Couples have revealed their favorite sexual fetishes for 2024 — and kinks that Americans have loved for decades appear to be falling out of favor.
A survey of 4,000 people using the dating app Bumble found that people who love feet, role-playing and latex are out of fashion.
The survey found that going after an orgasm was kink number one this year, followed by doing it in the open air on a balcony.
The third antics respondents said turned them on was sex while playing video games, while waking each other up with oral sex came in fourth.
As a warm-up to the main event, many people said they enjoyed training naked together, making it the fifth most popular fetish for 2024.
The data also showed a difference in sexual preferences between Gen Z and their Millennial and Gen X counterparts.
Generation Z seems a little tamer in their approach to sex.
When they were asked about their favorite sexual activities, cuddling came first, alongside other preferences including pampering days at the home spa, ‘hanging out in a hotel bathtub with a great view’ and sex in the shower.
A survey of 4,000 people using the dating app Bumble found that going after an orgasm was the biggest kink, followed by doing it out in the open on a balcony
To capture the data, Bumble surveyed 4,059 members of its official app, which is available in 46 countries and designed to build stronger relationships between couples through date planning and communication tips.
When it came to honing that adventurous spirit, Gen Z respondents were more cautious about introducing sex toys into the bedroom, with only 43 percent of respondents saying they would be open to it.
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This compared to a majority (54 percent) of Millennial and Gen X participants who said they already used sexual aids or intimate products between the sheets.
Gen Z couples were also less likely to seek advice on intimacy positions to spice things up than older generations who used the official app.
Instead, they were twice as likely to list the old classic “missionary” as their favorite position compared to Millennial and Gen X users.
Overall, couples’ favorite sex positions were found to be kneeling (74 percent), face-to-face (72 percent), right angle (70 percent), cowgirl (59 percent) and oral sex (56 percent).
At the other end of the scale, the most unpopular sex positions were revealed as doggy style (53 percent), sixty-nine (52 percent) and anal (50 percent).
When it comes to intimate toys, pink furry handcuffs topped the list for 2023.
In another recent anonymous survey on kink in the bedroom, objectophilia was in the top ten.
Experts from telehealth company Hims asked more than 7,000 Americans about their sex lives and their favorite habits in the bedroom.
With three in four saying they wanted to explore different trends, respondents revealed which kinks they were more interested in.
One of the most popular and risky was objectophilia, which involves being sexually attracted to inanimate objects.
For many, this means inserting foreign objects into the anus or vagina to achieve orgasm.
Recent research shows that nearly 4,000 Americans are rushed to the emergency room every year because these objects get stuck in their rectums — including sex toys like vibrators; others have opted for pots, medicines and even weapons and live animals.
Researchers from the University of Rochester, New York, found that men are more likely than women to come to the hospital with a foreign object in their rectum
Depending on how large or sharp the object is, incorrect insertion can lead to tears in the rectal wall, infections and intestinal obstructions.
Foot fetishes, role-play and cuckholding – watching one’s partner have sex with someone else – also made the list of habits Americans were most curious about.
However, role-playing proved to be the biggest kink, with 31 percent of respondents voting for this option to spice things up.
The findings come at a time when the US is experiencing a ‘sex recession’, with recent surveys suggesting that more than one in three young people have not had a sexual partner in the past year.