Married couple explain how they became Pornhub's most viewed amateurs of the year
There's no shortage of professional porn stars in this world, but it doesn't mean that there isn't space for us mere mortals to get in on a slice of the action too.
The likes of Angela White, Riley Reid and Mia Khalifa are all infamous in the world of adult content, but if you swipe over to the amateur section on Pornhub, you will find a few 'normal' people also have quite large fanbases too.
Take this married couple who became the most-viewed amateurs on the X-rated website in 2022, beating thousands of other creators to claim the coveted title.
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Yiny and Leon - better known by their stage name Yinyleon - have uploaded hundreds of videos onto the site over the years that have racked up more than 1.2 billion views.
Which isn't half bad for a pair of amateurs, is it?
The Texas-based couple also bagged the Pornhub title back in 2021 too, so they've built up quite the reputation in the adult content creating sphere and reckon that the authenticity of their relationship has really helped them along the way.
Puerto Rican-born performer Yiny, 40, and her husband Leon, 44, believe that the fact they both still fancy the pants off of each other and remain 'very horny' after two decades of marriage is what earned them the Pornhub prize.
During an interview with BuzzFeed News, the pair opened up about how they came to the decision to start shooting raunchy videos together.
Yiny explained that they had seen a YouTube clip of another couple who had achieved incredible success after joining the adult industry and were inspired to join in on the fun.
"We were always very sexual, and we said, ‘Let’s do porn’," she recalled.
Within the first month of signing up, the couple claim they raked in more than $2,000 (£1,572).
But as their fanbase continued to grow in size, Yiny and Leon have since been able to fund their lifestyles almost entirely with their earnings from the porn site.
They say they are now raking in between $15,000 (£11,795) and $25,000 (£19,658) a month for their content.
Speaking of their success, Leon said: "It’s ridiculous. I was in the military for 13 years, but I left because what I made in the Army in a year, here I make in a month and a half, two months."
As Yinyleon have got their feet firmly under the table in the adult industry, they've managed to drastically improve their production skills which has brought them a lot more fans - but it's their outdoor videos which have been the real hit.
For example, the duo might film themselves getting it on in the middle of a run or hike - and Pornhub said alfresco sex was a category which had grown by a whopping 121 percent in 2022.
So no wonder Yiny and Leon are rolling in it - but they don't have any plans to swap their amateur status to professional.
"I don’t consider myself a porn star," said Leon. "It's never going to be my intention to try to look professional or anything.
"But thank God people say, 'Wow, what great production you guys have.' Really, it’s just us with a cellphone."
Yiny added: "I think that’s why we rose to the top - because everything looks so real, the ladies are so comfy on the grass, while we're on top of rocks, trees…anywhere."
Yiny and Leon revealed they film their content two to three times a week, but still find time to have sex off camera too - which they say is strictly for their pleasure, rather than for prying eyes.
Topics: Sex and Relationships, Money, PornHub, News
Olivia Burke