Bradford ranks first in UK city phone sex searches increase

The Government’s social distancing measures has meant that some of us singletons have become increasingly sexually frustrated.

It's no surprise therefore that new findings from Vivastreet reveal that some of us have been looking for alternative ways to scratch our itch.

According to their research taken from Google Ads data, online searches in the UK for the term 'phone sex' have gone up +23% since the lockdown measures came into place.

In particular, Bradford saw online searches for phone sex jump up a whopping +64%.

Below is a breakdown of the demand for phone sex across UK cities.

City, then increase in online searches for phone sex:

Bradford +64%

Belfast +54%

Sheffield +52%

Liverpool +49%

Cardiff +40%

Cambridge +40%

Leicester +36%

Bath +33%

Birmingham +30%

Middlesborough +29%

Sunderland +29%

Glasgow +24%

Bristol +23%

London +21%

Newcastle +14%

Manchester +11%

Brighton +11%

Norwich +10%

Edinburgh -10%

Pre-lockdown months vs lockdown months

Broken down by city level, the data reveals that in March and April, Belfast and Sheffield also saw the highest demand for phone sex, with online searches for the term phone sex jumping up +54% and +52% during the lockdown months compared to pre-lockdown months.

London saw online searches for phone sex up +21%.

However, compare that with cities like Liverpool where online searches for phone sex during the lockdown compared to pre-lockdown have jumped up +45%.

It seems that those in Cambridge are not too posh for dirty talk, as the data revealed that the city saw phone sex searches go up an impressive +40% during the lockdown.