The Journey and Dynamics of the Porn Industry from “Then” to Now
Pop culture is always inseparable from creativity and today’s porn industry is inseparable from
pop culture, hence creativity always colors every piece of content produced. Content comes and
goes but it’s the quality ones that stay. For example, Tarzan X, although very simple by today’s
standards, can be classified as a legendary porn movie.
The evolution of the global porn industry is actually supported by many aspects and when
creativity exists, it will always evolve. Creativity is inseparable from sexual preferences and
everyone has unique sexual preferences, which can be differentiated from those of others. Every
“player” in the porn industry needs to be able to capture what is in vogue as competition in the
industry is fierce and demand is increasingly diverse.
What does the landscape of the global porn industry look like today?
If we try to trace the origins of the porn industry, it is probably inseparable from prostitution and
as we all know, prostitution is almost as old as human civilization itself. But if we take the
starting point of the spread of pornographic content, perhaps the 50s or 60s can be a reference
and that is widely agreed upon as the initial era of the spread of pornography as we know it
today. The 90s was the golden age of porn magazines and Playboy and Penthouse were the two
most popular. Porn videos were also mass-produced during this era and as more and more people
owned video players, the more widely they were distributed.
In late 1999 or early 2000, we all experienced what is called the Internet boom and since then the
distribution of pornographic content has been massive and reached many people along with the
increase in Internet users in the 2010s, smartphones began to be widely used and the spread of
pornographic content seemed unstoppable despite restrictions in some countries.
Today we have AI that can be used to engineer any content into porn with almost no restrictions.
In short, AI gives us the freedom to “spill” all the ideas in our minds and make them a reality.
Why is some content liked and others not?
That’s the reality and not everything can be liked, there’s always something to dislike and nothing
to love and hate completely. But in the context of porn content, there are always some pieces of
content that really gain a lot of viewers and the one thing they all have in common is quality.
Quality is often universal and that doesn’t mean it has to be liked. What this means is that in the
porn industry, let’s say we think that a piece of content is not to our taste, that doesn’t mean that
it’s bad. Quality is how good a piece of content is from all angles, regardless of whether it suits
one’s taste. Preference is the next hit that brings a piece of content to a surge of viewers. There
are several preferences for the most preferred type of content, for example, anime, gangbangs,
blowjobs, and so on. But with the democratization of the porn industry, some preferences that
were once less popular are now slowly moving up.
Some themes, like black ebony pussy, have started to rise in popularity and they all have a
stable niche market although it is not very dynamic in the sense that people who favor these
themes tend to grow but not drastically. Other themes like gay, lesbian, MILF, and others also
have their own niche markets and there are basically always fans for every type of content.
And with AI powering the internet, it is expected that the porn industry will get bigger despite all
the controversies that come with it. The internet is a game changer and AI is next. The advent of
the internet, followed by AI two decades later, completely changed the landscape of the porn
industry from relying on classic porn videos and adult magazines (with a limited number of
viewers) to streaming content that can be accessed anytime and anywhere through PCs and
smartphones.
Porn contents are not static and they are constantly evolving. With the support of digital
technology, they are more distributed and personalized. The porn industry is now also largely
classified as a digital industry and if we include prostitution as one of its “branches”, it is also
more or less dependent on the power of digital networks. There are many dating sites and escort
sites that help every visitor to find a date tailored to their preferences and of course budget.
Pornography is probably a part of human social life and since sexual appetite is one of the basic
human desires, it may never be completely eliminated. The most important thing is to prevent
pornography from being accessed by minors and for those who are “allowed” to access it,
restrictions on viewing porn should be implemented with firmness as addiction in any form is
bad for one’s life.
