Chaturbate is a

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providing

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performances by individual

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s and couples, typically featuring

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and

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ranging from

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and

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to more explicit sexual acts such as

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with

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s. Chaturbate hosts live

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and has offered an open vulnerability program on HackerOne for any hackers who report security flaws on their website. As of April 2025, Chaturbate was the 40th most popular website in the world and the fourth most popular pornographic site.

Concept

"Chaturbate" is a

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of "chat" and "masturbate". Viewers are allowed to watch for free (with the exception of private shows) but pay money in the form of "tips" in order to see certain sex acts performed. Models can synchronize remote-controlled vibrators and other sex toys so that they can be activated when "tipped" and the frequencies affected by the amount of "tips" given, with the intention of "users paying to try to give he modelsan orgasm". Models need not be humans, as is the case with

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, an artificial intelligence " cam girl", who has about 20,000 followers. However, Chaturbate did require the operator to prove their age. The site itself earns revenues by taking roughly 40% to 50% van Doorn, p. 5. from the models' earnings. Chaturbate generates revenue from the audience when they purchase tokens using their credit cards. Each Chaturbate token is worth $0.05 to a model and they need to earn at least $50.00 to receive the payment. However, when purchased by viewers, tokens cost about $0.10, depending on the amount bought in a single transaction.

Rankings

As of November 2019, the site was ranked 22nd in the

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global rank and was the largest adult camming site competing with European BongaCams and LiveJasmin, which represented an increase from 167th globally and third in adult websites, trailing

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and Livejasmin, in February 2017. In 2018, the top five countries that their users resided in were 20.5% from the United States, followed by 8.5% from Germany, 6.8% from Japan, 6.2% from the United Kingdom and 4.7% from China. It is estimated that the site receives about 117 million monthly visits, which translates to approximately 4.1 million unique visitors each month, and an estimated 780,000 a day.

Sponsorships

Chaturbate was the presenting sponsor for the 33rd AVN Awards in 2016, as well as an exhibitor at the

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that year and in 2017. In 2020, the site partnered with independent Canadian filmmakers Ethan Cole and Daniel AM Rosenberg to produce Cam_Girlfriend, a 10-episode web series broadcast on

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References

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