XHamster

xHamster
Type of site
Pornographic video sharing
Available inCzech, German, Greek, English, Spanish, French, Hindi, Hungarian, Indonesian, Italian, Japanese, Korean, Malaysian, Mandarin, Dutch, Polish, Portuguese, Brazilian Portuguese, Romanian, Russian, Serbian, Swedish, Thai, Turkish, Ukrainian, Vietnamese, and Chinese
Headquarters
Limassol
,
Cyprus
OwnerHammy Media Ltd[1]
Founder(s)Cole Desrochers
URLxhamster.com Edit this at Wikidata
AdvertisingAd-supported
RegistrationOptional
Launched2 April 2007; 17 years ago (2007-04-02)
Current statusOnline
Content license
Free and premium pornography

xHamster is a pornographic video sharing and viewing website headquartered in Limassol, Cyprus.[1] xHamster serves user-submitted pornographic videos, webcam models, pornographic photographs, and erotic literature and incorporates social networking features. xHamster was founded in 2007.[2] As of August 2024, it is the 33rd-most-visited website in the world and the third-most-visited adult website after Pornhub and XVideos.[3]

The site produced The Sex Factor, a reality TV series in which contestants compete to become porn stars.[4] The site has been targeted as part of malvertising campaigns, and some governments have blocked xHamster as part of larger initiatives against Internet pornography.[5][6]

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  2. ^ Woods, Ben (3 March 2016). "The (almost) invisible men and women behind the world's largest porn sites". TNW | Insider. Retrieved 22 June 2024.
  3. ^ "Top Websites Ranking". Similarweb. Retrieved 1 December 2021.
  4. ^ Grow, Kory (29 May 2014). "Watch Belle Knox's 'Sex Factor' Promo". Rolling Stone. Retrieved 22 June 2024.
  5. ^ "India bans these 63 porn sites, reveals names in its ban order". India Today. 29 September 2022. Retrieved 22 June 2024.
  6. ^ "Other adult websites may face legal action in the Netherlands after xHamster ruling | NL Times". nltimes.nl. 13 April 2023. Retrieved 22 June 2024.