The Dark Story Behind Pornhub’s $1.5B Business Empire

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  • Опубликовано: 29 окт 2024

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  • @haroldreighn7262
    @haroldreighn7262 8 месяцев назад +21

    I've been a listener to MFM for over 2 years and this is by and far THE most enthralling episode I've heard. Masterful storytelling by Shaan, exceptional 'therapy' message from Sam at the end, and overall vibe was great. Kudos gentlemen, well done.

  • @guyacey
    @guyacey 8 месяцев назад +46

    Never thought I'd see this day coming. I love it! Shaan is such a master story teller

  • @David-ks6bw
    @David-ks6bw 8 месяцев назад +20

    I love these kind of episodes. Shaan's storytelling is next level

  • @TechieGamersweb
    @TechieGamersweb 8 месяцев назад +34

    Going to do some hands on research after the pod.

  • @saymateo
    @saymateo 8 месяцев назад +140

    “If you can’t sell boobies, you can’t sell anything.” - Shaan Puri
    Put this on a shirt gentlemen 😂

  • @olmzors
    @olmzors 8 месяцев назад +6

    I have listened to almost all episodes of the pod. This is at least top 5, so entertaining Sean's hype was awesome. Love these types of secret stories

  • @abhayrohom
    @abhayrohom 8 месяцев назад +9

    Shaan's hoodie was up with the theme😂. Was fun listening to such amazing storytelling.

  • @pierre-lucleboeuf4979
    @pierre-lucleboeuf4979 8 месяцев назад +2

    Love the end part about finding the right projects. I’m going through the same questions for my current startup of 3 years and this was super relatable.

  • @JCV507
    @JCV507 8 месяцев назад +8

    Hot Money Season 1 is a great podcast that goes into the nitty gritty of this story.

    • @wishes_._
      @wishes_._ 6 месяцев назад

      Got a link ?

  • @shashankaggarwal123
    @shashankaggarwal123 8 месяцев назад

    Sam! really appreciate that monologue you went on - could feel your spirit backing it up!

  • @faisalislam9840
    @faisalislam9840 8 месяцев назад +6

    Didn't expect 2 days in a row

  • @iamredabouziane.
    @iamredabouziane. Месяц назад

    THIS IS A KILLER STORY, and the way Shaan tells it is crazy.

  • @AlexMcDaniels
    @AlexMcDaniels 8 месяцев назад +2

    This episode was very unexpectedly interesting and funny. Loved it!

  • @Dan-Martin-2
    @Dan-Martin-2 8 месяцев назад +1

    You guys are at your best just deep diving. I love your perspective.

  • @2ru2pacFan
    @2ru2pacFan 8 месяцев назад +7

    That Manchester United manager after a loss analogy is gold! 😂 😂 😂

  • @robro8
    @robro8 8 месяцев назад

    Incredible storytelling Shaan. Absolutely hooked and laughing my ass off

  • @CGStaggs
    @CGStaggs 8 месяцев назад

    At 37:16, Sam (in response to a GREAT perspective shared by Shaan) puts it all in perspective. Well done, gentkemen. Standing ivation

  • @Soyunmaní777
    @Soyunmaní777 8 месяцев назад +3

    Damn Shaun, I was so hooked on your story, now I need you to write and produce the PornHub Curse Netflix series.

  • @Brewater
    @Brewater 8 месяцев назад +1

    Awesome therapy session Sam!!!!

  • @PankajDoharey
    @PankajDoharey 8 месяцев назад +1

    how are you able to do this day after day, sometines due to commitments i am not able to view the pod. So i listen to it in parts. Hats off to you.

  • @benjaminhill3760
    @benjaminhill3760 8 месяцев назад

    I felt Shaan’s “please” at 37:16. That was real in the feels.

  • @IanSDaniels
    @IanSDaniels 8 месяцев назад

    Another great episode! I had a VERY early Snap guy come shopping with me once. Without saying his name, he was either employee..... 1, 2, 3, 4, or 5. To talk to him was as if the guy walked on water. It was back when Facebook offered them 3 billion, complete insult from his attitude. I wanted to remind him YOU INVENTED AN APP WHERE A PICTURE DISAPPEARS!!! You would think they discovered immortality or nuclear fission. So obnoxious.

  • @AllanJeremy
    @AllanJeremy 8 месяцев назад

    This episode is the single of Shaan’s story telling. Absolutely loved it!!!! Takes notes (on the story telling of course 😂)

  • @AndyWardTenerifeEstateAgents
    @AndyWardTenerifeEstateAgents 8 месяцев назад

    That was a superb episode, really well researched and really well told! Very, very interesting - hats off!

  • @oidoy4970
    @oidoy4970 8 месяцев назад +7

    Where is the bryan johnson interview shaan mentioned awhile ago? Still not out.

    • @Brodragon2225
      @Brodragon2225 8 месяцев назад

      there is one

    • @theace272
      @theace272 8 месяцев назад +2

      I think he’s talking about the one where Shaan went to his house

  • @troywissenbach6242
    @troywissenbach6242 8 месяцев назад +1

    I’m convinced a successful pod for Shaan is measured by how many times Sam giggles uncontrollably😂

  • @Eugene_Liu304
    @Eugene_Liu304 8 месяцев назад +1

    my fav episode of all time!

  • @BenjaminCano
    @BenjaminCano 8 месяцев назад

    This should be a series!

  • @Musa_Media_
    @Musa_Media_ 8 месяцев назад +2

    The way Sam said “Oh yeah” at 7:30 you can tell he’s watched more than a few Brazzers videos in his lifetime

  • @DJjussi1
    @DJjussi1 8 месяцев назад +1

    Shaan has got to be one of the world's best storytellers.

  • @SixFootShort
    @SixFootShort 8 месяцев назад

    What an episode! 👏

  • @adama9032
    @adama9032 7 месяцев назад

    Shaan is the best story teller ever ..he could tell you a story about drying paper an it would sound interesting

  • @Ashakib1573
    @Ashakib1573 6 месяцев назад

    By far the best episode 🎉

  • @chraesi
    @chraesi 8 месяцев назад

    this is actually better than the audio version

  • @Solomonthe14
    @Solomonthe14 8 месяцев назад

    Loved your episode
    Just stumbled upon Nat Friedman gem "Pessimists sound smart. Optimists make money." Sounds familiar ?
    Now, who really coined this first? Nat or Shaan ?
    My money's on some Ancient Greek philosopher or French guy.
    Either way, they’re probably kicking themselves in the afterlife, realizing the optimists funded their fancy mansions while they were left to ghostwrite history’s footnotes.

  • @Brewater
    @Brewater 8 месяцев назад

    Bravo Shaan!!!!

  • @ray-mc-l
    @ray-mc-l 8 месяцев назад +1

    Shaan: "Brazzers" Sam: "Oh yeah" hahahaha

  • @packagingunboxd
    @packagingunboxd 8 месяцев назад

    Dude, your YT pics are hilarious. Are they increasing views or not really?

  • @Louisadamson
    @Louisadamson 8 месяцев назад

    This one might beat the one, Guy Makes $1.3M Every Day pod, but as you say, ya’ll be covering this sort of thing more than most. I wouldn’t want to have that label, and don’t get me wrong, I totally get the business story value. I totally listened start to finish.
    Get to Larry Janeski’s story, and have him on for an interview if possible. Mike Rowe would be great too, with all the practical success stories he could share for so many who could benefit.
    The lessons of the 8 to 10 or 11 figure stories applied to the cogs of the economy could be great to mix in as a theme semi-monthly or as a short series once a year.
    Those who relate with and come for those pods will learn from the rest.

  • @bangerpickleball
    @bangerpickleball 8 месяцев назад

    26:04 had me dying laughing. when you google his name theres only one pic and its exactly what i would expect

  • @itsJessicaMyers
    @itsJessicaMyers 8 месяцев назад

    Thank you for these insights

  • @jakejake7289
    @jakejake7289 8 месяцев назад +2

    Great story told by a great story teller!

  • @progamer1196
    @progamer1196 8 месяцев назад

    Fire episode 🔥🔥🔥

  • @moneycashson9480
    @moneycashson9480 8 месяцев назад

    This was a banger!

  • @vkuse0
    @vkuse0 8 месяцев назад

    😂😂😂😂 Shaan bringing everyone out of reality distortion. Like how Sam thinks and the fact that trading places w any of these is just so miserable!
    can y'all bring back under-the-radar businesses/ owner stories - kinda miss those

  • @ywueeee
    @ywueeee 8 месяцев назад

    the oh yeah from sam when shaan mentioned brazzers was hilarious

  • @meshachjones6909
    @meshachjones6909 8 месяцев назад

    Awesome journalism

  • @lucasdelmas_bespoke
    @lucasdelmas_bespoke 8 месяцев назад

    To help answer Sam's question at 28:45, I once met a guy who was doing SEO for Carpe Diem, a company that operates porn websites. Basically, his comment was "you get to laugh the first 2 months, then you get to cry the next 2 years when you see the horrors that people search, and then you quit".

  • @dafish691
    @dafish691 4 месяца назад

    Great deep dive, came from your short 👍🏼
    The ring analogy sticks

  • @denisschonfelder4710
    @denisschonfelder4710 8 месяцев назад

    Great explanation from Sam at the end that many business ideas have a right to exist as long as you have fun with it and you can tell Shaan a story. That's what I learnt from this pod. Choose your businesses based on the potential story, not the potential earnings. Even if you fail, at least you have a great story that makes you more interesting.

  • @drumbassclassics
    @drumbassclassics 8 месяцев назад

    Great episode. ❤

  • @disparato
    @disparato 8 месяцев назад

    Agree with Sam, amazingly told Shaan

  • @tommyrs20
    @tommyrs20 8 месяцев назад

    Yep! This was a good one.

  • @miximum1
    @miximum1 8 месяцев назад

    wow, now that's story telling! Enthralling!

  • @chefbrian26
    @chefbrian26 8 месяцев назад

    I loved this story time! My first biz was a network of porn blogs that funneled traffic back to my tube site. I had a community of 10k followers that I didn’t know how to monetize and the tube site getting 50k visits a day. During the porn hub roll up they bought my tube site for $3k 🤦🏻‍♂️then I eventually sold the blog network and community off and thought I was an 18yr old genius 😂 I still kick myself for selling it all off but in 09 no one really knew communities would become what they are today.

  • @MIDE..
    @MIDE.. 8 месяцев назад

    This is a great episode. One question though , how do you search for internee companies with revenue of 3-10m. Is this something you will be willing to talk about on the pod? Or just tweet a likely system ?

  • @leviaiono5329
    @leviaiono5329 8 месяцев назад

    I like to play a drinking game when I listen to the show. Its one shot for every time Sam says Alright

  • @BabarKhanJaved
    @BabarKhanJaved 8 месяцев назад

    Need a dedicated episode of Sam the Shrink

  • @jakjakqqq385
    @jakjakqqq385 8 месяцев назад

    This one was a real banger xD

  • @RahulKahani_
    @RahulKahani_ 8 месяцев назад +1

    Canadian Heritage Moment.

  • @davidkuinn
    @davidkuinn 8 месяцев назад

    Great pod guys! What other way do X sites monetize apart from shitty banner ads?

  • @The_Phill_A_Blunt
    @The_Phill_A_Blunt 7 месяцев назад

    Hats off to a fella that can do hundred million dollar deals

  • @CKpremium1992
    @CKpremium1992 8 месяцев назад

    thats a dope hoodie

  • @geoffroyraby8896
    @geoffroyraby8896 8 месяцев назад

    Great episode and what a Story about PornHub. For sure one industry that will never desappear 🙂
    Keep it up with all these great Stories.

  • @dwayne9959
    @dwayne9959 8 месяцев назад

    He wasn’t rich when he bought those sites. He raised a lot of money and used seller financing. He found a PE guy who backed him.

  • @CarlosRosario
    @CarlosRosario 8 месяцев назад

    Shaan: Imagine running a NOT popular porn sight?
    Hilarity ensues.
    I love you, guys.

  • @fryderykchopin1381
    @fryderykchopin1381 8 месяцев назад

    Bernd is a common name of older people in Germany and Austria, spelled burned

  • @Ryan.G.Spalding
    @Ryan.G.Spalding 8 месяцев назад

    So this is what Shaan meant by getting more into content. :)

  • @blkmagnum3370
    @blkmagnum3370 8 месяцев назад

    can someone help me?
    on one episode Sam mentioned he invested in a company that pivoted and now uses AI to summarize multiple research papers. Does anyone know which episode that was and the company name?

  • @BasketballBusinessAndBossMoves
    @BasketballBusinessAndBossMoves 8 месяцев назад +1

    Shaan is a storytelling savant! Chapelle is the only one who is better!

  • @meetthereqs
    @meetthereqs 8 месяцев назад

    Can you give us the name of the "Traction" book?

  • @geraldlofton
    @geraldlofton 8 месяцев назад +1

    Show NOTES are WEAK for this POD guys get ur self together , who is doing ur show notes (SAD) where are the links!!!!

  • @JJ-rp2df
    @JJ-rp2df 8 месяцев назад

    PH's saving men from the far worse family court empire ftw

  • @jasonwarren8269
    @jasonwarren8269 8 месяцев назад

    MySpace was better than Facebook ever was😅

  • @JosePerez-d9j8o
    @JosePerez-d9j8o 8 месяцев назад

    A Frank Amodeo episode would be 🔥

  • @sunidollfun
    @sunidollfun 8 месяцев назад

    If you charged every illegal immigrant coming into America through a gap in the wall bordering Mexico and the US you could make $1.5m a year. I don't understand why it is being allowed to happen.

  • @Wubbay828
    @Wubbay828 4 месяца назад

    I think these guys aren’t cheaters

  • @MIZZDOITALL
    @MIZZDOITALL 4 месяца назад

    I’m on there and think it’s fine though it’s has it’s bad sides like technical difficulties

  • @davidschy
    @davidschy 8 месяцев назад

    Great story

  • @grantgrantgrantgrant
    @grantgrantgrantgrant 8 месяцев назад

    Shaan is so thirsty for adult content businesses. Niiiiice.

  • @RichHxmie
    @RichHxmie 8 месяцев назад

    Google pays duck duck to be its main search engine or Firefox or both

  • @gaboronem8615
    @gaboronem8615 8 месяцев назад

    South Africa's has the same exchange rate arbitrage that Shepherd enjoys in the Philippines and a has please open up your recruitment to south Africa, It really wouldn't be hard

  • @Daniel-Davies-Gonstead-Student
    @Daniel-Davies-Gonstead-Student 8 месяцев назад

    35:40 -
    "Don't optimise something that shouldn't exist"
    - Elon Musk

  • @NA18NA
    @NA18NA 8 месяцев назад

    Episode felt way too short 😩

  • @socha9084
    @socha9084 8 месяцев назад +1

    needs to be movie

  • @sutats
    @sutats 8 месяцев назад

    Interesting topic. Unzips pants.

  • @empiralaura_espiral_355
    @empiralaura_espiral_355 8 месяцев назад

    does anyone know what page do they use to check the most trafic websites?

  • @iamlasbrey6334
    @iamlasbrey6334 8 месяцев назад

    I never thought i would be listening to story of porn today, lool

  • @Nawablala591
    @Nawablala591 8 месяцев назад

    Green VFX close 😂😂😂

  • @SabLiJunior
    @SabLiJunior 8 месяцев назад

    Guys, can you do a business ideas episode? Like if you agree.

  • @aditimascarenhas5608
    @aditimascarenhas5608 8 месяцев назад

    Howwww the fkkk did you do this research

  • @davit7799
    @davit7799 8 месяцев назад

    Nice story but hurts my eyes watching it. Please remove that white frame or make it darker

  • @grahamkennedy7221
    @grahamkennedy7221 8 месяцев назад

    Don’t use DDG

  • @TheMiccoliGroup
    @TheMiccoliGroup 8 месяцев назад

    I use DDG

  • @josenegrete3694
    @josenegrete3694 8 месяцев назад +2

    #LAKESHOW

  • @bullshark3000
    @bullshark3000 8 месяцев назад +1

    That story was fappinating

  • @dr.jaycavanaugh1923
    @dr.jaycavanaugh1923 8 месяцев назад

    Field trip?

  • @spa7us
    @spa7us 3 месяца назад

    I’m gonna take a wild guess and say they are white but not really

  • @As1fAhmad
    @As1fAhmad 8 месяцев назад

    .

  • @stancuflorin
    @stancuflorin 8 месяцев назад

    haha great story