What is Alternative Porn?
Alt-porn, also known as alternative pornography or alternative porn, is a type of porn, both available over the internet and in print, that offers an alternative to mainstream porn. This type of porn often provides members with a platform to interact with the models and create a sense of community. In this area, alt-porn is particularly friendly to women given that it focuses on promoting sex positivity. Alt-porn typically features porn from a variety of genres and subcultures. This includes a growing approach to specific fetishes and kinks, like fantasy sex toys.
Alternative porn is one of the fastest-growing segments in the industry too. There are entire pay sites and membership sites dedicated to subcultures, including real-life hentai, waifu fetishes, and a renewal of focus on female-produced feature films and clips. Adult Site Broker has been tracking this segment for years, and we are pleased to finally share some of our observations and insights related to alt-porn. In this blog post, we will discuss various alt-porn websites, the types of genres of alt-porn, and the quickly growing award show and critical review environment for this content.
Alternative Porn Genres and Creative Aesthetics
The aesthetic of alternative porn content isn’t all that clearly defined. Given that alternative porn is a broad term, alt-porn encompasses subcultures like goth, punk, emo, scene, skater, and raver life communities. It is also a general rule of thumb that alt-porn productions are often independently produced and published on sites that are owned by the indie producers or the models themselves. Models in the overarching subgenre also tend to have modifications like tattoos, piercings, and a set of other temporary modifications like dyed hair or specialized makeup. Alternative porn is also sometimes described as “indie porn,” despite the fact that the term “indie” doesn’t always refer to the alternative subcultures that are highlighted in the various films, clips, and photos produced.
All of this said, there is a plethora of genres that coincide with the alternative porn category. One of the most popular genres includes search terms such as “inked girls,” “tattooed girls,” “inked babes,” “suicide girls,” “piercing play,” “pierced girls,” “inked sluts,” “tattoo sluts,” and several others terms. These terms drive users to a veritable array of sites that feature fetish content and kinks that are in touch with the aesthetic. A community of websites has popped up over the years, specializing in this type of content. There are literally thousands of creators and mainstream porn models who do engage in the alternative vertical and have carved out notable niches that justify critical acclaim.
Is Alt-Porn Profitable?
One question you are likely asking yourself is: Is owning an alternative porn site profitable? The short answer is yes. But, the long answer, while still yes, requires some explanation. In fact, the question you should be asking shouldn’t have to do with the subject matter of the site or the type of content that you wish to sell. As we tell new and returning clients looking to buy or sell their adult sites or entire porn properties, the question of profitability must be proven. Adult Site Broker deals with a variety of adult sites, including membership and pay sites. There are dozens of alt-porn pay and membership sites on the internet currently. They provide users with a variety of content plans in the fashion of more traditional pay and membership sites like Brazzers, Adult Time, or Grooby.
In the alternative space, one of the biggest players is AltErotic.com. AltErotic is a studio imprint and a network of various sites that cater to the segments of alternative porn users. Plans for the site include an annual offering, trial membership, and monthly plans that range in cost. Alt Erotic is a site that is solvent and appears to run a brisk business. Nevertheless, it should be pointed out that sites like AltErotic simply function like other membership and pay sites. So, the best advice we can give is that while alternative porn can be profitable for a would-be investor or first-time site owner, it simply depends on the nature of the business and its financials upon the point of listing through a service like ours. Starting your own alternative porn site will, like all other porn sites that start from scratch, the research and seed money to ensure the creation of a sustainable business.
Alternative Porn Award Shows
Alternative porn has grown so much that award shows specifically focused on this segment of the adult entertainment industry have popped up. And, it turns out that these shows command a lot of respect across the industry when put head-to-head with other mainstay award show programs like the AVN Awards, XBIZ Awards, and YNOT Cam Awards. One noteworthy award show in the alt-porn space is the annual AltPorn Awards which is put on by the websites AltPorn.net and MyFreeCams.com.
The most recent edition of the AltPorn Awards took place in 2022 and was officially sponsored by specialty pleasure toy product manufacturer Bad Dragon. Honorees at the awards show include porn legend and inked-up body-builder Siri Dahl as the female performer of the year and the best films for alt-porn, including features produced by studios affiliated with Adult Time and other big names in the production space. Some of the categories that performers and companies can win in include best goth cam girl, best nerd cam girl, best alt-porn social media star, best alt-porn sex toys, best sex toy cam artists, best 420 (marijuana, stoner aesthetic) model, and the best cosplay.
Popular Alt-Porn Performers
To further our deep dive into alternative porn, we find it important to understand the performance environment in relation to potential profitability and success. Some of the most popular alt-porn models include Siri Dahl as we said, director-performer Sabien DeMonia, male performer Dante Colle, the social media star Aurora Skye, PornHub creator Big Titty Goth Egg, Misha Montana and so many others.
Some of the Best Alt-Porn Sites
The best alternative porn websites are insanely popular. Of course, alt-porn can be found on major adult tube sites like xHamster, XVideos, Pornhub, XNXX, SpankBang, and others. However, there are sites particular to the alternative porn segment that are excellent examples of its scope and popularity. The following sites are all membership and pay sites catering to alternative porn users.
Suicide Girls
Suicide Girls is a pop-culture phenomenon. The online platform is a membership site and platform that cultivates millions of users into a central platform that puts on display models from all walks of life through photo sets, clips, and live streams. In the spring of 2016, the BuzzFeed.com writer Conz Preti at the time wrote a glowing review on the Suicide Girls online community, noting that the web platform “became famous for embracing beauty in every shape and form — meaning bodies covered in tattoos, having bright-colored hair, and being outside of [what they refer to as] traditional beauty norms were celebrated. The name comes from the idea that women who commit “social suicide” by being different come together.” Now, SuicideGirls.com has a full-operating enterprise based in the U.S. state of California. The company has been featured in mainstream media outlets, including the Los Angeles Times, and has many million followers on social media sites like Twitter and Instagram.
ALTPORN4U
ALTPORN4U.com is another popular alt-porn website. What makes ALTPORN4U different is the fact that the studio is entirely bootstrapped by independent creatives and performers outside of the mainstream porn segment. Irina Vega, the project head of ALTPORN4U, introduced concepts like alt-porn feature films through, according to the website’s manifesto, “her own creations and in a totally self-taught way, working with performers who had the same concerns.” Performers who have been featured in ALTPORN4U include Onix Babe, the popular Owen Gray, Sofi Mora, and more.
AltErotic
And as we mentioned above, Alterotic.com is one of the top alt porn site in the world. Ivan, the owner, is a famous Director and his girlfriend Misha Montana a top star in the niche. AltErotic is on the cutting edge of alternative porn. Their specialty is inked, or tattooed models. Ivan has been a guest on our Adult Site Broker Talk podcast.
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