Lol. Yes I have been to Freeones. I remember when they just started out.

But my point was their rankings are based solely on what the surfers on their site search for. It's a great way to know who the people that surf Freeones everyday are searching for... That's it. For all we know there may be several Asian pornstars or Black pornstars or Latina pornstars who are very popular amongst their own ethnicity and on sites dedicated to those niches but would never be reflected in a "general" freesite like that.

And yeah, it's a big site and definitely reflects trends among the general populace. Most of their traffic is generated by people searching for pornstars to begin with because FreeOnes usually has the number one spot for most girls names (unless you are clever like some of us and do your work to make sure you are number one...even then they are right behind you)

You misunderstand what I said. It isn't a knock on Freeones. It's just the truth. Their rankings reflect what the people on Freeones search for. Nothing more, nothing less. And the majority of return traffic to a freesite, the guys who surf it over and over for YEARS...whether it be to Freeones now, or to us at AL4A and Ampland a few years ago...are not members of a website, they are freeloaders who are enjoying the free porn. These surfers may one day join...but for now they come back over and over and over for their favorite picture or movie from a gallery.

Nothing wrong with that either. I'm just stating that any website that has a top list...is only reflective of the people who use that site. That's just common sense. I mentioned FreeOnes because they are still one of the biggest free sites out there thanks to the thousands of girls they have listed and the search engine traffic that comes in from all those girls being searched on Google.

Smart guys with a great site.

Thank you Roald!

To Robbie: I agree with what you're saying there.
The way I see it, my site attracts pornstar enthusiasts; on my site they search for their favorites; I ranked the 100 most sought-after pornstars on my site in 2010. I don't claim this Top 100 list has any real scientific value, but it does give a nice impression of who's popular (for the people who visit my site).

cant say I agree with that whole list, but Ok.
Also, the pic they have for Angelina Valentine is NOT flattering....

Changed :)

Nice list Randy. Last year's version was part of my metric for the Starlet Sheet XII in the summer.

I decided to take a different approach, though, for The Top 50 Porn Stars of 2011

FYI, this is how the Starlet Sheet XII was compiled in the summer. I just pasted the the original post and added comments in parentheses.
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Remember Maxim UK ?
Back in 2000, the magazine had a circulation of 328,000. After seeing it drop to 45K in 2008, they decided to go online only.
Evidently, their website is still hanging by a thread. They just chose their Dirty Dozen Top 12 Porn Stars. I’d include a hyperlink, but I don’t want to compromise my commitment to excellence.
Instead, I’m going to announce the Starlet Sheet Top 12 and I’m going to tell you exactly how they were determined.
The Starlet Sheet Top 100 is one of several smaller databases that will be offered in addition to the Starlet Sheet 300.
At the moment, the SS Top 100 is a composite of the following Top 100 lists.

1. The Top 100 of 2009 list from a high traffic website. The list was published in January 2010. (This was from porn-star.com)

2. The Top 100 of 2009 from a magazine/website. This list was also published in January 2010. (I don't have the spreadsheet handy and forget which site this was from)

3. The Top 100 searched over a 12 month period on a popular website targeted to fans. The list was pulled on 5/10. (FreeOnes)

4. The Top 100 searched over a 3 month period on that same website. List pulled on 6/10 (Free Ones)

5. The Top 100 from a very well done, high traffic website. List pulled on 5/27. The website does not indicate how the list was determined. (Define Babe)

6. The Top 100 searched on a high traffic website geared to both the industry and fans. List pulled on 5/27. Search data is for that day only, which is good because it provides a public ‘snapshot’. (Adult DVD Talk)

7. The Top 100 searched on website geared to fans. List is from 6/15 and is based on 6/14 searches. (Free Ones)

8. The Top 100 on a website that weighs info from monthly search engine, social networking, and name recognition data. I used their ‘active porn stars only” April 30th list. (Fame Registry)

9. The Top 100 from the June 1st list of the same website. They have an impressive metric, so I had no problem including them twice, but this time I used the one that also includes retired porn stars. I did that because if someone with limited knowledge was about to buy a DVD based on the porn stars they wanted to see in action, it would be an absolute travesty if Katja Kassin or Taylor Rain were not on the list they were using to make the decision. So, while the list is heavily weighted towards active stars, it also includes some that have retired. (Also Fame Registry)

10. My Top 100.

Together, these 10 lists combine to form the indisputable Top 100 Porn Stars of Summer 2010.

Here are some facts about the current set of lists.

Amazingly, a total of 328 different porn stars were on at least one of the above Top 100 lists.

Not including my personal list, there were 4 starlets who made the Top 10 on one list, but failed to crack the top 100 on 9 others. They were Jennifer White, Naomi Russell, Cytherea, and Gracie Glam

There were only 12 Porn Stars who made all 10 lists. They were (in alphabetical order):

Alexis Texas + Amy Reid + Ashlynn Brooke + Bree Olson + Eva Angelina + Jayden James + Jenna Haze + Lexi Belle + Nikki Benz + Sasha Grey + Shyla Stylez + Sophie Dee

I could have easily used the above 12 to counter the Maxim list, but felt it would be better to take the 12 highest average rankings of Porn Stars that were on 8 or more of the lists.

So, without further ado, I give you The Starlet Sheet Top 12 Porn Stars of Summer.

1. Eva Angelina
2. Tori Black
3. Sasha Grey
4. Carmella Bing
5. Shyla Stylez
6. Alexis Texas
7. Nikki Benz
8. Sunny Leone
9. Jenna Haze
10. Ashlynn Brooke
11. Amy Reid
12. Gianna Michaels

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I continued to add random FreeOnes 'snapshots' and Fame Registry rankings to the spreadsheet in hopes of releasing a top 100 for the year, but the computer that it was on is fried, and I may have lost all of the data. It sucks.

One thing I do remember was that, with the exception of news driven Lupe Fuentes/Alexis Capri type anomalies, there was not much variance in the FO searches from one month to the next. Especially when looking at the Most Searches in the Past Week. Daily searches did have a slight bit more variance.

I'm not questioning their accuracy, but I think that having it laid out as they do causes waves and waves of new traffic to consistently search the same girls over and over again and that once a girl is able to crack the top 20 for non news based reasons, it's likely she'll be there for awhile.

I've played around with many numbers in trying to accurately measure 'popularity' but all methods have been flawed in one way or another. Along with with the fact that I may have lost all of that data (and more), that's pretty much why I just said fuck it and made up my own Top 50 for 2011. lol

My buddy Phoenix Marie got #9

:)

i would have bet sasha grey would have moved up with her role on ENtourage

Cool to see a list like this.

And yeah Maria Ozawa is hot.

I see there are no newcomers up in the list? was it the same last year or is it a sign-of-the-times?

About 80 or so porn stars I have never heard of.

No Vicky Vette ??