How adult-content discovery works in 2026: SEO, AI search, and the directory layer

Abstract. Adult-content discovery in 2026 operates across three overlapping layers: the traditional search-engine SERP path (Google, Bing, Yandex), the AI-search retrieval path (ChatGPT Search, Perplexity, Claude, Brave Leo), and the directory + aggregator layer that has always sat alongside the tube sites but has gained relative prominence as SafeSearch defaults tightened. This entry maps the three layers, the operational differences between them, and the open question of what discovery looks like as AI-search continues to consolidate share.

By Maya Brennan. 1,490 words · 7 min · 4 citations.