Pornhub reveals what people are searching for to celebrate St. Patrick's Day

It's hard to search for porn when you're full of green beer.
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Ah, St. Patrick's Day! A chaotic time filled with green beer, and, if you're surfing Pornhub, looking for leprechauns and shamrocks.

According to data from the popular adult video site, searches for "leprechauns" (which are totally real, by the way) spike over 1,200 percent on the Irish-themed holiday while searches for, well, "St. Patrick's Day" increase by over 1,000 percent. More interesting are the increases for "shamrock" (811 percent), "clover" (328 percent), and "luck" (251 percent).

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As one would expect, searches for anything "Irish" have a sizable increase on the holiday itself, with a spike of 429 percent. Searches for "lucky" increase by 171 percent over average daily searches.

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Perhaps the most entertaining surges come misspellings that may be a wee bit inspired by an over-consumption of green beer or whiskey. Misspelled "hentai" searches increase by 18 percent on St. Patrick's Day with "hentia" being the most popular misspelling (31 percent).

But even the easiest terms are a bit harder to type in once you've had one too many shots of Jameson: "MILF" sees an increase in misspellings of 9 percent. "Milff" leads the pack as the most common mistake.

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However you decide to celebrate St. Patrick's Day, please do so responsibly -- and know that Pornhub's autocorrect feature will deliver you safely to your desired destination no matter how clumsy you type.

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Marcus Gilmer

Marcus Gilmer is Mashable's Assistant Real-Times News Editor on the West Coast, reporting on breaking news from his location in San Francisco. An Alabama native, Marcus earned his BA from Birmingham-Southern College and his MFA in Communications from the University of New Orleans. Marcus has previously worked for Chicagoist, The A.V. Club, the Chicago Sun-Times and the San Francisco Chronicle.

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