BongaCams

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BongaCams
Type of site
Adult camming website
Available in Multilingual (34)
Headquarters
Nicosia, Amsterdam, Czech Republic.
,
Netherland
Country of originNetherland, Cyprus, Russia.
Area servedWorldwide, except blocking countries
Industry Internet
URL Official website OOjs UI icon edit-ltr-progressive.svg
Advertising Yes
Launched25 January 2012;11 years ago (2012-01-25) [1]
Current statusActive

BongaCams is an adult live streaming platform that features content made by webcam models, couples, and camboys. Typical shows include erotic performances that generally involve nudity and provocative yet engaging activities for the viewers; ranging from teasing, stripping, erotic chatting to masturbation with sex toys. All site visitors are able to join online chat rooms, while models earn money by hosting private shows and getting tips from registered users.

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Currently, BongaCams is one of the largest adult live streaming platforms in Europe and is ranked as 37th most popular website in the world by Alexa (December 2021). On a global scale, the platform competes with the U.S based platform: Chaturbate.

BongaCash (affiliate program) and BongaModels (model platform) are part of BongaCams community.

History

The domain was registered in 2012. [1]

The website received its first award in 2016 - becoming Best Emerging Live Cam Site [2] at Live Cam Awards 2016.

In December 2016, BongaCams acquired RusCams.com. [3] [4]

In March 2017, they acquired another camming site CamFuze.com. [5] [6] [7]

In January 2017, Maltese newspaper The Malta Independent reported that BongaCams was more popular among the Maltese than Wikipedia. [8]

In December 2017, BongaCams acquired a popular webcam site Runetki.com.

In July 2018, Runet's most popular website smotri.com became a part of BongaCams.

In 2018, BongaCams has launched the Mobile App for models for Android and iOS.

In 2019, BongaCams was recognized as the Best Cam Site at the prestige Venus Awards.

During the 2020 became the most visited webcam site in the world, according to Alexa Global Ranking.

By October 2021, BongaCams won a total of 44 awards.

Awards and nominations

List of awards received by BongaCams
Total number of wins and nominations
Totals447
References
XBIZ Awards
YearResultAward
2017NominatedLive Cam Company of the Year — Europe [9]
NominatedAdult Site of the Year — Live Cam (Europe) [9]
2019WonCam Company of the Year
XBIZ EUROPA AWARDS
YearResultAward
2019WonСam Site of the Year
XBIZ Cam Awards
YearResultAward
2017NominatedBest Cam Site — Europe [10]
YNOT Awards
YearResultAward
2016WonBest Live Cam Revenue Program (EU) [11]
2017NominatedBest Cam Platform (EU)
NominatedBest White Label Provider
NominatedBest Marketing Campaign
NominatedBest Live Cam Revenue Program (EU)
WonCompany of the Year [12]
2019WonBest Cam Platform (EU)
WonInnovative company of the year
2020WonBest Webcam Company of the Year
WonBest Marketing Campaign
2021WonBest Freemium Site
WonBest Internet Brand
LALEXPO Awards
YearResultAward
2016WonBest European Cam Site [13]
2017WonBest Tipping Cam Site [14]
2019WonBest Tipping Cam Site
WonBest Affiliate Program
2020WonBest Tipping Cam Site
WonBest International Cam Site
AW Awards
YearResultAward
2016WonBest Affiliate Program [15]
2017WonLive Cam Affiliate Program of the Year [16]
WonFreemium Cam Site of the Year [16]
2018WonFreemium Camsite of the Year
WonBest White Label Provider
2019WonBest Business Services
2021WonBest Freemium Site
WonBest Internet Brand
Live Cam Awards
YearResultAward
2016WonBest Emerging Live Cam Site [17]
2017WonBest Live Cam WhiteLabel Program [18]
WonBest Live Cam Affiliate Program [18]
2018WonMost Innovative Live Cam Site
WonBest Live Cam Affiliate Tool
2019WonMost Innovative Live Cam Site
WonBest Live Cam Affiliate Program
2020WonBest European Cam Site
WonBest Live Cam Affiliate Program
2021WonBest Overall Live Cam Site
Venus Berlin
YearResultAward
2019WonBest Cam Site
Erofest Awards
YearResultAward
2019WonBest Cam Site
Adult Webcam Awards
YearResultAward
2017WonBest Credits or Tokens Cam Site [19]
WonBest Russian Adult Webcams Site [19]
2018WonBest White Label Adult Webcams
WonBest European Adult Webcams Site
WonBest Russian Adult Webcams Site
2019WonBest White Label Adult Webcams
WonBest European Adult Webcams Site
WonBest Russian Adult Webcams Site

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