If there were a gold medal for porn consumption, California would be taking the podium—and not just for production. A new report from Kalon ranks the Golden State first in the U.S. for porn engagement, with more searches, more viewing time, and a taste for animated porn that’s well above the national average.
It wasn’t just clicks that they analyzed. Kalon’s researchers pulled data from the Google Keyword Planner and Pornhub’s 2024 U.S. insights report, tracking four things: overall porn searches, genre-specific searches, curiosity-driven terms, and average time spent watching. They weighted the numbers per capita, then matched each state with its most popular category.
Texas landed in third, Georgia in fourth, and Washington in fifth. Washington is an odd case—it topped the country for