Hi guys,
End of last year I startet gathering responses from people across the community to put together a public report on how we approach and experience prostate play. 144 of you contributed. Better late than never, I finally had to time to work on it, so here it is.
A bit of context on why I bothered: this community relies a lot on individual experiences, which is amazing. With the report I wanted to add a bit of transparency to the field by taking a more comprehensive approach and getting a broader picture across many people, complementing the individual stories. It's the first attempt of its kind on the site, very much an experiment, with plenty of room to do better next time.
A few things that stood out:
- Roughly 63% of you are between 18 and 35.
- Experience is all over the map: about 31% have been at it for 5+ years, while another 26% are still in their first year. The data captures both veterans and folks just getting started.
- About half practice weekly or more often.
- About 19% have experienced something they'd call a Super-O at least once or twice, while 67% say "not yet". Even in a fairly active community, the Super-O is genuinely rare.
- Online research (~54%) and Reddit/forums (~28%) are by far the dominant ways people learn about prostate play. Friends, partners, and medical professionals are basically negligible. So... thanks for being the resource we all rely on.
- The Pure Wand is owned by ~59% of you, making it the single most owned toy in the data by a wide margin.
- Relaxation is rated as "very important" or "essential" by ~57%. The community message that relaxation matters seems to be landing.
Full report, including a magic quadrant of toy preferences, position popularity per toy category, technique adoption, and what people are hoping to improve: https://pspot.info/community-report
A few caveats worth being upfront about:
- I'm not a professional statistician or researcher, so please take the results in that spirit.
- Answer options were presented in randomized order, and any question could be skipped so nobody felt pushed into picking something that didn't fit.
- The numbers offer a general overview, but the journey is highly individual. Interpretation is up to you. I genuinely can't explain why a particular answer is rated high or low. It's just the raw data the community provided.
Big thanks to everyone who took part. The data is yours, not mine.
If you spot something interesting, surprising, or want to push back on a finding, I'd love to hear it in the comments. And if you have suggestions for what should be asked next time, like different questions, things that were missing, or wording that was confusing, drop those too. I'll work them into the next round.