Sex toy company ‘Tenga’ developed the 2018 Global Self-Pleasure Report to uncover the masturbation habits of 13,000 people around the world. For starters, the average age in which people begin masturbating only slightly varies by country: 15.2 in the United States, 15.3 in the UK, 15.8 in Germany, etc. Before now, I never really knew there were this many questions to ask about the old date with your hand besides “how often do you do it?”. This is the truly the best meat beating research available.
Let’s start with those who masturbate the most often: men. Shocking, I know. 92% of American men and 96% of UK men say they crank their love pump. More specifically though, millennial men masturbate the most. 57% of people aged 18-24 responded that they masturbate weekly, which is apparently higher than any other age group.
Now onto the lady lovin’. 76% of American women and 78% of UK women responded that they flick the bean. Once again, the UK is masturbating more than us Americans. We gotta pump those numbers up! Also, more women really need to get on the masturbation train.
If you’re looking to be a next level masturbator, apparently sex toys leave more people sexually satisfied. 53% of American men are open to using a sex toy on themselves and 71% are open to using one on his partner.
All in all though, only 18% of respondents in the US and 15% in the UK felt it was important to talk about masturbation with their partners. Apparently, people don’t find it necessary to text their significant other “Hey babe, just wanted to let you know I’m about to rub one out to some BDSM porn. Have a good night”.
