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Gareth Bartlett

Pandemic pushes porn star job searches up by 41 per cent in UK

There's been a huge increase in the number of Brits searching for a new career in porn.

The coronavirus pandemic pushed huge numbers of people into new jobs as they desperately tried to keep earning while their usual careers weren't possible.

For some, that has meant considering a wildly different role, according to the Daily Star.

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Data from Anchor Pumps - a company that provides the sort of pumps for showers, heating and toilets, in case you were wondering - shows there has been a 41% increase in the UK of Brits looking into becoming a porn star.

They used Google search data to find out how pre-pandemic career searches compared to present day.

Last week we reported how mum Lucy Mitchell, 37, signed up to a fetish website to earn extra cash.

She nows makes content for MyFet - an adult, subscription-based platform that allows "Kreators" to interact with subscribers (known as Kinksters) by posting "some of your naughtiest photos/videos".

And has made £7,000 in four months.

Dogging is another career that has had a massive search boost.

Some careers have had a massive search boost online post-pandemic (Getty Images)

More specifically, becoming a dog walker - with a 188% increase in Google searches.

There's also been 153% more searches for becoming a nanny.

But some careers are far from people's minds after the pandemic.

Searches for lorry driver jobs are down by 89%, builder jobs down by 61% and hairdresser searches were down 60%.

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