Ireland is officially one of Europe’s most sex-mad countries, that’s if our online searches are anything to go by.
Sex in animal costumes – furries – dominatrix and impact play topped the chart for kinky interests in this country, research by gambling site SlotsUp found.
A spokeswoman said: “We are in the middle of the sexual revolution.
“Sexual desires and expression are becoming far more accepted, and celebrated, in today’s society.
“From the rise in popularity of OnlyFans and celeb-backed sex toys, 2020 was a year of celebrating our sexual wellness, preferences and freedom.
“Fetishes are like ice-cream flavours, some like strawberry and others may like bubblegum – though it is safe to say those looking up these fetishes aren’t going for vanilla.
“A scroll through the Pornhub’s ‘fetishes’ category is not for the faint-hearted.
“There are plenty of people out there that enjoy spicing up their sex life. According to research one in six people, or 1.3 billion, say they have a fetish.
“The data reveals that the UK is the fetish capital of the world, appearing in the top five countries for popularity for nine out of the 20 fetishes on our list.
"BDSM takes the top spot as the most popular fetish with 1.7 million global searches per month.”
Our neighbours are far from afraid of getting freaky and the country boasts a wide range of sexual interests.
London had the biggest range of fetishes, with residents enjoying pleasure and pain with food-related sploshing and the more rough acts of impact play.
The south of the UK certainly enjoys sex as a team sport, with group sex searches most popular there.
And elsewhere in Europe, Finland came in top for the risky thrill of exhibitionism while bondage was a favourite of the Germans.
And some interesting findings were made across the pond in the US with Oklahoma residents clearly lovers of things that go bump in the night as spectrophilia – or sex with a ghost – was the second highest search here.
