Pornhub Says Traffic Went Limp During Missile Scare, Then Surged With Relief

Few want to spend their last minutes alone, apparently

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Here’s one light-hearted insight from Hawaii’s rather traumatizing incoming-missile scare this past weekend: It made people stop watching porn. Briefly. And then they really wanted to watch porn.

Pornhub, a surprising leader in data visualization, crunched its traffic in Hawaii from the day of the false alert and revealed the results today.

As one might expect—or at least hope—many users logged off the porn site after receiving the statewide alert, which said: “BALLISTIC MISSILE THREAT INBOUND TO HAWAII.

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