xHamster

xHamster
Type of site
Pornographic video sharing
Available inCzech, German, Greek, English, Spanish, French, Filipino, Hindi, Hungarian, Indonesian, Italian, Japanese, Korean, Malaysian, Mandarin, Dutch, Polish, Portuguese, Brazilian Portuguese, Romanian, Russian, Serbian, Swedish, Thai, Turkish, Ukrainian, Vietnamese, Bengali, Afrikaans,Urdu
Headquarters,
Cyprus
OwnerHammy Media Ltd[1]
Founder(s)Oleg Netepenko
Dmitri Gussew[2]
URLxhamster.com
AdvertisingAd-supported
RegistrationOptional
Launched2 April 2007 (2007-04-02)
Current statusOnline
Content license
Free and premium pornography

xHamster, stylized as XHAMSTER, is a pornographic video sharing and streaming website, based in Limassol, Cyprus.[1] It was founded Oleg Netepenko and Dmitri Gussew in 2007.[3] xHamster serves user-submitted pornographic videos, webcam models, pornographic photographs, and erotic literature, and incorporates social networking features. It is the 31st-most-visited website in the world, and the third-most-visited adult website, after Pornhub and XVideos.[4]

The site produced The Sex Factor, a reality TV series in which contestants compete to become porn stars and OnlyFans stars.[5] The site has been targeted as part of malvertising campaigns, and some governments have blocked xHamster as part of larger initiatives against internet pornography.[6][7]

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  3. ^ Woods, Ben (3 March 2016). "The (almost) invisible men and women behind the world's largest porn sites". TNW | Insider. Retrieved 22 June 2024.
  4. ^ "Top Websites Ranking". Similarweb. Retrieved 1 December 2021.
  5. ^ Grow, Kory (29 May 2014). "Watch Belle Knox's 'Sex Factor' Promo". Rolling Stone. Retrieved 22 June 2024.
  6. ^ "India bans these 63 porn sites, reveals names in its ban order". India Today. 29 September 2022. Retrieved 22 June 2024.
  7. ^ "Other adult websites may face legal action in the Netherlands after xHamster ruling | NL Times". nltimes.nl. 13 April 2023. Retrieved 22 June 2024.