a popular vote this wouldnt happen

Gerrymandering only works when people are on your side.

You can't gerrymander 0% support into 100% support.

Clearly Texans support these people.

ClayGuida posted...

You can't gerrymander 0% support into 100% support.

Trump beat Hillary in Wisconsin by less than 1% in 2016 and lost to Biden in 2020, yet Republicans hold two-thirds of the state legislature. Gerrymandering very much impacts the makeup of a state house and senate.

Robot2600 posted...

-OR- the state's legislation is horribly gerrymandered and if you just put things to a popular vote this wouldnt happen

OR you educate the people so gerrymandering doesn't work. In other places it's getting harder and harder for Republicans to gerrymander districts because people with more schooling move into poorer areas. It's why the new scheme is to cut funding to education and put far-right Republicans in charge of school boards.

mystic_belmont posted...

This is what Texas voted for, it's what they wanted.

2 million mail in ballots were thrown out in 2020 by paxton and his minions otherwise trump loses texas they said so themselves voting doesnt work here

Texas lawmakers solution:
Ban google

ClayGuida posted...

Gerrymandering only works when people are on your side.

You can't gerrymander 0% support into 100% support.

Clearly Texans support these people.

Do you think 100% of Texans support shit like this? Everyone seems to think that Texas is just a field of dirt with cowboys and racists everywhere, and its simply not true.

Im from houston which is literally one of the largest cities in the country, and very blue. Texas leadership is incredibly corrupt and actively attempts to disenfranchise blue voters.

I just don't think it's that crazy to have to verify that you are at least 18 to access 18+ material.

darkace77450 posted...

Trump beat Hillary in Wisconsin by less than 1% in 2016 and lost to Biden in 2020, yet Republicans hold two-thirds of the state legislature. Gerrymandering very much impacts the makeup of a state house and senate.

Yes, but Trump and Republicans still need support.

I'm not saying Gerrymandering can't do this or that, other than it flat out can't turn 0 support into 100% support.

What I'm saying is that there's clearly people in Texas supporting these turds. Gerrymandering has little effect on state wide elections, yet Ken Paxton is still in office. Dan Patrick is still in office. John Cornyn is still in office. Greg Abbott is still in office. Ted Cruz is still in office.

The list goes on. Texans love these people. The people that don't love these people either step up and stop these people from getting elected and then enacting draconian laws, or move somewhere else.

Bitching and moaning about gerrymandering doesn't explain state wide elections continually favoring Republicans. If these men are constantly enacting unpopular laws, surely they'd be voted out. Right?

Republicans, especially the voters, are even more hypocritical than the people they want to represent them factually proven over and over again.

They have to wait until it effects them before they think maybe I should not vote for this....

Probably people from San Antonio because of the big ole women there

X8Azazel8X posted...

Republicans, especially the voters, are even more hypocritical than the people they want to represent them factually proven over and over again.

They have to wait until it effects them before they think maybe I should not vote for this....

They're the reason why stories like this often happen: https://www.reddit.com/r/LeopardsAteMyFace/comments/1blc6k9/probirth_texas_woman_denied_an_abortion_for_her/

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Very Catholic, a border city so there's a lot of multiculturalism with Mexican culture and language. It's been voted safest city for its size multiple times even during years when Juarez was like most dangerous in the world. Votes blue, however there are quite a few red voters as well.

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Nah, it's not. It's porn. That's got an age requirement. It's not new, it's just riling up the addicts that need the intervention anyways.

Jerry_Hellyeah posted...

Nah, it's not. It's porn. That's got an age requirement. It's not new, it's just riling up the addicts that need the intervention anyways.

When it gets to the point where you need to upload your ID to porn sites to use them, thats too far.

Now porn sites are just straight up unable to be used because the sites themselves want no part of it. You thinking anyone who watches porn needs an intervention doesnt change that this is overreach.

always the chuds that live on there knees to fascists

ssb_yunglink2 posted...

When it gets to the point where you need to upload your ID to porn sites to use them, thats too far.

Now porn sites are just straight up unable to be used because the sites themselves want no part of it. You thinking anyone who watches porn needs an intervention doesnt change that this is overreach.

I didn't say anybody who watches porn is an addict, but you're already on your hyperbole so pop off I guess.

And no, actually IDing for something 18+ just isn't overreach, and I'm not too concerned about the opinions and wellbeing of companies that profit off of providing pornography to minors.

Not a noble cause.

Jerry_Hellyeah posted...

I didn't say anybody who watches porn is an addict, but you're already on your hyperbole so pop off I guess.

And no, actually IDing for something 18+ just isn't overreach, and I'm not too concerned about the opinions and wellbeing of companies that profit off of providing pornography to minors.

Not a noble cause.

Im not comfortable with having my literal ID being held by online companies I know nothing about. Also lmao if you think porn sites are the only thing that will be affected if this is allowed to continue

ssb_yunglink2 posted...

Im not comfortable with having my literal ID being held by online companies I know nothing about. Also lmao if you think porn sites are the only thing that will be affected if this is allowed to continue

Oh the classic slippery slope nonsense where you don't give one fuckin example, go home with that.

There were cries of tyranny when some sites moved away from videos that had no verification on young looking amateur videos, so I'm not worried about a little posturing.

Jerry_Hellyeah posted...

Oh the classic slippery slope nonsense where you don't give one fuckin example, go home with that.

There were cries of tyranny when some sites moved away from videos that had no verification on young looking amateur videos, so I'm not worried about a little posturing.

Ok. Im glad youre perfectly okay with the government literally stomping on you and finding new ways to invade your privacy.

Jerry_Hellyeah posted...

I just don't think it's that crazy to have to verify that you are at least 18 to access 18+ material.

And I think you are full of shit and posting in bad faith.

I was gonna guess Austin since it's like the weird porn capital of America.

Banning pornography is unconstitutional

ssb_yunglink2 posted...

Ok. Im glad youre perfectly okay with the government literally stomping on you and finding new ways to invade your privacy.

You've never met a Republican before have you?

A lot of them would shove their own hands into rusty sawblades if they were told it would own the libs.

never even thought about this but this whole scheme seems to fit that the gop has a stake in the verification system and it is just another money grab by them

KingInBlack posted...

OR you educate the people so gerrymandering doesn't work. In other places it's getting harder and harder for Republicans to gerrymander districts because people with more schooling move into poorer areas. It's why the new scheme is to cut funding to education and put far-right Republicans in charge of school boards.

see this is the typical problem: the solution is...(whatever the republicans are doing their very to prevent).

Name pretty much any issue we are trying to deal with, and whatever the sensical solution is (and I'm not suggesting that the mainstream democratic solution is always the most sensical either, necessarily), the republicans are trying to prevent from happening.

healthcare, voting right, gun control, gerrymandering, education, etc. - the republicans WANT things to not work. then they blame the democrats. It's basically their entire strategy for staying in/holding on to power. And it works very effectively, sadly

Dakimakura posted...

Banning pornography is unconstitutional

no one is banning porn, the porn sites are banning users.

only because they dont want to have to ask you to upload an id card or drivers license that shit is so dangerous as sites get hacked all the time

ClayGuida posted...

Lubbock is I believe where that rogue Republican Judge presides to give judgements all Americans have to abide by, like banning abortion pills and so on.

Republicans get away with going there to file their judgements because he's the only federal judge in the area, since nobody lives there.

I still think that PH would be wise to just encourage their users to just vote Republicans out. Porn has a larger control over things than people realize. Porn adopting VHS or DVD or Blu Ray had a bigger effect on media than anything else, same goes for streaming porn, which was around before shit like Netflix. VR is also more of a thing because of porn. Porn is also taking over AI generation and I wouldn't be surprised in the future, sex robots. Where porn goes, the rest of the country does.

political propaganda laced pornography seems like the next logical step in CE aka 1984

i will now grab my coffee and exit this realm for today until next time friends

ssb_yunglink2 posted...

Ok. Im glad youre perfectly okay with the government literally stomping on you and finding new ways to invade your privacy.

Not stomping on me by asking for age verification for 18+ stuff. Not stomping on me one little bit on this one.

UnfairRepresent posted...

You've never met a Republican before have you?

A lot of them would shove their own hands into rusty sawblades if they were told it would own the libs.

Not a republican for thinking minors having access to porn is bad. I don't think youre a monster for supporting it so don't try this angle bud.

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You fucking liar XD I flame that shit all day. Find ONE SINGLE POST in the decade I've been posting here.

Funny you'd mention addiction as you lie to yourself and others.

ClayGuida posted...

Lubbock is I believe where that rogue Republican Judge presides to give judgements all Americans have to abide by, like banning abortion pills and so on.

Republicans get away with going there to file their judgements because he's the only federal judge in the area, since nobody lives there.

They actually just passed a regulation to make that more difficult, if not impossible.

https://www.uscourts.gov/news/2024/03/12/conference-acts-promote-random-case-assignment

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the projection from that dude is fucking crazy lmao

A "super hot" mess of an argument.

the problem with this law is that too many people are going to break it. workarounds will pop up to service this illicit demand, until they are forced out of business, and another 3 rise to replace it. and after awhile, if you are serious about stopping the practice, you have to target the user.

that can be done too, with age limits, but cmon. i was 18 (or 17 or 15 lol) in a 21 alcohol state, and i had alcohol whenever i wanted it. i know, that was against the law.

so the real reason is it can't work, and when you try to make it work, selective enforcement will pick up the wrong peoples' kids, and there'll be a mess that everyone was happier when they could just avoid it

His username should be called Jerry_Imax with all that projection.

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It apparently ranked highest porn consumption in America once over 10 years ago