Pornhub saw a 22.4% increase in Linux traffic over 2025

10 months ago by Kalcifer to c/linux

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/....
- 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.

snooting 121 points 10 months ago

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

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bigfondue 76 points 10 months ago

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towerful 24 points 10 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

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boredsquirrel 10 points 10 months ago

KDE Rocks

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

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towerful 9 points 10 months ago

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

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Prove_your_argument -1 points 10 months ago

Why do you think Wayland is better than x11?

Mostly asking from a user experience angle. I know Wayland supports some features x11 doesn’t. What I’ve read also makes x11’s code sound like a big mess, but that doesn’t seem to be a problem for usability.

I’ve struggled a bit with getting games to run after moving to pop os 24.04 from 22.04 and I think the problems are Wayland related for much of it, but I haven’t tried other distros to rule out cosmic.

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DrDystopia 2 points 10 months ago

Wayland is a "new" windowing system so not all software support it, or look the same as on X11.

From what I understand, Wayland will support many new features but is under continuous development.

One of the examples of Wayland modernity is that Waydroid allows users to run Android apps but require Wayland to be able to. It's kind of in the name I suppose.

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MalReynolds 2 points 10 months ago

Eh, we could talk about security and the ancientness of X11, but the fact is wayland is where the dev is happening , you may lag a bit with LTS kernels, but it'll get there.

Still wish I could cast an apps window to another machine (someone got a way with wayland) but otherwise with a modern kernel it significantly outperforms X. Give Bazzite a whirl, you'll see.

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aloofPenguin 1 point 10 months ago

Just curious, what are these extra features that wayland supports but x11 doesn't?

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sexhaver87 1 point 10 months ago

Hey man, he didn’t say any of that! Weird thing to bring up

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BCsven 1 point 10 months ago

Security mostly. X11 was initial used with a central server and people logged on from clients the X11 system allows easily sending your display to another computer screen by IP address. Most distros turn off X11 forwarding, but some have it open. Its a way to share screens, but also a way a remote attacker could compromise your system and watch everything you do.

Wayland is a prototol. devs are using that protocol to build a new windowing GUI. It is secure by design

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A_norny_mousse 2 points 10 months ago

You think they're pleasuring themselves at their desktops?

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MotoAsh 4 points 10 months ago

You aren't?

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A_norny_mousse 2 points 10 months ago

tbf I was being facetious. Something something ThinkPad

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HakunaHafada 1 point 10 months ago

More like WankPad, amirite?

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AstaKask 1 point 10 months ago

Main Beat-off Station

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Sims 32 points 10 months ago

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

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orbituary 40 points 10 months ago

Did you look at the last place you saw her?

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Makeitstop 27 points 10 months ago

That's what he's doing.

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Gullible 10 points 10 months ago

No, the Waffle House bathrooms are closed for cleaning

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SapphironZA 3 points 10 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.

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SPRUNT 26 points 10 months ago

The Steam Deck can run a browser, right?

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DmMacniel 4 points 10 months ago

Of course, why?

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TacoSocks 13 points 10 months ago

He implying people are using the steam deck to wank.

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olympicyes 2 points 10 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.

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Lucidlethargy 25 points 10 months ago

THIS IS THE YEAR OF LINUX DESKTOP.

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horn_e4_beaver 2 points 10 months ago

This is the dawning of the age of aquarius

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Iheartcheese 15 points 10 months ago

How much of that was furry porn?

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ShaggySnacks 7 points 10 months ago

All of it.

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protogen420 2 points 10 months ago

gay furry porn

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cm0002 13 points 10 months ago

Sorry guys, it was just me

/Jk

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shalafi 5 points 10 months ago

Yeah, from my Debian VPN.

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pivot_root 12 points 10 months ago

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

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Willy 4 points 10 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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olafurp 1 point 10 months ago

You can open the link and find out. It's 11%.

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AwesomeLowlander 4 points 10 months ago

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

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DupaCycki 25 points 10 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.

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FishFace 13 points 10 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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AwesomeLowlander -1 points 10 months ago

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

Yes, as I pointed out it is technically correct. Just a misleading first impression.

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dakoriki 9 points 10 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

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Kalcifer 9 points 10 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"?

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AwesomeLowlander 3 points 10 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"

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olafurp 1 point 10 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%.

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Deconceptualist 3 points 10 months ago

Sorry everyone, that was me.

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

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Eh_I 3 points 10 months ago

Weird tug of war

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horn_e4_beaver 3 points 10 months ago