x Hamster (not "xhampster", haha)! Any serious porn lover has surely at least heard of xhamster.com. I bet most of you have masturbated to this site more than once. For some of you, it might even be your go-to porn site. If that's the case, you're certainly not alone. There are also 10 million people who masturbate to xHamster so often that they're registered users. After XVideos and Pornhub, it's the third most popular porn site on the internet today.
Based in Limassol, Cyprus, xHamster was founded in 2007 by Alex Hawkings. The mastermind behind the site wanted to do something different than most porn sites at the time. After social media sites like Facebook and Twitter skyrocketed in popularity, the founders of xHamster set out to create a site that was both a porn site and a xxx social media site.
A spokesperson for the site said of xHamster's intentions that it is intended "for people who want to chat, exchange erotic images and share amateur videos...to find mutual friends online and perhaps find partners interested in intimate relationships." I think it's fair to say that x Hamster has done an excellent job of providing the platform they set out to provide, as it has become a cornucopia of amateur and homemade user-uploaded content.
As for the "finding partners interested in intimate relationships" part, I can't comment. I've never felt the need to turn to porn sites like xhamster to find my "intimate relationships," but I'm curious to know if anyone has ever had success with this aspect of the site.
The Site Itself
Obviously, xHamster has made a name for itself as an xxx social media/porn site in a relatively short time. But does the site itself live up to all the hype? Well, let's find out. From the moment you arrive at the xHamster homepage, it's hard not to be impressed by its clean and easy-to-navigate web design. The videos are divided into two simple and distinct categories: Top Porn Videos and Latest Porn Videos. At xhamster, you can also easily filter by best instead of latest and by length (a great feature because homemade videos, for some reason, tend to be much shorter). To your left, you can easily filter search results by category, channel, or pornstar with a single click. At xhamster, you can also group tags together with a single click - a great feature that is somehow conspicuously missing from a lot of the tube sites I've browsed. Unless you specify otherwise, their professional studio content is displayed next to their extensive archive of homemade content. You can also conveniently filter videos so that you only see straight, gay, or shemale videos. However, if your hedonism is completely non-discriminatory, you can always activate all three.
The most annoying thing xhamster adds is a hardcoded watermark on top of the videos. It can really disrupt your masturbation experience sometimes, when you're about to see a guy cum on a girl's face, and then... BAM! That damn watermark "This video was uploaded to xHamster" appears on the girl's face like a fucking dick blocker! Seriously, whoever thought that was a good idea should be kicked in the balls!
As far as the social media component of xHamster goes, you have all the usual community-oriented features you're used to on other similar sites like Porn Hub. You can also comment/rate videos, add videos to your favorites, upload videos/pics, and message users directly. One thing that really sets xHamster (mobile) apart from other video sites is its dating feature. When you click on the tab labeled "Dating," you're not taken to some shady third-party scam "Let's get laid tonight" site; they actually allow you to search for and interact with other users to try to date. Refreshing, right?
From here, you can filter results by gender (including transgender, genderqueer, and intersex), sexual orientation (everything from straight to pansexual to asexual), age, country, state, and city. User profiles include a brief bio, photos, and videos (if available), as well as the ability to friend requests, subscribe, and send messages.
The only downside on xhamster is that, as might be expected, the selection is very limited. For example, I searched for women of any sexual orientation and age range in the state of New York and only 42 profiles were returned. Compare this to the 423 men in New York and you start to understand how bad the ratio is.
A Little Something for Everyone
In addition to the millions of videos and photos available for free, if you’re into that, they also have thousands of pages of user-created porn stories to choose from, which can be found on xHamster Stories. Read other people’s porn, write and upload your own, and comment on stories to spark discussion. It’s great to see that xHamster is doing a lot to set them apart from the competition. Maybe amateur porn isn’t your thing, and you’re tired of only being able to watch clips and excerpts from premium videos. Well, xHamster Free Porn has you covered there, too. They also offer xHamster Premium, which allows you to purchase full-length premium content one at a time. This is a great option for anyone who doesn’t want to pay a monthly membership fee for a fixed period, but still wants to enjoy full-length premium porn movies from time to time. Typically, most premium paysites require a one-year commitment. Feel free to sign up and purchase as many videos as you like.
Combine all of these features I've mentioned with the fact that xHamster also runs their own cam site (yes, some models are searchable on their dating page too), and you have a massive porn community with endless content to meet and fuck the girls of your dreams, and the ability to purchase premium videos one at a time. There really is no other site that comes close to this these days.
If you're tired of your porn videos being just a tool you use to masturbate, and are ready to take a more active role in your porn-watching life, I definitely recommend giving xHamster a try. Signing up for a membership is completely free (and even if you don't, you get access to all of their content, except for the social media aspect). I encourage you to sign up and try your luck hooking up with some nympho women in your area.
Or, if you're feeling particularly daring, upload some of your own content on xhamster. But make sure you upload quality "hamster porn". No more 10-second videos of the sheets rustling as you fuck because you were too dumb to point the camera. If you're going to try amateur porn, at least have the decency to give us something worth fapping to.