‘50 Shades of Grey’ whips up kinky porn searches

The release of the film adaptation of "50 Shades of Grey" has triggered not just controversy – but also a spike in BDSM-related searches at a pornography-oriented site.

Pornhub, which claims to be the world's biggest porn site, said it noted a "significant increase" in BDSM-related searches after the film was released.

Not only that – searches by women far outnumbered those by men after the film was released.

"(S)ince the now infamous film was released over Valentine’s Day weekend, BDSM related searches have seen a significant increase on Pornhub," it said.

The sudden spike is not only in the United States but also worldwide, according to a chart produced by Pornhub.

Pornhub also noted a sudden rise in BDSM searches – nearly 40 percent by women, more than by men, after the movie premiered.

"Suffice it to say, our female users have definitely been channeling their inner Anastasia Steele’s," it said.

BDSM words

Pornhub said "submission" and "dominate" top the list of search words, along with "whip," "master" and "leather."

It said the search term increases after the movie premiered included:

Pornhub also drew up a list of kinky terms women are more likely to search for than men.

"Following the release of the 50 Shades film, women appear to be more curious about most BDSM terms, searching upwards of 200% more for certain terms in some cases than prior to the release date," it said.

But it added men have been exploring these too, with increases closer to about 20% having been observed with these same terms.

Searches for "submission" saw a +219 percent increase by women and +46 percent increase by men, while "dominate" saw a +196 percent hike by women and +32 percent by men.

The term "BDSM" saw a +186 percent hike from women and +30 percent by men, while "spanking" saw a +158 percent increase by women and +5 percent by men.

Other terms that saw a spike of more than 100 percent among women included "bondage," "punish," "tied," and "slave."

"Again, action words like ‘submission,’ ‘dominate,’ and ‘spanking’ all skyrocketed by 150-220% by female Pornhub viewers. Suffice it to say, the desire for less vanilla type videos is strong among the ladies – the only thing we can’t say for sure is which side of the paddle they’d prefer to be on," it said. — Joel Locsin/LBG, GMA News