‘Grindr Unwrapped’ Announces the #1 Gay Sex Position of 2024

The popular gay hookup app Grindr released its annual survey of sexual, social, and cultural trends as decided by its users.

By John Riley on December 5, 2024 @JRileyMW

Grindr Unwrapped 2024 – Troye Sivan and Charli XCX – YouTube Screenshot, Tyler Wu – Photo: Instagram

Grindr, the popular hookup app for gay and bisexual men, released its annual edition of “Grindr Unwrapped,” a compilation of cultural trends, sexual habits, and other statistics regarding its users.

Over the course of 2024, Grindr’s users sent more than 130 billion chats, and “tapped” fellow users over 10 billion times.

Additionally, more than 2 billion private photo albums were shared. And, yeah, that’s a lot of dicks.

Grindr surveyed its worldwide user base, in addition to compiling anonymous, aggregated profile data from user accounts, to identify sex, dating, travel, and pop culture preferences and trends.

For example, Grindr users selected the “missionary” position as the most popular “Sex Position of the Year,” followed by Backshots, a position allowing for deeper penetration; the “69” position; the “side” position; and spooning.

“Missionary often gets dismissed as ‘boring’ or ‘vanilla,’ but this view overlooks the profound intimacy and intensity it can offer; eye contact, passionate kissing, the sweat of your partner drip[ping] onto your chin — these moments aren’t for the faint of heart,” Grindr sex and relationships expert Zachary Zane said in a statement.

“Each year, ‘Unwrapped’ is our love letter to the queer community,” Tristan Pineiro, Grindr’s senior vice president of brand marketing and communications, said in a press release. “It’s our way of celebrating the voices and moments that make our community so vibrant while honoring the trends and perspectives that unite us globally.”

Below are all the 2024 “Grindr Unwrapped” rankings. The company did not provide individual percentile data. Argue away!

Sex Position of the Year

Missionary
Backshots
69
Side
Spooning

Favorite Foreplay Activity

Kissing
Oral
Rimming
Hand stuff
Frotting

Countries with the Highest Percentage of Tops

Jordan
Greece
United States
Singapore
Peru

Countries with the Highest Percentage of Bottoms

South Africa
South Korea
Japan
Vietnam
Denmark

Countries with the Highest Percentage of “Vers” Users

Finland
Austria
Germany
Australia
Hungary

Countries with the Highest Percentage of Sides

Singapore
Philippines
Japan
New Zealand
Australia

Countries with the Highest Percentage of Open Relationships

South Korea
Switzerland
Germany
Netherlands
Denmark

Top Countries Where Users Are More Likely to Swap Nudes

United States
Finland
Australia
Canada
Norway

Top Countries Where Users Are Least Likely to Swap Nudes

South Africa
India
Italy
Cambodia
Jordan

Countries with the Highest Percentage of Feet Lovers

Italy
Germany
United Kingdom
France
Israel

Countries with the Highest Percentage of Bears

Greece
United States
Ireland
Trinidad & Tobago
South Africa

Countries with the Highest Percentage of Twinks

Netherlands
Switzerland
Belgium
United Kingdom
Brazil

Countries with the Highest Percentage of Daddies

United States
Australia
Trinidad & Tobago
Venezuela
Canada

Countries with the Highest Percentage of “Hung Bottoms”

France
Canada
Germany
Brazil
Switzerland

Countries with the Highest Percentage of “Fem Tops”

United Kingdom
Ireland
United States
Australia
Mexico

Most Frequently Used Tags

Discreet
Bi
FWB
Kissing
Oral

Most Frequently Searched Tags

Hung
Trans
BB
Dom
Feet

Users selected the following neighborhoods as the “Gayest Gayborhood” of the Year

Soho, London
Chueca, Madrid
Weho, Los Angeles
The Castro, San Francisco
Le Marais, Paris

When it comes to using Grindr’s “Roam” feature, which allows users to check out far-away environs where they might one day wish to travel, the Top Destinations were:

New York City, United States
London, United Kingdom
Paris, France
Miami, United States
Los Angeles, United States

Outside of the sexual realm, Grindr Unwrapped also looked at some of the most influential pop culture figures or moments that defined 2024.

The leading contenders for “Gay Gasp of the Year,” as selected by Grindr users were:

The Olympic French pole vaulter Anthony Ammirati, whose generous package ended up costing him a medal after it knocked down the bar that sets the height.
Madonna’s free Rio concert.
Lorde and Charli XCX performing at Madison Square Garden.
Cooper Koch’s revelation on Watch What Happens Live that he did not use a prosthetic for his full-frontal shower scene in the Netflix series Monsters: The Lyle and Erik Menendez Story.
Gypsy-Rose Blanchard’s pregnancy announcement.

Best “Reads” of the Year

U.S. Rep. Jasmine Crockett’s (D-Texas) reference to fellow Rep. Marjorie Taylor Greene as a “Bleach blonde bad built butch body.”
The song “Hiss” by Megan Thee Stallion.
Kendrick Lamar’s diss track “Not Like Us” attacking musical artist Drake.
Plane Jane’s entire dialogue on RuPaul’s Drag Race, Season 16.
Olympic gymnast Simone Biles’ clapback at former Team USA competitor MyKayla Skinner after winning the team gold medal.

Best Viral Newcomer of the Year