Porn Stars Per Million People In Europe

Original map created by reddit user YoghurtFieldsI was finally able to track down the origin of this map to this reddit post from 7 years ago by user YoghurtFields.

It struck me as amusing that both Czechia and Hungary have 10x the number of porn stars compared to Slovakia which is sandwiched between them.

Here is the data from the map, along with some speculation as to why those countries as so much higher than the rest:

Country	Number Per Million People
Hungary	75.7
Czech Republic	70.7
Latvia	13.0
United Kingdom	10.2
Slovakia	7.7
Spain	6.9
Romania	6.9
Germany	5.7
Russia	5.0
France	4.3
Netherlands	3.8
Portugal	3.1
Austria	2.9
Lithuania	2.9
Sweden	2.8
Ukraine	2.5
Denmark	2.4
Slovenia	2.4
Norway	2.3
Switzerland	2.2
Finland	2.2
Italy	2.2
Ireland	2.1
Belgium	1.6
Serbia	1.6
Belarus	1.6
Moldova	1.5
Estonia	1.4
Poland	0.8
Bulgaria	0.8
Bosnia	0.6
Croatia	0.5
Greece	0.5
North Macedonia	0.5
Albania	0.4
Iceland	0.0

From the original map author.

Housekeeping notes:

I used this database (not linked as very NSFW, see map source in image) as reference. I only selected the ‘pornstar’ category and avoided the ‘adult model’ one. I did that for two reasons. First, there is significant crossover. Second, not all adult models are pornstars. Some are just making nude photography and not actually having sex on camera.

It’s important to understand that the database stretches back to 1999, so this is not just active pornstars but anyone who was active in the last 20 years. This means that the current ranking could change somewhat but the broad trend would still remain quite similar.

Finally, they sort the pornstars on birthplace. For instance, some pornstars are born in X country but shoot all of their scenes in another. They are still counted to their birthplace.

Also:

One final note. It’s just one database. Don’t take it as an absolute truth; think broad outline. For very small countries like Iceland or Estonia, there is bound to be a lot of margin of error because even 1 extra pornstar makes a significant difference.

If you would use another database, you would likely get very similar results in broad terms but the exact ranking would probably be somewhat different.

Why are Czechia and Hungary so high?

Reddit user julius_cornelius speculates that:

Czechia and Hungary are known for being affordable place to shoot movies. There is a well established industry with sets, studios, skilled professional, post-production, etc.

Of course that extends to porn so a lot of adult movies are shot for cheap there .

And user kunnossa_ adds: