What people ask about sex when they think no one is watching indy100 indy100 Indy100 logoNewsletter sign upRegister/Sign inTop 100NewsViralPoliticsCelebritiesScience & TechVideoWishlistWishlistBooksFashion & BeautyFood & DrinkHome & GardenKidsSports & FitnessTechTravel & OutdoorsMoreScience & techVideoConversationsSportIdentitiesLifestyleShowbizTVSearchxScience & Tech
What people ask about sex when they think no one is watching
Dina RickmanFeb 04, 2015 Women who had one or no oral-sex partners during their life were far less likely to contract the specific kind of HPV Can you remember the last thing you Googled about sex? This New York Times article from data scientist Seth Stephens-Davidowitz might help jog your memory. The former Google worker has done an analysis of our sex-related searches using publicly available anonymised data. He found that the top complaint on Google is about not having sex - with sexless marriage searches three and a half times more common than searches about unhappy marriages. Stephens-Davidowitz also found our Google searches display society's huge anxiety about sex. For every 100 questions about penises on Google, there are 67 about hearts, 57 about eyes, and 40 about heads (assuming only half of the questions about body parts are asked by men). Out of the top 10 questions about penises, 9 were about size - and one was about smell. His conclusion? This data makes me feel less lonely. In my previous studies of Google data, I had found the viciousness that humans often hide. But this time around, I have seen our hidden insecurities. Men and women are united in this insecurity and confusion. Inspired by Stephens-Davidowitz i100.co.uk scraped the top searches with the word 'sex' in them made in Britain from Google using Ubersuggest and ran them through the same tool Stephens-Davidowitz uses, Google's Keyword Planner. Excluding film names and TV series from the data, this is what we found: In Britain an average of 2,400 people a month search for penis enlargement pills - and 720 people per month search for penis enlargement NHS. The top vagina searches in Britain tell their own story: they are about discharge, thrush, prolapse, itching, bleeding, dryness, infection, cancer and cysts. More: Are your sexual fantasies normal? Science has the answer Could ' adults-only' TikTok feature turn it into the new OnlyFans
Scientists shocked as black hole burps up star years after eating it
New discovery made on exoplanets where it could rain sapphires and rubies
Please log in or register to upvote this article Top 100
Liz Truss has resigned as prime minister - the best memes and reactions
liz trussprime ministerresignedmemesjokesliz truss11h The Daily Star' s lettuce officially outlasted Liz Truss
liz trussresignationlettucedaily starliz truss11h Liz Truss' s time as PM summed up with Taylor Swift song titles
liz trusstaylor swiftprime ministerliz truss9h Man endures ' 29 hour flight' with screaming kids for the entire trip
flightplanechildflightOct 12, 2022 Lorraine Kelly hits out at Madonna' s ' boiled egg' face
madonnamadonnalorraine kellygmbshowbizplastic surgeryOct 11, 2022 Elon Musk is actually selling a ' Burnt Hair' fragrance
elon muskthe boring companyperfumeelon muskburnt hairOct 12, 2022 Jon Stewart slams Arkansas attorney general for her ' anti-trans law'
lgbt+transgenderlgbt+jon stewartapple tvarkansasus newsnewsOct 11, 2022 Couple spark debate for ' scandalous' wedding cake topper
wedding caketiktokwedding cakeviralOct 12, 2022 Love Island star shows extent of how far influencers edit photos
Love IslandOct 11, 2022 Steven Seagal describes Putin as one of ' greatest world leaders'
steven seagalOct 10, 2022 Lizzo wears empowering shirt after being fat-shamed by Kanye West
lizzoOct 10, 2022 14 of the worst things the Tories did this week
liz trussOct 08, 2022 A lettuce just outlasted Liz Truss' stint as prime minister
Liz Truss11h Newsnight guest says ' you can' t treat mortgages like prime ministers'
Liz Truss15hThe Conversation (0)