| 1st Pornhub Awards | |
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| Date | September 6, 2018 |
| Site | Belasco Theater, Los Angeles, California, U.S. |
| Hosted by | Asa Akira |
| Television coverage | |
| Channel | Pornhub TV |
| Duration | 2 hrs 10 min |
| Viewership | ~ 6 million |
The 1st Pornhub Awards was held on September 6, 2018 at the Belasco Theater in Los Angeles. It was hosted by Asa Akira and featured a performance by Kanye West. [1] [2]
| Most Popular Female Performer | Most Popular Male Performer |
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| Most Popular Female Performer By Women | Most Popular Male Performer By Women |
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| Celebrity of the Year | Visionary Director |
| Top Big Tits Performer | Top BBW Performer |
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| Top MILF Performer | Top Big Dick Performer |
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| Top Threesome Performer | Top Gangbang Performer |
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| Top Lesbian Performer | Most Popular Gay Performer |
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| Most Popular Trans Performer | Most Popular Gay Channel |
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| Most Popular Trans Channel | Most Popular European Channel |
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| Top Channel | Most Popular Cinematic Channel |
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On August 7, 2018 Pornhub announced Asa Akira would host the award show. In early September 2018 reports stated Kanye West would be a creative director for the show. On September 3, 2018 Pornhub and West confirmed the partnership. [5] [6] Unlike other award shows such as the AVN's or XBIZ Awards winners would be decided on users streaming data from the website. The data compiled from mid-March 2018 until the day before the show on September 5 were used to find the winners of the categories. There was also a fan award portion which fans vote in a poll-style system from mid-August 2018 until the event in September on pornhub.com. [7] [8]
Kanye West and Teyana Taylor performed at the show. [9] The show was held at the Belasco Theater in Downtown Los Angeles. [10]
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