Stats – Trends

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. 2020 #MeToo Movement Survey

2020 #MeToo movement survey of 1,023 employed (full time/part-time) U.S. adults (no gender/sex specified) conducted online by The Harris Poll on behalf of CareerArc published March 2020 (added December 2020) 

4. 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) 

5. 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) 

6. 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)

7. 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)

8. 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)

9. 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)

10. 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)

11.  Sex & Music Festivals

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

12. 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)