Stats – Sexual Diversity

1. Britain – Frequency of Sex – 1991, 2001, 2012

Sex frequency of residents of Britain based on three multi-decade National Surveys of Sexual Attitudes and Lifestyles surveys (1991: 18,876 aged 16-59; 2001: 11,161 aged 16-44 years; 2012: 15,162 aged 16-74 years) published on bmj.com May 2019 (added December 2020)

2. Britain – Women Over 40 & Sex

YOU magazine survey of 2,000 women over 40 conducted by ResearchNow and published on you.co.uk July 2018 (84% straight, 12% bisexual or bi-curious in some way, 4% acted on that curiosity and had some kind of same-sex encounter) (added December 2020)

3. India – Millennials & Sex – 2018

Video content platform Vitamin Stree October 2018 online survey among 2,500 individuals (no gender/sex specified) (235 bisexual / 66 gay) (added December 2020) 

4. Sex Lives of Women – aged 25 to 55

Healthista sex survey, in association with natural female libido enhancer Lady Prelox, of 1,300 women aged 25 to 55 on their sex lives published on healthista.com August 2018 (added December 2020) 

5. Portland, Oregon, Sex Survey – 2018

A few stats from the PortlandMercury.com (Portland, Oregon) November 2018 semi-annual sex survey of 2,508 people (47% identify as cisgender women, 43% identify as cisgender men, 9% identify as genderqueer, nonbinary, or other, .70% identify as trans men and, and .29% identify as trans women) (added December 2020) 

6. Mini Oral-Sex Survey

Lelo.com mini-survey of 3000 respondents (no gender/sex specified) on social media published in March 2020 (added November 2020)

7. 2019 Pure Romance Sex Survey

A 2019 survey of 2,000 sexually active American adults (no gender/sex specified) commissioned by Pure Romance and conducted by OnePoll (added November 2020)

8. Sexual Diversity & the Pandemic

Anonymous online survey titled “Sex and Relationships in the Time of COVID-19” conducted March 21 & April 14, 2020, consisting of 1,559 adults (71.1% female, 23.4% male, 4.5% nonbinary/other genders, 52.7% heterosexual, 19.5% bisexual, 7.8% queer, 7.3% pansexual, 7% gay/lesbian, 5.7% other sexual identities) (added November 2020)

9. Cannabis & Sex

Canadian cannabis treatment data company Strainprint Technologies’ survey of 1,383 Strainprint App users (52% female / 44% male) published in February 2020 (added November 2020)

10. South Korea & Sex

Study of sexual behaviors among 2,500 adults (1,273 men and 1,227 women) in South Korea published inthe World Journal of Men’s Health February 2020 (added November 2020)

11. Sexual Imagery & Advertising

University of Georgia study of 3,232 full-page ads published in 1983, 1993 and 2003 from the February 2020 “Why Sex Sells…More Than Ever” article in businessnewsdaily.com (added November 2020)

12. Faking Orgasms & Talking About Sex

An Archives of Sexual Behavior September 2019 study on responses from 1,008 U.S. adult women ages 18–94 (added November 2020)

13. Sex Trends for 2020

“Sex and the State of the Union” December 2019 survey of 1,000 U.S. adults by Lovers Family of Stores (added November 2020)

14. Coronavirus Sex & the UK Lockdown

The U.S. Sun May 2020 online poll of 2,000 people surveyed by OnePoll for The Sun (added November 2020)

15. Sex & Intimacy

A SKYN Condom January 2020 Sex and Intimacy Survey of 2,000 nationally representative adults in the U.S. ages 18-39 (added November 2020)

16. Sexual Inactivity Among Men – 2000 to 2018

“Trends in Frequency of Sexual Activity and Number of Sexual Partners Among Adults Aged 18 to 44 Years in the US, 2000-2018” on jamanetwork.com June 2020, with more than 4,000 male respondents (added November 2020)

17. Female Sex Survey by Goop

Goop.com October 2020 “The Female Satisfaction Survey” of 1,700 women (added November 2020)

18. Sex and Teens – 2019

A cdc.gov Youth Risk Behavior Survey of U.S. high school students surveyed in 2019 (added November 2020)

19. Single Sex/Dating & the Coronavirus Pandemic

Single Sex/Dating & the Coronavirus Pandemic from Match’s 10th Singles in America October 2020 survey of 5,000 U.S. singles on singlesinamerica.com (added October 2020)

20.  Sex & Older Women

A University of California-San Francisco June 2009 study of nearly 2,000 women 45 to 80 years old, published in a psychcentral.com article updated May 2019 (added June 2020)

21. Sex & Adults 65 to 80

The National Poll On Healthy Aging by the University of Michigan of 1,002 adults aged 65 to 80 in usnews.com May 2018 (added June 2020)

22.  Sex & Music Festivals

TickPick survey of 1,050 people about hookups at music festivals accessed online May 2020 (added May 2020)

23. Sexual Diversity in the U.S.

2015 Sexual Exploration in America Study of 2,021 adults (975 men, 1,046 women) focused on a broad range of sexual behaviors, published on plos.org July 2017 (added April 2020)

24. Two Charts on Sex & Cars

Two charts on cars and sex from a driving-tests.org survey of more than 1,000 Americans about their experiences and preferences related to sexual activities in vehicles, updated November 2019 (added March 2020)

25. Eleven Common Female and Male Sex Fantasies

Statistics from a reason.com article based on a Journal of Sexual Medicine October 2014 survey of 1,516 adults (799 women / 717 men) in Canada (added November 2018)

26. Sex and Millennials – Five Stats

A SKYN Condoms April 2018 Millennial Sex Survey of 3,938 adults ages 19 – 36 (added November 2018)

27. Anal Play

A Good Vibrations poll of 194 respondents worldwide published September 2018 on goodvibesblog.com (added November 2018)