WEST HOLLYWOOD, Calif.—Cowboy hats and leather boots were the sartorial theme of the 2025 Pornhub Awards Thursday night at famed bar and eatery Saddle Ranch Chop House on the Sunset Strip, where under a huge billboard displaying the event's name, a veritable horde of adult's biggest luminaries gathered for the seventh annual soiree.
As stars traipsed the red carpet against a backdrop of wanted sign-style posters featuring Pornhub's various brand ambassadors, servers circulated through the crowd both inside the venue and on the expansive outdoor patio offering trays of sliders, quesadillas and other finger foods, as well as on-the-house libations. Performer/director Michael Vegas was spotted in full rodeo clown costume (makeup and all) performing lasso tricks—at one point playing it up for a cameraman by tossing it around AVN Award-winning starlet Angel Windell and pulling her toward him.
On one side of the patio, Kendra Sunderland propped up on one of the haystacks lining the perimeter as she chatted with Adria Rae, Jewelz Blu and Zane Walker, while on the other, Angela White and Angel Youngs posed for pictures in front of one of the several neon Pornhub signs adorning the wooden walls.
Meanwhile, inside the Western-themed hotspot, a parade of porn guys and gals tried their hand at riding the legendary mechanical bull in the center—including Lexi Lore, Aliya Brynn, Shrooms Q, Kazumi and Queenie Sateen—while pop-rap artist Brooke Candy and DJ Avalon provided the evening's music.
A number of the night's outfits, including those worn by Pornhub brand ambassadors Sateen, Asa Akira, Aria Nathaniel, Natassia Dreams and Ricky Johnson, were created by celebrity stylist Briana Andalore and designer Chris Habana. And speaking of celebrities, a sprinkling of them mingled with porn's finest throughout the evening, including Diplo, Kim Petras, Karley Sciortino, Evan Stanley, Lorraine Nicholson, Chris and Roberta Hanley, Cameron Alstaire, Josh Landau and Taylor Lorenz.
Once again, Pornhub made a donation in recognition of the performers at the heart of the celebration to grassroots advocacy group Sex Workers Outreach Project (SWOP) Behind Bars.
The awards ceremony itself kicked off at roughly 10:30 p.m., with comedian Jordan Firstman overseeing the proceedings. Similar to last year's show at the Whiskey a Go Go, the majority of winners were announced in a pre-recorded video reel, with only a small handful being presented live on stage.
The first of those was Most Popular Trans Masc Performer, which went to Noah Way. "Thank you everybody," Way told the crowd. "I love all my transgender brothers in this industry ... all, like, 10 of us. This is a difficult industry to exist and to be trans in, but I've received such love from honestly most of the performers in it, and I'm very grateful for that. I love all of you. Except like five of you, and you know who you are."
Next, Most Popular Trans Femme Performer was presented, with Emma Rose unsurprisingly taking it for the third time. Upon arriving to the podium, she started a chant with the audience of "Girl dick! Girl dick! Girl dick!" She then breathily effused, "I love you all, thank you for the third year in a row. This is absolutely amazing, and like, I just love to fuck."
Top MILF Performer came next, and also unsurprisingly went to reigning AVN MILF Performer of the Year Cherie DeVille, who in her signature "Internet's Stepmom" style cracked, "Thank you for everybody in this room who has fucked me so good, and all of my delicious stepkids."
After that came Best Dick, which surprisingly turned out to be a tie between Jordi El Niño Polla and Girthmasterr. That was followed by Most Popular Male Performer, and the winner was relative adult newcomer Jak Knife, who came up to accept with his real-life fiancée Elly Clutch, who had been announced in the video reel as the recipient of the Nicest Pussy award.
"This has been a crazy couple of years," Knife reflected at the mic. "Thank you to all the beautiful ladies who gave me a chance, and thank you to my mom—she tried. And also thank you to my beautiful fiancée of seven years ... she also has the nicest pussy! Male Performer and Nicest Pussy—top that!"
The ceremony then closed out with the presentation of Most Popular Female Performer, and to no surprise at all, the victor was the one and only Angela White, who graciously as always remarked, "It feels so incredible being up on this stage. Thank you so much, Pornhub, and thank you to all my fans for searching for me and watching all my porn. This is such a fun night, I've been having a great time."
AVN caught Knife and Clutch at the bar following the show, and they offered a few more thoughts on their wins. "I'm very grateful and happy," Clutch said. "Love my fans ... happy they like my puss."
Asked about their collective award wins thus far, Knife noted, "She's won a lot. It's my first award."
"It's his first win, and he 100 percent deserves it," Clutch rejoined. "He is the best ever, in every aspect. Adore him. If this is the baseline, then who knows what he'll be like at the top."
And to that, all we can say is: Ride on, cowboy.
The complete list of winners at the 2025 Pornhub Awards follows:
FAN VOTING CATEGORIES
Nicest Tits
Angela White
Best Dick
Jordi El Nino Polla and Girthmasterr
Nicest Pussy
Elly Clutch
Hottest Ass
Violet Myers
Favorite BBW
Dahlia Dee
Favorite Inked Model
Arabelle Raphael
Favorite Fetish Model
Serenity Cox
Favorite Cosplayer
Little Puck
Favorite Squirter
Candy Love
Best Cumshot
Gattouz0
Favorite Social Media Personality
Violet Myers
Favorite Collab
Ruth Lee and Johnny Sins
Favorite Channel
Vixen
Favorite Trans Channel
Trans Angels
Favorite Gay Channel
Say Uncle
Favorite Newcomer
Bonnie Blue
Favorite MILF
Lexi Luna
Favorite Couple – Sponsored by Wifey
Hailey Rose and Max Fills
Favorite Gay Model
Dom King
Favorite Trans Model
Amanda Riley
DATA CATEGORIES
Most Popular Female Newcomer
Rosie Rider
Most Popular Male Newcomer
Lil_Timy
Top Lesbian Performer
Siri Dahl
Top Anal Performer
Willow Ryder
Top DP Performer
Anna Claire Clouds
Top Blowjob Performer
Sisi Rose
Top Solo Performer
Lena The Plug
Top Twink Performer
Hunnypaint
Top Daddy Performer
Derek Kage
Top MILF Performer
Cherie DeVille
Most Popular Gay Channel
Men
Most Popular Trans Channel
Transfixed
Most Popular Channel
Brazzers
Most Popular Gay Performer
Rhyheim Shabazz
Most Popular Trans Femme Performer
Emma Rose
Most Popular Trans Masc Performer
Noah Way
Most Popular Couple
comatozze
Most Popular Amateur Model – Sponsored by Fansly
Sweetie Fox
Most Popular Male Performer
Jak Knife
Most Popular Female Performer
Angela White
For a gallery of photos from the Pornhub Awards red carpet, click here.
