It’s reaped similar growth, from roughly 79,000 to 2.7 million global visits from October to April. In comparison, a startup called Sharesome has focused on adult content since its launch in January 2018. Sharesome’s top members often direct viewers to other sites where they can pay for premium content. (All of these sites make clear that posting illegal content, such as child pornography, is prohibited.) “But we know that right now, probably 90% of our users are here for adult content.” “We would like to be a complete site, from kittens all the way up to anything legal,” says Abramson. Like the original Tumblr, newTumbl isn’t meant to be exclusively for porn sharing. Site owner Andrew Kunkle tells me that the site has about 20,000 users, despite spending “$0 on advertising.” For instance, xstumbl, also founded in December 2018, had about 45,000 global visits in April, per SimilarWeb–down from its peak of about 109,000 in January. Still, it’s a long way from zero visits in December, and more than some other sites have experienced.
Though billed as an NSFW Tumblr replacement, newTumbl intends to evolve into much more, says cofounder Dean Abramson. But at least three other sites appear to be blooming. Natural selection has weeded out many of them, such as the flopped Cumblr. Like a fire that clears out miles of forest, Tumblr’s porn ban has created an ecological niche for new not-safe-for-work (NSFW) friendly sites to take root. That’s despite Tumblr’s return to the App Store in December.
and internationally, according to analytics firm SimilarWeb–from 558 million to 376 million monthly visits globally.
From the pre-controversy month of October 2018 through April 2019, it’s dropped by about a third–both in the U.S. Meanwhile, Tumblr’s web traffic has–er, tumbled. (Imagery that just barely hides private parts seems to still be allowed.) The ban prohibited not just hardcore porn, but even the humble female nipple. 84k videosSissies 434k videosSkinny 156k videosSmoking 26k videosSmothering 1.4m videosSolo 182k videosSpanking 256k videosSpycam 612k videosSquirting 544k videosStockings 461k videosStraight Guys 498k videosStriptease 256k videosStuds 352k videosSwallowing 8m videosTeens 1.3m videosThreesome 175k videosThreesomes 26k videosTitjob 2.3m videosTwinks 15k videosTwins 151k videosUniform 170k videosUniforms 111k videosUpskirts 183k videosVintage 415k videosVoyeur 1.That kick-started Verizon-owned Tumblr to enact a policy change it says was already planned: a blanket ban on virtually all “adult content” images and videos (but not text)–starting on December 17, 2018. 635k videosHairy 1m videosHandjob 6m videosHardcore 209k videosHentai 621k videosHuge Cocks 16k videosIncest 1.3m videosInterracial 1m videosJapanese 3.1m videosJerking Off 1.1m videosLatina 227k videosLatino 2.1m videosLesbian 469k videosLingerie 2.9m videosMasturbation 1.3m videosMatures 2.6m videosMILFs 548k videosMuscled Guys 291k videosOil 501k videosOrgy 759k videosOutdoor 148k videosPantyhose 43k videosPoint of View 1.3m videosPornstars 1.6m videosPOV 88k videosPregnant 945k videosPublic 302k videosPussylicking 741k videosRedhead 13k videosRedheads 325k videosRubbing 1.2m videosSex Toys 119k videosShemales and Gi. 29k videosAlt 8m videosAmateur 1.3m videosAmateurs 3.4m videosAnal 2.1m videosAsian 503k videosAss-Butts 1k videosAssjob 139k videosAsslicking 582k videosBarebacking 761k videosBBW 635k videosBDSM 172k videosBears 109k videosBikini 88k videosBisexuals 64k videosBizarre 3.3m videosBlondes 6.4m videosBlowjob 977k videosBlowjobs 3.3m videosBrunettes 192k videosBukkake 3.4m videosBusty 17k videosCameltoe 104k videosCartoons 137k videosCelebrities 421k videosClose-ups 10k videosCompilations 833k videosCreampie 2.3m videosCumshots 264k videosDads 534k videosDeepthroat 1.1m videosDoggystyle 346k videosDomination 211k videosDP 41k videosDrunk 1.9m videosEbony 599k videosEmo 1.2m videosFacials 29k videosFeature 308k videosFemdom 1.4m videosFetish 1.3m videosFingering 293k videosFisting 170k videosFoot fetish 154k videosFootjob 119k videosFoursome 5k videosFutanari 542k videosGangbang 115k videosGlory hole 43k videosGloryholes 66k videosGonzo 230k videosGrannies 789k videosGroup sex 88k videosGuys Fucking Sh.