There is a repeating pattern each year. According to Google Trends, apparently, a lot of people search for “porn” throughout the year. The pattern has been that for the past seven years “Christmas” eclipses “porn” for the short period every year when we actually celebrate it.

The interesting part is that the popularity of porn as a search term has been on a rising trend, whereas the popularity of Christmas as a search term has been going down. So, could the pattern be broken this year? According to our latest check of Google Trends on the two terms, Christmas is lagging way behind for now, though we are hopping for a quick comeback.

Leading the search for porn is Ireland followed by the United Kindgom and then Greece. Interestingly Greek speakers also lead the search for porn in general!
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