Google’s latest year in search data has revealed a striking snapshot of what people wanted to know about sex in 2025, with health worries and internet-era slang dominating the questions typed into the search bar. According to information shared with entertainment site LADbible, the most queried phrase in this category was “Why do I bleed during sex,” a blunt expression of anxiety that has been repeated so often it rose to the top of Google’s trending sex-related searches this year.
The list, provided to LADbible and its sister outlet UNILAD Tech, groups together the sex questions that saw the biggest spikes in search interest compared with previous years. Google’s methodology for its annual “Year in Search” round-ups focuses on “top trending queries” rather than sheer volume, highlighting the topics where curiosity has surged most sharply rather than the subjects that have always generated high traffic. In practice, that means these questions offer a window into what has newly unsettled or intrigued people in 2025, from unexplained bleeding to a Gen Z masturbation trend that many older users had never heard of before encountering it online.
At the top of the list, “Why do I bleed during sex” encapsulates one of the most serious concerns reflected in this year’s data. Health services in multiple countries already list bleeding during or after intercourse as one of the most common reasons people seek urgent advice. Britain’s National Health Service notes that “bleeding after sex is not usually serious, but it can sometimes be a sign of a health condition that needs to be checked,” urging those affected not to ignore the symptom, particularly if it recurs or appears after menopause. Causes can range from minor cervical irritation or vaginal dryness to infections, polyps or, in rare cases, cervical cancer. The prominence of the query in Google’s 2025 data suggests large numbers of people are turning first to the internet when confronted with a worrying episode in the bedroom rather than immediately contacting a doctor or sexual health clinic.
Closely behind the medical question about bleeding is another phrase that belongs firmly to the digital age: “What is gooning gen z.” The term “gooning” has lodged itself in online vocabulary over the past few years, especially on platforms like TikTok and Reddit, but its meaning is opaque to anyone outside those circles. Health and addiction services describe gooning as an intense, often extended form of masturbation marked by a trance-like fixation on pornography. One specialist resource characterises it as “an extreme form of prolonged masturbation, related in part to another popular term edging.” LGBTQ+ and sex education outlet Them has similarly defined it as acting “completely uninhibited while you masturbate… seemingly losing yourself in the moment,” emphasising the hypnotic state some users say they chase.
The inclusion of gooning on Google’s list reflects how quickly niche internet slang can cross into mainstream consciousness once it is amplified by social media, memes and news coverage. Search data from other research projects has already shown steep rises in interest, with one UK analysis of sexual trends reporting that searches for “gooning” had increased by more than seven hundred per cent over a five-year period. The 2025 Google trend suggests that this year many users were encountering the word for the first time and seeking clarification on whether it represented a harmless kink, a joke or a potential mental-health and relationship issue. Clinicians quoted in recent reporting have warned that compulsive, hours-long sessions of porn-fuelled masturbation can contribute to desensitisation, performance problems and distress in some people, even as others insist it is simply another consensual form of sexual expression.
Another of the standout queries in Google’s 2025 list is “Where is a woman’s G-spot,” a question that has surfaced repeatedly in sex education literature and popular culture for decades but clearly remains unresolved for many search users. Clinics and sex-positive education sites generally describe the G-spot as an area of heightened sensitivity on the front wall of the vagina, a few centimetres inside the body. One women’s sexual health provider explains that “the G-spot in women is typically found on the front vaginal wall, a few inches inside the vagina,” describing it as a cluster of tissue that can swell and feel more textured when aroused. Other educational guides give similar directions, placing it “about two to three inches inside of the vagina on the anterior wall” and noting that it may feel thicker or ridged compared with surrounding tissue. Yet researchers still debate whether the G-spot is a distinct anatomical structure or a shorthand for the complex network of nerves and erectile tissue around the urethra and vaginal wall. The persistence of basic location questions in Google’s latest trends highlights how incomplete many people’s formal sex education remains, particularly around female pleasure.
Alongside specific health concerns and anatomical mysteries, the 2025 search list also reveals more everyday worries about whether individual sex lives are “normal.” Among the questions highlighted by UNILAD’s social media coverage of the Google data is “How often do married couples have sex,” a simple query that has been asked in countless advice columns and surveys over the years. Studies of sexual frequency tend to show huge variation between couples and across different life stages, with factors such as age, health, work patterns, childcare and relationship satisfaction all playing a role. Relationship therapists routinely stress that there is no universally correct number and that the more important issue is whether both partners feel content with their level of intimacy. The fact that this question still spikes in Google’s 2025 trends indicates that social pressures and online discussion continue to leave many people unsure about how their own experience compares with that of others.
The final query visible in UNILAD’s summary of the list begins “When can you have sex after…,” pointing to a cluster of searches around the timing of a return to sexual activity following medical procedures, childbirth or other major life events. Health services commonly field questions about when it is safe to resume sex after operations, infections, pregnancy or the insertion of contraceptive devices, and guidance usually depends on healing times and the risk of complications. The prominence of this type of query in Google’s sex trends underscores how often people use search engines as a first step before consulting discharge notes, midwives or physicians. Doctors generally advise that personalised medical advice should come from clinicians who know a patient’s history rather than anonymous online sources, but the data suggests that search remains a key gateway to that information.
Google’s new figures also sit in the context of earlier years’ sexual search trends. In February, LADbible reported that the most searched sex question in the United Kingdom in 2024, based on Google data shared with Cosmopolitan UK, had been “What is autosexual?” Autosexuality is often described as deriving primary sexual attraction from oneself, a concept that attracted widespread curiosity as social media users discussed new labels for orientations and preferences. The shift from that identity-focused query in 2024 to a medically framed top question in 2025 highlights how the public’s preoccupations can swing between inner labels and physical symptoms from year to year. Both lists, however, share a dependence on the internet as a space where people feel able to ask questions in blunt language that they might never use in a classroom or consultation room.
Experts in sexual health and education have long argued that search data provides a kind of anonymous survey of what people were too embarrassed to raise elsewhere. Articles aimed at improving sexual knowledge frequently note that “one of the most frequently asked sexual questions is where is a woman’s G-spot,” underlining the persistence of basic gaps despite years of campaigns to normalise discussion of pleasure and consent. Similarly, mainstream health sites regularly explain the causes of bleeding during sex or give step-by-step advice on how to find the G-spot, signalling that these are recurring issues rather than obscure worries.
The rise of gooning to the point where it now features in Google’s official trends list also highlights the speed at which emerging sexual practices can move from fringe forums into public debate. In the past year, the term has appeared in mainstream journalism, addiction-treatment resources and even university disciplinary disputes. One recent newspaper report on an Instagram account styled as a “gooning club” at an Australian university described how administrators complained that the page, which campaigned tongue-in-cheek for a dedicated “gooning room,” was using the institution’s trademarks while promoting a masturbation-focused subculture. At the same time, lifestyle and health publications have published explainers aimed at demystifying the practice, while warning that spending many hours each day in a porn-induced trance can, for some, crowd out work, relationships and offline interests. The presence of “What is gooning gen z” in Google’s trending questions suggests that this conversation has now spilled far beyond the communities that originally coined the term.
Taken together, the 2025 list of sex-related questions illustrates a blend of fear, curiosity and confusion. The prominence of “Why do I bleed during sex” points to unresolved anxieties about pain and potential illness, especially among people who may have difficulty accessing in-person healthcare or who feel embarrassed to describe intimate symptoms. The continued interest in the G-spot and in how often married couples have sex signals an enduring uncertainty about what counts as normal and pleasurable in long term relationships. The sudden appearance of “gooning” reflects the ways that internet culture can shape sexual behaviour and language, introducing new practices and problems that institutions and clinicians are only beginning to study in depth.
For Google, the list is simply a by-product of analysing what millions of anonymous users typed into a search box this year. For sexual health professionals, however, the questions offer a real-time map of where information may be failing to reach people. Clinicians generally encourage anyone who experiences bleeding during sex, persistent pain, distress linked to pornography use or confusion about their body to seek advice from a doctor, sexual health clinic or qualified therapist rather than relying solely on search results. But the 2025 trends show that search remains the starting point for many, and that the words people choose when they ask the internet for help can reveal as much about the gaps in sex education as they do about the private concerns playing out behind closed doors.
