A website which collects together pictures of London 's most handsome male commuters has proved a huge hit in China - but it might not be quite for the intended reason . TubeCrush.net is filled with pictures of the capital 's finest looking men on the Underground , uploaded by fellow commuters for others to rate and share . It has proved exceedingly popular since it was set up in 2011 , with almost 10,000 likes of Facebook and 8,600 followers on Twitter . But it seems these figures drastically underestimate the actual popularity of the site , because they fail to take into account a massive audience in China . Scroll down for video . Papped : Fellow commuters take pictures of good looking men to share on the website TubeCrush.net . Rating : Fellow users can then rate the men on their 'hotness ' - although the website 's tone is always positive . Popular : TubeCrush has almost 10,000 likes of Facebook and 8,600 followers on Twitter . TubeCrush has been trending on Weibo , the country 's own version of Twitter , revealing that pictures from the UK website are being shared tens of thousands of times . According to BBC Trending , comments include ' I want to take Tubes everyday ! ' and 'Handsome people really look good in anything ' . Some experts have suggested the popularity of the pictures is down to the impression given of all British men being well-groomed and well-mannered - a Chinese cliche . However , it is not always the men 's arms , stubble or sharp suits which is making people share the images . It transpires some are more taken with the space available to commuters on London 's Tube network . 'You think we like the men ; we just like looking at men taking up so much space on the Tube , ' The Times reported one commenter as saying . International appeal : The good-looking men of London are also creating waves on the otherside of the world . Thousands : One picture can get 100,000 shares - popularity boosted by the 'Downton Abbey ' effect . Room : But some have alleged it is more to do with the space on the Tube , rather than the dashing gentleman . Packed : The two cities driving most of the Chinese traffic to TubeCrush.net are Shanghia and Guangzhou - which have the fourth and sixth busiest metro systems in the world , respectively . Pictured : Shanghai metro . 'Look at where the traffic to this site comes from - it 's all from cities where our own underground systems are massively overcrowded . ' Tubecrush.net co-founder Stephen Motion , confirmed to the BBC that most of the Chinese traffic was driven by people from Guangzhou and Shanghai . Both cities metro systems are in the top ten busiest networks in the world . Guangzhou Metro had 2.28billion passengers in 2014 , putting it sixth in the list , while Shanghai 's 2.824billion passengers meant it was the fourth busiest globally , according to RailwayTechnology.com . In comparison , London has just 1.265billion passengers last year . ' I suppose TubeCrush could be misinterpreted , ' Motion said . 'Perhaps people who are travelling on the underground system in China are thinking more about space [ than good looking men ] . ' He joked : 'It 's probably driving the traffic . '
TubeCrushcrush.net collects photos of the TubeCrush 's best looking commuters . Proved huge hit since it was launched in 2011 with thousands of followers . But biggest market is China , where one snap can be shared 100,000 times . But some suggest it is the space not the men making the pictures a hit . China is home to four out of ten of the busiest metro systems in the world .