The usage and ownership of sex toys have become much more common in recent years for both male and female consumers. Due to the variety of products offered and their growing popularity, sex toys are expected to become a booming market all around the globe, with a global market size of about
. Forecasts show that this value might add up to as much as 81 billion U.S. dollars by 2030.
Asia Pacific is currently the region with the
largest share of the market, followed by Europe and North America in joint second. The United States alone accounts for approximately
11 billion U.S. dollars in market size. Here, the number of sex toy owners has remarkably increased over a span of only five years, amounting to over
163 million owners as of 2022, of which the greater part are
women. Although most Americans still think that
sex toys are taboo, these products are expected to become more and more popular among consumers, especially younger generations.
Attitudes towards sex toys
Sex toys appear to be generally more common among
younger consumers. Millennials are also the most interested in
online purchases of such products. Online channels are indeed one of the most popular, with over
32 percent of U.S. shoppers having purchased sexual wellness items there, and around
50 percent of them stating that they would buy sex toys online again in 2022. That same year, the average spending on sex toys amounted to
100 U.S. dollars or more for 40 percent of buyers in the United States.
Leading sex toys in the U.S.
The sex toy market includes a vast selection of products, ranging from vibrators and dildos to BDSM equipment and lubricants. In the United States, the most popular sex toys were
vibrators and anal toys, especially
among women, with 55 percent of women who have at least one sex toy owning a vibrator. In 2021, dildos and vibrators also held the
largest market shares of the U.S. sexual wellness devices market, at about 20 percent each. In 2022, Shockwave, bullet vibrators, and anal vibrators were reported to be the
most desired types of vibrators in the North American country.
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