People can’t believe how often the average person actually has sex

People have been left in disbelief over how often the average person is said to be actually getting it on.

Yeah, yeah, I know you think you’re a top sh*gger or that you’re the one in the group chat having the most sex. But the reality of the world of intimacy is pretty complex.

Comparison isn’t exactly healthy for anyone and it can be overwhelming to see all the different trends or offshoots of lifestyles you might never have considered. You know, like ‘soft swapping’ or ‘full swapping’.

Plus the world of porn doesn’t particularly help some people’s case, with controversial sex stunts arguably leaving some people disillusioned.

But aside from all the different positions and chat about how long you can go for, a key, simple, thing people worry about is just how often they’re actually having sex.

You might be having more than average, or less, and both is fine (Getty Stock Image)

Obviously, there isn’t exactly an optimal number but people still are fixated on knowing where they stand compared to others.

If someone said the average person had sex 54 times a year, would you reckon that's a lot?

Remember, we are talking about ‘average’ here, so there's going to be a varied range in the frequency of getting freaky.

Posting a video about the unexpectedly large number, Daniel Schaal (@thatschaalfolks) said to the camera: "The average person has sex 54 times a year or so, looks like the next few days are gonna be pretty crazy for me."

Many commenters found these stats hilarious, with a fair few saying the same thing.

"I'm the reason it's not 100 times a year lol," one person, who clearly understood their part in fashioning this average number, said.

Another wrote: "I'm bringing down the average so you guys feel better about yourselves."

A third responded: "Well someone here must be doing it 54 extra times to make up for me."

Sex can look different for different people (Getty Stock Image)

If you're wondering where this figure of 54 bonking sessions a year comes from, the statistics hail from the Archives of Sexual Behaviour and a 2017 study that said the average person has sex near enough once a week.

It turns out that we live in less sexy times than we used to, as the investigation stated people were having sex less frequently than when a similar study was done in the 90s.

Another study that was published in Social Psychological and Personality Science said this amount of intercourse was actually the perfect amount for happiness.

It was conducted over 40 years and looked into the personal lives of more than 30,000 Americans, and found that any more than once a week didn't really improve happiness - although those that had sex less than once a week did report being less fulfilled.