XNXX

XNXX
Website type	Pornographic video sharing
Founded	1997; 29 years ago
Country of origin	France
Owner	WGCZ Holding
Founder	Stephane Michael Pacaud;
Website	xnxx.com
Advertising	Yes
Commercial	Yes
Registration	Optional
Current status	Active

XNXX is a Czech–French pornographic video sharing and viewing website. It was founded in 1997 in Paris, with servers and offices in Montreal, Tokyo and Newark.^{[citation needed]} It is owned by WGCZ Holding, the same company that runs XVideos. As of February 2026^[update], it is the 44th-most-visited website in the world and the fourth most-visited pornography website after Pornhub, xHamster, and XVideos.

History

WGCZ's ownership was first revealed in 2014 when WGCZ brought a Uniform Domain-Name Dispute-Resolution Policy case against a similar domain in 2014.

In 2018, the Government of India blocked XNXX, among other porn websites, after a Uttarakhand High Court court order demanding the same in a rape case where the perpetrators stated they were motivated to do so after watching online pornography.

In January 2023, the Financial Times reported that WGCZ tube sites XVideos and XNXX received 6 billion visits a month.

Notes

Mazières, Antoine; Trachman, Mathieu; Cointet, Jean-Philippe; Coulmont, Baptiste; Prieur, Christophe (21 March 2014). "Deep tags: toward a quantitative analysis of online pornography" (PDF). Porn Studies. 1 (1–2). Routledge: 80–95. doi:10.1080/23268743.2014.888214. S2CID 38282677.
Sullivan, Rebecca; McKee, Alan (2015). Pornography: Structures, Agency and Performance. Cambridge: John Wiley & Sons. ISBN 978-0745694849. Retrieved 4 June 2018.
Stecklow, Steve (17 September 2010). "On the Web, Children Face Intensive Tracking". The Wall Street Journal. Retrieved 4 June 2018.
90 percent of the pornographic videos hosted by the four most visited sites in France - Pornhub, HVideos, Xnxx and Xhamster - feature real acts of physical, sexual or verbal violence against women. by Anna Fleck, October 5, 2023 Statista

References

↑ "Les sites internet les plus visités au monde" [The most visited websites in the world]. fr.statista.com (in French). Claire Jenik. November 2019. Archived from the original on 18 October 2019. Retrieved 25 November 2019.
↑ "Could XVideos Cause The End Of All Adult Production?". 15 October 2022. Retrieved 22 December 2023.
1 2 Nilsson, Patricia; Barker, Alex (19 January 2023). "Knocking on the door of a porn empire". Financial Times. Retrieved 22 December 2023.
↑ Antipova, Tatiana; Rocha, Álvaro (19 December 2019). Digital Science 2019. Springer Nature. p. 448. ISBN 978-3-030-37737-3.
↑ Woods, Ben (4 March 2016). "The (almost) invisible men and women behind the world's largest porn sites". The Next Web. Retrieved 12 July 2018.
↑ "Top Websites Ranking". Retrieved 27 February 2026.
↑ Berkens, Michael (24 June 2014). "XNXX.com Loses UDRP On XXNX.com". TheDomains.com. Retrieved 3 August 2022.
↑ "MindGeek is Both Plaintiff and Defendant in Two New DMCA Lawsuits". Forbes.
↑ "Brussels gears up to tame unruly porn platforms". 17 February 2023.
↑ "Here is the full list of 827 porn websites blocked by DoT". The Indian Express. 29 October 2018.

[1] "Les sites internet les plus visités au monde" [The most visited websites in the world]. fr.statista.com (in French). Claire Jenik. November 2019. Archived from the original on 18 October 2019. Retrieved 25 November 2019.

[2] "Could XVideos Cause The End Of All Adult Production?". 15 October 2022. Retrieved 22 December 2023.

[FT2023-3] 1 2 Nilsson, Patricia; Barker, Alex (19 January 2023). "Knocking on the door of a porn empire". Financial Times. Retrieved 22 December 2023.

[4] Antipova, Tatiana; Rocha, Álvaro (19 December 2019). Digital Science 2019. Springer Nature. p. 448. ISBN 978-3-030-37737-3.

[:0-5] Woods, Ben (4 March 2016). "The (almost) invisible men and women behind the world's largest porn sites". The Next Web. Retrieved 12 July 2018.

[6] "Top Websites Ranking". Retrieved 27 February 2026.

[7] Berkens, Michael (24 June 2014). "XNXX.com Loses UDRP On XXNX.com". TheDomains.com. Retrieved 3 August 2022.

[8] "MindGeek is Both Plaintiff and Defendant in Two New DMCA Lawsuits". Forbes.

[9] "Brussels gears up to tame unruly porn platforms". 17 February 2023.

[10] "Here is the full list of 827 porn websites blocked by DoT". The Indian Express. 29 October 2018.

v t e Pornographic video digital distribution and sharing platforms
Digital library Streaming media Video on demand
Free	Bellesa Aylo Pornhub RedTube Tube8 YouPorn xHamster WGCZ Holding XNXX XVideos
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Adult camming	BongaCams CAM4 CamSoda Chaturbate LiveJasmin MyFreeCams Stripchat
Virtual reality	BaDoinkVR SexLikeReal VRPorn.com VirtualRealPorn
Social media	Sharesome
Defunct	Motherless Xtube

XNXX

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