Who Owns Pornhub
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Pornhub is one of the world’s most visited adult content websites and home to plenty of explicit material. But who owns the pornography giant?
Pornhub is owned by MindGeek, a Montreal-based company that is one of the largest providers of online pornography. MindGeek was founded in 2004 by two German entrepreneurs, Stephane Manos and Ouissam Youssef.
The company is privately-held and its financials are largely opaque, but it reportedly generated close to $250 million in sales in 2017. Its massive library includes some of the most popular porn sites, such as Redtube, Brazzers, Tube8, PornMD and its own Pornhub.
The company has been criticized for its mission “of providing a safe and ethical environment for the distribution and monetization of adult entertainment,” since its main revenue source is ad-based revenue, something that has been criticized in the past as exploitative.
Ultimately, the ownership of the site will likely continue to remain a mystery, with the behind-the-scenes ownership remaining confidential. What is clear is that MindGeek is in control of the industry, providing some of the biggest websites in adult entertainment. The only certainty is that Pornhub will continue to be one of the world’s most popular destinations for adult content for years to come.