It originally focused–as the name implies–on the bondage, dominance, sadism, masochism, and related fetishes. But BDSMLR has grown rapidly into a universal porn site, going from about 87,000 global visits in October 2018 to 9.4 million in April. (I made several unsuccessful attempts to reach the people who run BDSMLR.)Īll these startups are miniscule compared to NSFW behemoth Pornhub, which reports over 110 million daily visitors. In early May, the Wall Street Journal reported that Verizon is looking to sell Tumblr, which it picked up in its acquisition of Yahoo in 2017.
Pornhub’s vice president Corey Price told BuzzFeed that the company was “extremely interested” in buying Tumblr.
