The business magazine Fortune did some deep digging research and came up with a list of the 12 most popular porn stars currently active in the industry. They call them the »Dirty Dozen«.
Fortune put together a list of the most popular porn stars working right now. In doing so they are adopting a popular but quite hypocritical approach of eating a cake and keeping it too. While welcoming the traffic generated by a click-bait list like that, they also call the female stars on the list »dirty dozen« distancing themselves and adding to the social stigma the industry is fighting against for years.
With an ironic smirk, they write: »Fame in the adult entertainment industry is a fickle thing. Many performers leave the industry before anyone knows their name. Some experience a meteoric rise, only to fall in the course of a few months. Others prove eternal.«
The list compiled though probably is quite accurate. Fortune talked to industry insiders and tried to measure fan interest. As Fortune is a business magazine economic facts are featured as well and make it an interesting read. »Globally, pornography is a $97 billion industry, according to Kassia Wosick, assistant professor of sociology at New Mexico State University. Between $10 and $12 billion of that total comes from the United States.«
Eva Lovia
Eva Lovia was born in 1989. She has Spanish and Japanese parents. She started out working for the restaurant chain »Hooters« and was a model for swimwear. Her first scene was for Reality Kings and she went on to work for BangBros, Nubile Films and of course Digital Playground, the studio that made her a star. She was a signed contract star for DP after winning the porn reality series DP Star. She is often booked for high profile porn parodies like True Detective, Star Wars and Kill Bill. Today she is featured in many Greg Lansky productions. Up until now, she worked in 130 productions. She has more than 270,000 followers on Twitter and over 920,000 subscribers on Instagram.
https://fancentro.com/evalovia
Abella Danger
Abella Danger was born in 1995. She has a Ukranian Jewish background and was born in Florida. Like Eva Lovia, Abella Danger has been active in the industry for three years. Her debut was with Bang Bros. She went on to work for Brazzers, Evil Angel, Kink and Digital Playground. She shot to fame by winning big at the 2016 AVN Awards. With nearly 500 productions under her belt, she is very savvy when it comes to social media and has an avid followership and fanbase. She has over 500,000 followers on her very active Twitter account and a massive 1,6 Million subscribers on Instagram.
Romi Rain
Romi Rain was born in 1988 and she just scored big at this year’s XBIZ awards. Her mother also was a successful model and was once featured in Hustler. She is active since 2012 did her debut on Playboy TV. She has worked extensively as webcam girl but also on productions for Brazzers and other high profile studios. She is very successful in custom-made porn productions as well. She has nearly 500,000 followers on Twitter and a whopping 1,7 Million subscribers on Instagram.
Lana Rhoades
Lana Rhoades was born in Chicago in 1996. She has been active in the industry since April 2016 and worked for studios like Evil Angel, Jules Jordan, and Greg Lansky’s Tushy. In August 2016 she was Pet of the Month in the currently insolvent Penthouse magazine. Last year she won the influential newcomer awards both at the AVN and XBIZ Award shows. In the past she was under contract with Spielgergirls and LA Direct Models, currently, she has a contract with Naughty America and creating VR scenes for the company. She has nearly 280,000 followers on Twitter and more than 930,000 subscribers on Instagram.
Gina Valentina
Gina Valentina was born in Rio de Janeiro in 1997. While clearly a newcomer she already worked in more than 200 productions for top studios like Brazzers, Reality Junkies, New Sensations, Digital Sin, Evil Angel, Wicked, Bang Bros, and Girlfriends Films. She is under contract with Spieglergirls. She has already won XBIZ and AVN awards. She has around 180,000 followers on Twitter and more than 240,000 subscribers on Instagram.
Elsa Jean
Elsa Jean was born in 1996 in Canton, Ohio. She also already has a buzzing career in the business with more than 280 movies already in her filmography. She chose her porn name based on the Disney character Elsa from the animated blockbuster movie »Frozen«. She was an AVN trophy girl and has nearly 650,000 subscribers on Instagram.
Chanel Preston
Chanel Preston was born in Fairbanks, Alaska in 1985. She has mixed background of English, German and Spanish descent. Preston is an industry veteran and began her career in 2010 in a production for Vivid Entertainment. In March 2012 she was Penthouse »Pet of the Month«. She has been an industry and fan favorite for years. She won several industry awards, among them AVN, XBIZ and Night Moves. She has a successful podcast series called »Sex Think« and also works a s a director. She was on the Adult Performer Advocacy Committee (APAC) and was featured in a Showtime documentary on the adult business. She has more than 200,000 followers on Twitter.
Riley Reid
Riley Reid was born in 1991 in Miami Beach, Florida. She entered the business in 2011, her debut scene was for Vivid Entertainment. She worked for high profile studios like Evil Angel, Jules Jordan, Digital Playground and Kink. Today she is one of the most popular porn stars currently working. In 2014 she won »Performer of the Year« at XBIZ and scored 14 nominations at AVN and XBIZ during the current awards season. She is a fan favorite, oftentimes offering Q&A-Sessions on Reddit. She is under contract at Spieglergirls. She has more than 730,000 followers on Twitter and 1,3 million subscribers on Instagram.
Aidra Fox
Aidra Fox was born in Milwaukee, Wisconsin in 1995. She entered the business in 2014 and was a Penthouse Pet of the Month at 19. She worked for high profile studios like Brazzers, Evil Angel, Digital Playground, Reality Kings, Digital Sin and Jules Jordan. She is successfully promoting custom videos via the embattled Patreon website and is active on her own YouTube channel as a Gamer girl. She has around 280 movies under her belt. She has nearly 150,000 followers on Twitter.
https://www.patreon.com/aidrafox
Angela White
Angela White was born in Sydney, Australia in 1985. Right now she is at the height of her career and was the big winner at this year’s AVN Awards. She went into the business in 2003 and is currently under contract with Spieglergirls and works for high profile studios like Brazzers, Naughty America, and Jules Jordan. She identifies openly as bisexual, has an academic career in Gender Studies, runs her own production company and is a very successful webcam model as well. She was featured in several mainstream documentaries. Her twitter account has nearly 500,000 followers and she has more than 2,4 million subscribers on Instagram.
Keisha Grey
Keisha Grey was born in Tampa Florida in 1994. She entered the business in 2013 working for Blacked. Since then she worked for high profile studios like Bang Bros, Digital Playground, Elegant Angel, Jules Jordan, Reality Kings, Tushy, Wicked. She starred in nearly 400 productions up until now and won awards at the NightMoves and AVN awards. She has more than 250,000 followers on Twitter and 1,1 million subscribers on Instagram.
Jessica Drake
Jessica Drake was born in San Antonio, Texas in 1974. She is an industry legend and is also famous for being one of the sexual misconduct accusers of President Donald J. Trump. She claims that the former business tycoon offered her 10,000 for a night with her and that he kissed her without asking. She went into the business in 1999 and won several industry awards throughout her long-running career. From 2003 on she was under exclusive contract at porn studio Wicked. Drake also ventured into the mainstream and was featured in a music video by Lady Gaga alongside Beyoncé. She has nearly 600,000 followers on Twitter and more than 250,000 subscribers on Instagram.