At the beginning of the Web 2.0 era, when free sex tubes became a thing, everyone was worried that the adult industry would die. Because most free sex tubes were pirating premium content and offering it for free, people worried that studios would lose all their profits and shut down. But the test of time proved all those worries wrong. Not only that the production studios survive, but it seems like the premium and free pron merged in a business plant that proved even more successful than before. And this merger is primarily run by MindGeek, the company behind most of the mainstream porn on the internet.
What Is MindGeek?
MindGeek is a private company with origins in Canada and it’s the single biggest owner and operator of mainstream porn sites on the internet. Formerly known as Manwin, the company went through a rebranding process in the early 2010s, when it started the expanding campaign over the world of porn. That campaign proved to be a massive success. Although the company was over $100 million in debt, it managed to raise more than $350 million from over 100 big league investors, including JPMorgan and even Cornel University.
Although riddled with lawsuits and controversy regarding tax evasion and offshore tactics, MindGeek proved to be a successful company. Different sources are estimating the net worth value of the company anywhere between $1.2 and $2 billion. Over the years, the company acquired most of it’s competition.
MindGeek Owns Most Of Your Favorite Porn Sites
Just like most of the brands you buy when grocery shopping come from the same parent company, most of the porn you watch is owned by MindGeek. No matter if you watch porn on free sex tubes or on premium websites, the profits are going to them.
Probably the most important brand in the MindGeek portfolio is The PornHub Network. And it’s not just PornHub. This network has acquired all the mainstream free sex tubes on the internet: RedTube, YouPorn, Tube8, PornMD, Thumbzilla, and GayPorn.
On the other hand, MidnGeek had a lot of success in taking over the brands and studios of major adult entertainment production companies from both US and Europe. According to the porn review site TheBestPorn.com, over 106 premium porn websites are operating under the parent company MindGeek and their affiliate revenue programs. Some of the most popular names are Reality Kings, Brazzers, Babes.com, Mofos, Mile High Media, Twistys, Digital Playground, and Playboy Plus.
The Implications Of MindGeek’s Adult Industry Dominance
A company trying to gain a monopoly over the market will affect the final consumer in most business domains. Such effects have already occurred in the case of MindGeek owning most of the free sex tubes. However, that might not be a bad thing after all. Some say that a big parent company of the adult industry is good because it can be accountable.
You might have heard that PornHub deleted millions of videos from its library long ago. And it wasn’t just PornHub. And it was all the sites in the PornHub network. Such a decision directly resulted from a 2020 lawsuit against MindGeek for distributing non-consensual porn on their platforms. They’ve deleted all the real homemade amateur porn that originated from leaked sources. The promoters of ethical porn have cheered this decision. It is a further step in exonerating the adult industry and eliminating illegal and immoral practices.
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