Manila, Philippines is popular online. Thanks to “Ocean Park Manila” (an oceanarium) and “Resorts World Manila” (a casino resort) that are both highly searched online. Their popularity in web searches are steadily rising since their opening dates — around 2008 for Manila Ocean Park and 2010 for Resorts World Manila.

Red = "Resorts World Manila"; Blue = "Ocean Park Manila"

Aside from those I mentioned above, there is another phrase that makes Manila so popular, specifically in Google. The unstoppable rise of “Manila Exposed” and all terms affixed to it like “free”, “download”, “scandal”, “video”, “Pinoy”, “Pinay”, and “torrent” ranked very high on Google searches. If you do not have the slightest idea what “Manila Exposed” is all about, then read it again — “free” “download” “Pinoy” “scandal” “video”. Get it? The phrase’s high demand online beats searches like “flights to Manila” and “Manila weather”, both may have originated outside the Philippines.

Numbers represent average of each line from 2010 to 2012.

“Manila Exposed” is very popular within the Philippine territory, with some insignificant percentages coming from a couple other countries in the Southeast Asian region.

When sex CDs and DVDs were still in the mainstream back in my college days, “Manila Exposed” could easily be passed from one friend to another. Or bought from the sidewalk at a very cheap price. With the popularity of online “tubes” in the past 5 years or so, “Manila Exposed” could be downloaded effortlessly and watched by anyone for free.

“Manila Exposed” is searched mostly in Manila, Negros Oriental, Davao Del Sur, and Cebu, based on data from Google Insights. But which place in the Philippines top the search for “free porn”? Not the big cities like Manila or Cebu. It’s Leyte!

Top Philippine locations for "free porn" search.

Here are the top ten Philippine locations that are popular for using the terms “free porn” on Google.
1. Leyte
2. Cavite
3. Pampanga
4. Negros Oriental
5. Mindoro Occidental
6. Cebu
7. Misamis Oriental
8. Rizal
9. Manila
10. Davao Del Sur

Do you agree with the rankings? Do you think Pinoys extremely love porn that resulted in the popularity of “Manila Exposed” on Google?

If you happen to be in the Philippines right now and reading this post after searching “Free Manila Exposed Download”, then that may explain why the phrase ranks high when searching for “Manila.”

Important Note: Google Insights may not be accurate, so take the numbers with a grain of salt.

About Google Insights
Google Insights for Search analyzes a portion of Google web searches to compute how many searches have been done for the terms you’ve entered, relative to the total number of searches done on Google over time. This analysis indicates the likelihood of a random user to search for a particular search term from a certain location at a certain time. Keep in mind that Insights designates a certain threshold of traffic for search terms, so that those with low volume won’t appear. Our system also eliminates repeated queries from a single user over a short period of time, so that the level of interest isn’t artificially impacted by these type of queries.