A rising trend in Internet Entertainment, and not just in adult content, is the animated GIF (Graphics Interchange Format), a static or animated, looped image that’s been compressed for quick loading on the internet.

I guarantee you’ve seen a ton of these on the Internet already, from Surprised Kitty to A Whole Year In One Second, these types of images have become more and more popular with the with the rising popularity of community sites like Reddit and Tumblr and their easy way to distribute them. Of course adult content has always been used to create GIFs, but after Adult Star Kimberly Kane sent out a Tweet saying, “Sex GIFS are better than actual porn,” it has many within the industry wondering how true that statement really is.

A slew of GIF-Porn Tubesites have been popping up all over the web, in a way to try to capitalize on the rising trend, but it’s not hard to understand where the trend has come from. Kane herself says in an email, ”I think people, me included, have shorter attention spans because of the 24-hour information overload we are subjected to every time we turn on the TV or go online. GIFs boil sexuality down into a visual tweet, focusing on the exact moments of sex I want to see on repeat.” Sure, she may have a point with such a statement, but I hardly believe the short hot clips will take over the longer traditional clips.

There’s much about the full-length porn film that still speaks to a lot of viewers. Some people get off on the fantasy, or the roll playing. Many get off on the sounds of two or more people moaning in sexual excitement, something the GIF is lacking. Also, with a good scene and a good cast, people want to see how it all unfolds, the different positions, the climax as well as the build up. A GIF will make you choose one or the other.

One must look at GIFs like they are a long form version of a still photograph, capturing a tangible moment in time. Not displaying a high-resolution image for visual analysis, but instead displaying a small piece of the story, while traditional pictures usually have a viewer searching for one of a thousand words.

For your viewing pleasure, we offer a selection of some of the best GIF-Porn out there today: