Also, the motivation for the timing was equally consistent. Short sessions are driven by urgent need, the need to avoid detection, or both. Medium and long sessions occur when the person has extended privacy. Most but not all responses described the orgasms from the longer sessions as the most intense and the ones to be sought, as long as conditions allow.]
An average for me would be 3 to 5 minutes, depending on my mood. My shortest was less then a minute, and my longest sessions are usually in the shower. My parents call out, "Are you drowning in there?" I'm not drowning, but millions of other things are!
- age 16, Australia
This Week's Wackiest Response:
Whenever I do it is when I do it. I will not do it in a box, I will not do it with a fox. I might do it in a boat, but not with a goat.
- age 14, Tennessee
How much time I have alone determines how long I masturbate. If someone else is home, I do it quickly, usually lasting 1 to 3 minutes. This is to help me sleep, relieve stress, or relieve horniness. If I am alone with lots of time, it can last 45 minutes or so. I stop and start again several times, and wear women's clothing to intensify the climax.
- age 30, Maine
This question is hard to answer. For me, it's totally random. It's like asking, "How much are you going to pee in the morning?"
- age 15, Ohio
I never time myself – and I wouldn't know when to start timing. Is it when I start stimulating myself through my clothing? This sometimes, but not always, leads to a full session. These can last for over an hour and are sometimes combined with other things, like having breakfast. The quickies are usually a result of having been close to an attractive person, a professional client rather than a friend. With a quickie, I can ejaculate in less than a minute.
- age 47, United Kingdom
I average about 10 minutes when I masturbate at night at bedtime. Occasionally, I have held out for a long session. Trying to get the most intense feeling, I could last 30 minutes. However, it feels so good to ejaculate that I usually can't go that long. I often get the urge during the day and go into the bathroom for a quick one, which can take as little as 30 seconds. I masturbate about twice a day on average. A friend of mine says he has to do it at least twice a day.
- age 14, California
As it happens, I have kept a log of my "sexploits" since my divorce 14 years ago. I record several aspects of my masturbation sessions, including their duration. At the end of each year, I do a detailed analysis of my "sexploits." As a result, I can say with absolute accuracy that my average duration has increased from 31 to 39 minutes in that time. I only rarely have "quickies" of 5 minutes or less (approximately 6 per year). My longest session before ejaculation was 210 minutes, but that is very unusual. However, it is not unusual to have elongated sessions of 1-2 hours. Most sessions, though, last 30-45 minutes. My short sessions tend to be tension relievers. The more relaxed I am, the longer and more enjoyable my masturbation sessions are.
- age 49, United Kingdom
A good average session for me lasts about 10 minutes. In a pinch, I can climax in about 30 seconds, but I don't like to push it like that. Often, I extend the session by holding back at the "point of no return" a few times. If I am distracted or less turned on, I go for as long as an hour before reaching orgasm.
- age 16, California
I'd say my average masturbation session lasts between 20 and 30 minutes, though I've managed to reach orgasm in as little as 10 minutes and have had sessions that lasted over an hour. The briefest sessions are either ones in which I have limited time but want to get off, or ones when I'm so horny I simply can't hold back any longer. The longer sessions occur either when it's simply taking me longer to reach orgasm, or when I'm watching an adult video and want to prolong the experience to the end of the video or at least the end of a particularly hot scene.
- age 44, Tennessee
If my brother and mom are home, I do it quickly. If they're not, I can take up to 45 minutes.
- age 12, Colorado
It all depends on the way I masturbate. Doing a normal, dry stroke takes me longer to come to orgasm. But using a lubricant, I can climax within 2 minutes. Normal masturbation can last up to 15 minutes. If I'm in the shower, the sessions are quick – I want to get in and out so my parents don't suspect anything. But if nobody is home, the sessions last a lot longer.
- age 21, Canada
My average time is 3-5 minutes. I also ejaculate every time I masturbate. My shortest time to ejaculation has been under a minute; the longest, about 2 1/2 hours. Many factors determine how much time I allot for a session: Is anyone else home? When will people be home? Is this a "mutual" session? How many people will be masturbating? If I am home alone with my masturbation friends (only males), then we masturbate for about a half-hour before ejaculating, unless we decide to go for a longer or shorter time.
- age 17, Ohio
Generally, my sessions are 15 minutes long; but once I made it 60 minutes. That time, I used candles, 10 different techniques, pretended to have sex with a girl, and a song by Massive Attack: "Unfinished Sympathy." Man! That always makes me hard. And, one thing I really loved about that session – I ejaculated a lot of semen in a very chaotic way. And then after orgasm, I started to cry – I don't know why, but pleasure was in every part of my body for about 20 minutes after that. It was unbelievable. I really would like to try it once again in the company of a beach-smell girl.
- age 23, Poland
My usual would be about 10 minutes of stroking at a medium pace, with my left hand exploring my testicles and torso. My longest would be one time when I did the stop-and-go method while looking at magazines (you know what type) for 4 1/2 hours before I finally climaxed. My shortest was in about 30 seconds, when I masturbated in a bathroom stall at school. The amount of privacy and what mood I am in determines how long I masturbate. However, if I do not masturbate for a couple of days, I usually reward myself with a 30- or 40-minute session.
- age 16, Wisconsin
My average session is about a half-hour – I like the trip as much as the destination, which is why I usually masturbate slowly. My shortest session was a minute flat, and my longest was 4 1/2 hours (and yes, it was unbelievable). I decided to stimulate only the frenular delta of my foreskin; at first, it was quite lame – but after 20 minutes, it was so good my knees were too weak to walk. I did have to get up once, though, to have dinner. Anyway, my level of stimulation was like I was just about to climax for 3 hours! I still get excited thinking about it.
- age 21, Canada
If I am extremely aroused, I go slowly so I can have an amazing orgasm. If I just want to have an orgasm and ejaculate, I go fast just to get it over with. Going slow gives me *amazing* orgasms, and I ejaculate a lot more semen. When I'm going slow, the average time is 10 to 15 minutes, but after that, I can't hold back any longer. For going fast, I average about 5 minutes.
- age 13, Connecticut
An average masturbation session for me would probably last about 15 minutes. The shortest has been about 4 minutes, and the longest about 3 hours. The shortest extreme involved only one thing –: daytime for a quickie; nighttime for a full-on session, if I'm not too tired. If I can get a good fantasy going, I'll go for a long time, but if I'm just in it for the stress relief or the fun, I'll ejaculate quickly. Also, if there's nobody else around and I have some nice pictures to look at or a story to read, I know that a long, gentle session is ahead.
- age 22, New Zealand
I usually masturbate about an hour a day, before my wife comes home from work. I like stop and go for multiple "near-gasms," but I keep from ejaculating except during intercourse with my wife once a week. My most marathon session was 11 hours when my wife was out of town on business.
- age 55, Colorado
Now that I have finished college for the year, my masturbation sessions have increased to about 2 hours. I can lock myself in my room and masturbate slowly, stopping each time I feel an orgasm approaching. When I was at college, my sessions were usually about 10 minutes so I wouldn't get caught. They would be even shorter if my roommate was gone for only a short time. I could masturbate in 2 minutes while he took a shower. Or, I can masturbate for an entire day if I know I won't be interrupted. Those are the times whe2 the orgasms are strong enough to make me weak at the knees.
- age 19, Iowa
A good session for me is 15 minutes. Of course, that does not include the time in which I prepare a masturbation fantasy. The shortest session I've had was probably when I first stumbled onto this site a year ago. It was the first time I had read actually how to masturbate. So, I got some hand lotion for lube and did it for the first time. I had an amazing orgasm after about 45 seconds. Today, that still stands as the time when I ejaculated the most semen. My longest sessions are between 35 minutes and an hour. They, too, give me mind-blowing orgasms. A lot of what affects my masturbation session has to do with my daily schedule. For example, if I have some time before an event, I just go into the bathroom, lube up, and do it. For other sessions, I plan it out and take all the time I need.
- age 14, Illinois
About one hour is the average. Recently, it has rarely been less than 1/2 hour, and on a few occasions, up to 1 1/2 hours. I never hurry because I don't have to. Since I've gotten older, it takes longer than it used to.
- age 70, South Carolina
Sometimes, I can keep it up and feeling good for 3 hours or more. I have to try hard to keep myself under control, but I can usually do it. However, when I go for that long, my semen gets everywhere. My girlfriend and I are practicing to go for 3 hours or more. Right now, we can go for an hour-and-a-half, and I can still fill her to the brim. The worst part of this is that about 2 hours into it, I start to get soft. However, when I finally come back, the last half-hour feels better than sex!
- age 18, Indiana
Usually, my morning sessions are quick. I wake up ready to go, so I do! I usually ejaculate within 2 or 3 minutes. If I masturbate after school in the afternoon (and I usually do since there's no one home when I get home), I can take my time and I don't masturbate as much as play with myself for as long as I can stand it – up to 20 minutes. If my best friend is with me and we masturbate together, we usually ejaculate faster. At night, when I'm in bed, I usually play again, rubbing lubricant around the head of my penis, coming close to ejaculating, and then stopping several times, playing with my nipples or anus at the same time. I have great ejaculations in about 15 minutes, maybe more. I have sometimes played with it for an hour before letting myself ejaculate!
- age 17, California
If it's been a long time since I last ejaculated, masturbation takes less time. Sometimes I masturbate as fast as I can, just for the sensation. If I am engaged in mutual masturbation with my wife, it always takes longer – for the pleasure, of course.
- age 46, Pennsylvania
I originally thought masturbating with visual aid from the Internet shortened my ejaculation time; however, since I must keep one hand on the mouse and I have a 56K modem, masturbation while mentally picturing vivid sex scenes seems more effective. Often, masturbation on the Internet can last anywhere from 45 minutes to 2 hours. When I use mental pictures, I only last from 3 to 12 minutes. Yet, the strongest catalyst is mutual masturbation with a male friend. Just watching another male live is enough for me to achieve orgasm with very little effort.
- age 16, California
My average time is probably 30 minutes to build up the excitement, let it subside, juice up, squeeze "pre-cum," get hard and soft recurrently, and finally – when I can't hold on any longer – I stroke hard and fast. My breathing returns to normal, as does my penis. The shortest time was probably in the hospital restroom – probably 5 minutes or less. Each time I return to the hospital, I repeat the session. Something about the environment turns me on big-time. With a friend, the session lasted maybe as long as an hour to an hour-and-a-half. We drove up the canyon and felt each other up, then got out and hiked to our secret place. What a session! We both ejaculated like crazy. Outdoors, deep woodlands, and the chance of being seen by a fisherman or forest service person made the experience something to be enjoyed again and again. And we did.
- age 54, Utah
It depends on the time of the month. Sometimes during the month, I feel a need to be fast and furious. Other times are slow and languid. I've noticed that when my natural musk smell is strong, I like a slow, deliberate, controlled stimulation.
- age 39, Florida (female)
When I masturbate for a long time, it's usually when I've been doing it a lot lately, am using visuals, and have a lot of free time. Those are usually around 1 1/2 hours long. When it only takes a short time, it's because I'm nervous or tense and need a release. Those can be about a minute long. But in my usual sessions (about every night), I just go to sleep masturbating, taking about 10 to 15 minutes.
- age 14, Massachusetts
From 10 minutes to an hour, depending on what triggers me off. At night in bed, they last about half an hour. In front of the PC, I can last up to 3 hours (while viewing naked men or women). Mutual with my wife can last up to half an hour.
- age 74, Australia
About six minutes, only because I am in a rush or don't have time to really get into it. The long and short extremes are probably from 2 minutes to 30 minutes. The length is determined by how much time I have, and whether or not I am in dire need of an orgasm, or 2!
- age 15, Canada (female)
On average, 10 to 15 minutes. There are times when I just prefer a quick release and can masturbate in less than 5 minutes. This may be when I take a break at work and go to the restroom. Those are great, but they cannot compare to taking my time and getting deeply into the sensations. When I know my wife is going to be gone for a few hours, I use a stop-and-go method to prolong my orgasm. When I have this time set aside, the sessions can last around 45 minutes, and the orgasms are huge and intense. A few times, I would use my own semen as a lubricant to masturbate a second time.
- age 39, Ohio
Masturbation has taken me anywhere from 15 minutes to under a minute. However, if I'm watching Showtime or HBO I masturbate whenever the sex scenes are on. I don't want to waste my ejaculation, so I stop just before I reach orgasm, which is sometimes difficult. When the scenes reappear, I start stroking again. These sessions get shorter and shorter until I finally can't take it anymore, so I just do my thing and it goes *everywhere.* That's my favorite way to masturbate.
- age 15, Kentucky
I don't mean to be flip, but my sessions last as long as it takes. To acknowledge the truth, a long time is usually far better than a short time. But there have been many times when a short time was an absolute necessity. Age in life and circumstances when I masturbate are the key. I would like to masturbate for an hour or longer so as to begin to float, as it were. I usually don't last that long, sorry to say.
- age 64, Pennsylvania
I usually masturbate only before bed, unless I am *extremely* turned on at some point during the day. I find it relaxes me to sleep, and I usually do it once or twice before falling asleep. The more turned on I am, the sooner I climax. The problem with this is, I have gotten to the point where I must masturbate before I can go to sleep, and if I am not very turned on, this can take up to an hour. Oh well – in the end, I never mind.
- age 16, Washington (female)
I range from about a minute to up to 2 hours. I have always had a problem with premature ejaculation in an actual sexual setting, especially with a partner who really turns me on. In later years, when I got better at communicating with my partners, I learned that with their cooperation, I could control this. My orgasms in masturbation are much better the longer I delay, but sometimes I'm in a hurry and just have to get it over with. The relative quality of the porn I use sometimes (both written and video) makes a big difference. I am gay but there are certain bisexual videos that really appeal to me.
- age 67, California
I average 20 minutes. Even with total relaxation and erotic visualization, I never ejaculate in under 5 minutes. Once, I kept going for 4 hours. I took it very slowly, with my imagination running full-steam. I ejaculated so powerfully that I flipped my head backwards, and banged it on the cistern! I generally go at a speed that gives constant pleasure, but a quick session involves slightly more pressure around the sides of my penis. Time, or a need for quick relief, generally dictates my speed and the level at which my fantasy operates.
- age 16, United Kingdom
I average about 20 minutes. I can go about 1 1/2 hours at the longest, and I think my shortest was just under 3 minutes. Some of the factors that dictate session length include why I'm masturbating (horny, to avert future horniness, or sheer boredom, obviously the horny being the shortest session, and boredom being the longest), where I'm masturbating (the riskiest spot being the shortest), and who I'm masturbating with (alone longest, with my guy friends, okay length of time, with my girlfriend, fairly short, with my girlfriend and her bi female friend, really short!). Apparently there is a correlation here between how turned on I am and how long or short I masturbate.
- age 23, Minnesota
My sessions are normally 30 to 40 minutes. I've done it in about 45 seconds before, and lasted as long as 2 1/2 hours. I take a long time to get to orgasm when my girlfriend does the work for me. It feels so great to have my hands behind my head and see her down there! I masturbate quickly during the obvious circumstances – no time or when I'm in semi-public places.
- age 17, Nova Scotia, Canada
I'm can reach climax in just a few minutes, and (like most guys, probably) there have been a few sessions that lasted maybe one minute because I was so ready to ejaculate. However, I prefer sessions that go on for at least 15 minutes. I use the "Stop & Go" method, and I like to think about different persons and have different fantasies. I enjoy it more if I take my time. A couple of times, I have masturbated for almost an hour before letting myself go. I should note that I was in my late 20s before I learned this preference for making it last.
- age 34, New York