Milton Keynes: world centre of porn and sex

Google Trends tells it like it is

By Lester Haines • Get more from this author

Posted in Bootnotes, 23rd April 2007 10:17 GMT

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It's official: Milton Keynes is the world's centre of pornography and sex, according to Google Trends.

In fact, the UK completely dominates the global porn/sex rankings, holding the top five positions:

Milton Keynes, United Kingdom
Sheffield, United Kingdom
Birmingham, United Kingdom
Edinburgh, United Kingdom
Manchester, United Kingdom
Dublin, Ireland
Auckland, New Zealand
Melbourne, Australia
Irvine, CA, USA
Sydney, Australia

It's a pretty poor showing by Dublin, it must be said, which might explain why the city still tops the international loneliness index, almost a year after we first reported on Dubliners' misery.

Mind you, Brentford seems to have cheered up a bit. In May last year, it ranked 8th in the slough of despond league table, but has now dropped out of the rankings. Readers are invited to speculate what exactly has provoked this remarkable improvement. ®