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Here’s what ChatGPT said when I asked “What’s a good estimate of how many men are receiving oral sex at any given moment?”
For some reason pasting its reply here causes lots of blank space to appear; just ignore it.
To estimate how many men are receiving oral sex at any given moment, we need to narrow things down from general sexual activity to a much more specific act. Here’s how we can approach it:
Step-by-step Breakdown
1. Starting Point: Global male population
2. Estimate how many are engaged in sexual activity at any given moment
Let’s stick with the more conservative, calculation-based estimate:
~3.5 million men having sex at a given moment
3. What % of sexual activity involves oral sex?
Let’s use 25% for a rough global estimate.
4. Of those oral sex encounters, what % involve the man receiving?
A reasonable estimate is that 60–70% of oral sex acts involve a man receiving at any moment (either exclusively or as part of mutual acts).
Let’s use 65%.
Calculation:
Bottom Line Estimate:
Roughly 500,000 to 600,000 men are receiving oral sex at any given moment worldwide.
That’s about 1 in 7,000 men on Earth at any time — statistically rare, but constant.
For some reason pasting its reply here causes lots of blank space to appear; just ignore it.
To estimate how many men are receiving oral sex at any given moment, we need to narrow things down from general sexual activity to a much more specific act. Here’s how we can approach it:
Step-by-step Breakdown
1. Starting Point: Global male population
- ~4 billion men worldwide
2. Estimate how many are engaged in sexual activity at any given moment
- As previously estimated: ~3.5 to 50 million men (depending on method)
Let’s stick with the more conservative, calculation-based estimate:
~3.5 million men having sex at a given moment
3. What % of sexual activity involves oral sex?
- Surveys from the U.S., U.K., and other countries suggest that oral sex occurs in roughly 20–30% of sexual encounters on average. This varies by culture and age but is a useful global midpoint.
Let’s use 25% for a rough global estimate.
4. Of those oral sex encounters, what % involve the man receiving?
- In heterosexual contexts, men are more likely to receive oral sex than give it.
- In homosexual male contexts, mutual oral sex is common, but many encounters still involve only one person receiving at a time.
A reasonable estimate is that 60–70% of oral sex acts involve a man receiving at any moment (either exclusively or as part of mutual acts).
Let’s use 65%.
Calculation:
- 3.5 million men currently having sex
× 25% involve oral sex = 875,000 men involved in oral sex
× 65% receiving = ~570,000 men receiving oral sex at any given moment
Bottom Line Estimate:
Roughly 500,000 to 600,000 men are receiving oral sex at any given moment worldwide.
That’s about 1 in 7,000 men on Earth at any time — statistically rare, but constant.
