Is Tickling the fourth most popular fetish??

[ChicagoDavid]

Clips4Sale has a new format, and with it, you can see the number of clips available in each category. Rounded to the nearest thousand, unless I missed something, foot is 240,000, bondage is 240,000, female domination is 188,000, tickling is 151,000, face-sitting is 101,000, and nothing else is over 100,000. Spanking is 68,000 (adding up various categories that start with the word “spanking,”) and strap on is 34,000. Even ignoring the fact that “female domination” arguably encompasses various categories, and “bondage” often goes with another fetish, is tickling one of the most popular fetishes, and way more popular than spanking and strap on?? Looking at bdsm websites, one would think that corporal is king and tickling is a rare outlier, as it is occasionally but rarely mentioned, like clown fetishes. I would assume that the volume of clips available roughly corresponds to demand. Am I missing something? Perhaps some fetishes correspond less to clips, e.g., maybe people into strap on don’t really want to watch it?

 

[Mitchell]

David, I agree with you that feet is probably the most popular fetish.

As for what you said about BDSM sites and tickling: I've belonged to a BDSM site for several years, and tickling is rarely mentioned there. They focus on spanking, bondage, whipping, etc.

 

[Myriads]

Tickling has always been in the top four or five fetish groups.

The fact that main line porn companies produced tickling fetish material in the 80's was a sign of it. And yes, the groups that showed up before it were Feet, Bondage, S&M, and spanking.

Myriads

 

[milagros317]

It is quite real, tickling is a major fetish. 😀

 

[katukutusursuri]

I agree tickling is mentioned in many Indian mythological tales, fables, and folk tales.

 

[piyr]

Maybe we're more desperate and willing to pay more per capita

Just curious Katukutusursuri, do you mean asian indian? I wonder if it's so prevelent in the literature if it's a larger fetish among the population than in other countries? Given the size of the population then maybe maybe it's one of the largest fetishes in the world and clips4sales reflects that!

 

[ChicagoDavid]

I think it’s interesting, because most people known that there is such a thing as fetishes for feet, spanking, bondage, S&M, and several others, but have no idea that tickling is a fetish.

 

[ticklemaniac69k]

Hmmmmm that is interesting. I guess we're here to stay 🙂

 

[DontAskJusTckle]

I agree tickling is mentioned in many Indian mythological tales, fables, and folk tales.

Not only that, but it's well known that tickling was used as a means of torture throughout history.

 

[rhiannon]

From Chinese nobles being tickle-tortured to General Robert E. Lee asking kids to tickle his feet as he read them stories, our collective interest has had a long and interesting past that is, sadly, mostly lost to history.

Chinese nobles very likely were not tickle tortured either. And why would tickling be lost to history if other torture methods, also in ancient China, aren't?

http://www.chinahistoryforum.com/topic/2396-ancient-chinese-torturespunishments/

 

[Hemmen]

Well, it should come as no surprise that people didn't suddenly start having tickling fetishes in the 20th century. From Chinese nobles being tickle-tortured to General Robert E. Lee asking kids to tickle his feet as he read them stories, our collective interest has had a long and interesting past that is, sadly, mostly lost to history.

I'd like to see some sources for this, please (the Robert E. Lee thing, that is).

 

[maniactickler]

I dont think its a widespread popular fetish.

 

[ChicagoDavid]

Hey, we just had a thread on tickling as torture. Can we please get back to the OP?

 

[luvgirlsfeet]

Tickling is the top of my fetish list

 

[laughingisgood]

Cheers for being in the top 5! Go tickling! Now someone come share some tickling fun with me