#10 Adult Time
NUMBER OF NOMINATIONS: 9
We open this top with Adult Time, which received 9 nominations. And I know what you might be thinking. How come Adult Time only got 9 nominations? They’ve been ruling the porn world in the past five years, and they should get the most nominations, right? Well, they did. This first entry at the top is for their standalone releases. They also release movies with many other porn studios. You’ll see Adult Time again in this top. But for the standalone releases, they got 9 nominations, including for their movie Hard Stop, which has been nominated for so many categories.
#9 Wicked/Pulse
NUMBER OF NOMINATIONS: 10
Wicked gets ten nominations through its collaboration with Pulse. Their movie Clout was nominated for the best Grand Reel of 2025. It’s an excellent release featuring Adria Rae, Anna Claire Clouds, Ella Reese, Gizelle Blanco, and Jewelz Blu with incredible cyberpunk cinematics. Breadcrumbs is also a movie that got them some nominations.
#8 Deeper/Pulse
NUMBER OF NOMINATIONS: 10
Deeper amazed us last year and two years ago with some amazing releases in their collaboration with female director/pornstar Maitland Ward. And this year they proved that it wasn’t just Matiland that brought them so many nominations. They have a great studio and their best movie this year, which got multiple nominations, is Wouldn’t Hurt a Fly” | Seductions V2.
#7 Jules Jordan
NUMBER OF NOMINATIONS: 11
Jules Jordan is one of the most constant presences in the AVN Awards. And it’s amazing to see that a site that for the most part maintains a love for the gonzo porn is making it in the top in which most of the other sites win with extra cinematic long-runtime features. They’re still top in the MMF threesome and gangbang niches, and one of their best nominations this year is “Chloe Amour’s Air Tight Invasion”
#6 Dorcel/Pulse
NUMBER OF NOMINATIONS: 12
Some say that AVN is just for the American industry and that it ignores the European porn. But the 12 nominations for Dorcel/Pulse collaboration contradict them. Europe just has to go back to creating porn like they used to back in the Italian era. Until then, we have Dorcel, who leads the continent in great productions, with movies such as Pigalle, Strip, or Follow Me.
#5 Darkko/Evil Angel
NUMBER OF NOMINATIONS: 12
Not many porn fans know who Jonni Darkko is. He’s a legend in the directing and male performing world of porn. And this new collaboration that he has with Evil Angel will surely put his name up where it belongs. He does some incredibly intense and hardcore porn, which he films with some amazingly immersive camera work. You can see that in his nominated titles such as “Mon Amour Scene 2 DAP” or “Valerica Steele DVP & Squirt Threesome”.
#4 Digital Playground/Pulse
NUMBER OF NOMINATIONS: 13
I love how Digital Playground is still a reference name in the world of porn after so many years. They’ve always focused on quality over quantity, and even though the public these days is not that crazy for the brand, the critics notice. That’s why their collaboration with Pulse got 13 nominations. They have important nominations in the Best Leading Actor category, and that’s because they put as much focus on the male performers as on the female pornstars. And they even have nominations for best music, best screenplay, and best non-sex performer, which again proves the attention to detail that they have.
#3 Pure Taboo/Adult Time
NUMBER OF NOMINATIONS: 13
The PureTaboo/AdultTime collaboration is a case to be studied. The quality of the Adult Time production studios and the family taboo ideas of the Pure Taboo brand create porn that all modern men absolutely love. I enjoyed “Skeletons in His Closet”, which comes with some amazing black-on-black porn, which got a nomination for the best threesome. But they had so many awesome movies this year, including The Party’s Over, Not Again, and Foot In The Door
#2 Brazzers/Pulse
NUMBER OF NOMINATIONS: 19
The Brazzers/Pulse collaboration is wild. Some of the biggest names in the industry have been involved with the movies that brought this duo their 19 nominations. “Make ‘Em Squirt!” from the ZZ Unscripted series is a porn spectacle in all its glory. But I also enjoyed “MILF Quest – Episode 3” which focuses on Cherrie DeVille, who is entering her mature era in such a nice way.
#1 Elegant Angel
NUMBER OF NOMINATIONS: 22
With 22 nominations, Elegant Angel absolutely ruled this year, and it is going to take home so many awards, as everyone can expect. Their ideas for the MILF Performers of the Year 2025 and Performers of the Year 2025: Lesbian Orgy movies are brilliant. They gathered all the nominees from last year’s categories and featured them in the same features. I feel like AVN should do this with every category they have. But they also have an amazing movie when it comes to the screenplay category, called Shared: A Hotwife Origin Story, which is so thrilling and realistic, probably the best cuckolding porn movie of the past decade.