LOS ANGELES—Cherie DeVille tackled the latest trends defining the landscape of adult entertainment in 2025, in her latest first-person piece for The Daily Beast, titled "How Sex Stunts, Podcasts, and MAGA Porn Stars Are Rewriting Porn’s Rule Book."
"Porn is both more popular and more reviled than ever," DeVille explained, highlighting the rise of "stunt and event-based viral content" and the mainstream’s simultaneous fascination and outrage. From performers pushing limits with high-profile group scenes to the increasing crossover between adult content and mainstream media, DeVille examined how OnlyFans TV (OFTV) and NSFW podcasts have blurred the lines between adult entertainment and pop culture.
Another key shift is the growing demand for "demure" and "ethical" porn. "There’s a growing appetite for consensual, realistic portrayals of intimacy, a shift reflecting broader societal conversations about consent," DeVille said, citing a Pornhub report that shows searches for "ethical porn" spiking 92 percent in the past year.
The article also delved into the growing political tensions facing the industry, from increasing legal restrictions on adult sites to the adult performers embracing Donald Trump’s MAGA movement for financial reasons.
"Trump is as controversial and divisive a figure in Pornland as anywhere else," DeVille noted, dissecting how conservative economic policies have attracted performers despite traditional GOP hostility toward the industry.
"We are embracing what the current AI landscape can do for our businesses, using AI chatbots to help with fan interaction, creating licensed digital duplicates of themselves that they can sell access to online, and creating epic fantasy scenes using AI backgrounds that could never before have been possible," DeVille closed with a look at the future how vertical video is the most popular format in the era of mobile-first content, and how AI is both a threat and a tool for adult creators.
Read the article at TheDailyBeast.com. Visit DeVille’s official author page to read her other articles.
