Snapshot · This Past Weekend w/ Theo Von
Anti-trafficking advocate Lila Mickelwait tested Pornhub's upload process and found that all it took was an email address — no ID, age, or consent verification required — to upload a video.
Where this was said
At 1:25:50 · chapter starts 1:16:40
The episode becomes an investigative segment as Theo reads from multiple sources documenting the scale and harm of the pornography industry. [1] — Theo Von "Pornhub was the fifth most visited website on earth in 2020, receiving 170 million daily visits. The platform operated for years requiring …" 1:23:10 Pornhub was the 5th most visited website globally by December 2020, with 170 million daily visits and 62 billion annual visits. The amount of content uploaded in a single year would take 169 years to watch. He then moves to the darker material: the Broward County, Florida case in which a 15-year-old missing girl was found in 58 monetized Pornhub videos only after a user recognized her; the London Sunday Times investigation that located videos of children as young as three within minutes; and Lila Mickelwait's test of Pornhub's upload system, which required only an email address — no ID, age verification, or consent verification. He identifies MindGeek, now rebranded to AYLO under parent company Ethical Capital Partners, and names the key leadership. He also reads from a January 2023 whistleblower complaint filed with the U.S. Treasury alleging that Visa and MasterCard failed to stop their networks from processing proceeds from child sexual abuse material on OnlyFans. Steven and Theo close the segment by noting that the companies running these platforms are, as Theo puts it, 'the Sacklers of pornography.'
Pornhub was the fifth most visited website on earth in 2020, receiving 170 million daily visits. The platform operated for years requiring only an email address to upload content — no age verification, no consent checks. A 15-year-old missing girl was found in 58 monetized Pornhub videos. The London Sunday Times found videos of children as young as three within minutes. These facts sit behind a parent company called Ethical Capital Partners.
By December 2020, Pornhub was the 5th most visited website in the world, receiving approximately 170 million visits per day and 62 billion visits per year.
The amount of content uploaded to Pornhub in a single year would take approximately 169 years to watch if played back to back.
A 15-year-old girl missing for a year was found only after a Pornhub user recognized her and tipped off her mother; police found her in 58 monetized videos on the site.
Kalanick estimates that a decade ago, 90% of media coverage of tech business was negative, treating companies like political targets.
2024–2025 marked the single largest decrease in violent crime and murder in the US since 1937.
From 2024 to 2025, violent crime decreased 9%, property crime decreased 12.4%, and motor vehicle theft decreased 23%.
California's Ebony Alert Program, designed for the swift recovery of missing Black youth and women, officially went into effect on January 1, 2024.
Andrew Santino discovered that American tourists now need to pay $20 to apply for an Electronic Travel Authorisation (ETA) to visit the UK, starting January 2025.
Kay Classman, a 28-year-old woman, was arrested for repeatedly enrolling in a Bronx high school posing as a 16-year-old student across multiple school districts.
A poll around 2011 found that 16% of Americans believed 9/11 was an inside job, illustrating how viral misinformation had already embedded itself in public opinion before social media peaked.
Andrew Wilson offered Candace Owens $300,000 to debate her Charlie Kirk conspiracy theory, but she refused.
According to the podcast, only 11 people were killed by the coordinated Israeli pager attack on Hezbollah operatives, despite widespread detonations.
We use essential and analytics cookies to run Vuci. To understand how the site is used: Privacy Policy.
Install Vuci on your phone
Add it to your home screen for a faster, app-like experience.
Install Vuci on your phone
Tap the Share button, then “Add to Home Screen”.
A new version is available
Reload to get the latest Vuci.