Striking user losses in four largest European porn websites: XNXX, XVideos, Pornhb and Stripchat have indicated their new transparency reports that have become mandatory for them with the Digital Services Act (DSA) compared to the previous year. Accordingly, only XNXX will be considered a very large online platform (Vlop) within the meaning of regulation. They should perform special duties.
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According to the DSA, there are VLOP services that are more than ten percent of the European Union population or over 45 million citizens in member states. Based on these criteria, the European Union Commission initially classified the erotic portals Pornhub, Stripchat and XVidos in December 2023 as VLOP. Since July, Xnxx has also had to stick to strict DSA guidelines.
Particularly strong user falls the decline of XVideos, which has been reported, as is Xnxx by Prague WGCZ holding. For August 2024 Gave stage Average 84 million users in the European Union. A year ago, there were still 150 million. For February 2025, only 31 million users are mentioned in XVideos.
Visitors use “secret” browser
The operator explained the rigorous shrinkage from the fact in 2024 that, due to the large proportion of visitors with “secret” browsers, it was impossible to calculate a precise number recently. “However, due to our rule of our experience and thumb, we guessed that we were more than the quota of 45 million individual European Union users per month.” This is why he “published the highest number to avoid speculation and time wastage”.
Meanwhile, the Xvideos operator wants to find a way to provide more detailed information. “Now we know that about 40 percent of our users visit the website in secret meetings in the European Union,” it says. Many were clearly “very concerned about their privacy”. It makes it possible to calculate the “more realistic number” with less many ways of the same people.
The XNXX currently reports 46 million average monthly users in the European Union, while it is said that there were 77 million in August. The cause of large -scale minus is similar with XVideos. Pornhub claims that on an average of 26.6 million monthly European Union users at the beginning of the year. Stripchat also spoke about the same size in August. June to November 2024 period The number of monthly users from the European Union should have been around 20 million,
Continuous dispute over user numbers
The user number of porn pages has been disputed since the platform law came into force. Supervisors appreciate the reported visitors. In March 2024, Pornhb, Stripchat and XVideos announced that they would complain against new obligations. The owner of Pornhub, Aylo, by the fact that the commission incorrectly calculated the number of users.
A legal dispute between Aylo and the European Union Commission on the advertising archives has now landed before the European Court (ECJ). In June, the European Union Commission asked three sex platforms to provide additional information about the safety of minors and proceed against illegal materials.
Operators of very large platforms have to assess the risk and reduce disintegrated hazards, for example for democracy, public safety, fundamental rights and protection of minors. For adult material providers, this means preventing the access of minors, for example with equipment for age verification. Vlops should also share their data and information on algorithms with officers, researchers and civil society organizations so that they can examine their way of working and contribute to a situation. Publication of an advertising collection is also necessary.
A spokesman for the European Union Commission said Magazine euraactiveIt “closely follows market development”. If a VLOP comes below the threshold, a new classification is comprehensible. The general DSA is then for the duty affected platform. This includes providing user -friendly mechanisms for reporting illegal materials, clearly marking advertising and advertising Annual transparency report To publish.
(Wpl)
