Sniffies, the world’s most popular cruising map, has released its annual Sniffies Download, a data-driven look at how people cruised, connected, and explored desire in 2025. The report pulls back the curtain on a year defined by real-world meetups, midday encountered, and a global resurgence of cruising.
“The 2025 Sniffies Download proves people aren’t just fantasizing; they’re getting out and doing something about it. From lunch breaks to parks to groups, cruisers are turning curiosity into realworld experiences. And while desire is universal, every city puts its own twist on cruising, creating local cultures that reflect what guys there are actually into.” said Eli Martin, Chief Marketing Officer at Sniffies.
Here‘s the Sniffies Download by the numbers:
Cruising
- Monday is the most popular day of the week to cruise
- 1:00 PM is the most popular time of day to cruise
- Parks are the most popular cruising destination
Sniffies Is Not Just for The Gays
Cruising on Sniffies reflects a wide spectrum of sexual identity and curiosity. In 2025, 42.3% of
cruisers identified as bisexual or bicurious, while 25% identified as straight or straight curious.
Here is the full breakdown of sexual expressions:
- 32.1% Bisexual
- 31.4 % Gay
- 18.1% Straight Curious
- 10.2% Bicurious
- 7.8% Straight
Groups
- More than 2.1 million cruisers attended over 200,000 groups, averaging more than 16,000
groups per month - The most popular group type was pump and dump, with nearly 600,000 attendees
- San Francisco hosted both the largest group and the most groups overall
Cruising Goes Global
- City with the highest percentage of straight users: El Paso, TX
- City with the highest percentage of bi users: Palm Springs, CA
- Most anonymous city in the US: San Antonio, TX
- Most anonymous city globally: São Paulo, Brazil
- City with the biggest surge in cruisers during Pride: Mexico City
- Cities with the most confident cruisers: Las Vegas, New York City, São Paulo
- Horniest cities in the US: Atlanta, Las Vegas, San Francisco
- Horniest cities globally: Havana, Johannesburg, Cape Town
Cruising by City: Positions & Preferences
Sniffies data shows that cruising culture isn’t just global, it’s deeply local. Different cities develop their own sexual ecosystems, shaped by who shows up and how they like to connect.
Positions by city highlight clear contrasts:
In New York City, cruising skews toward dominant and flexible roles, with the highest concentrations of dom tops, tops, vers, and vers tops. In Chicago, cruisers leaned toward bottoms, submissive bottoms, sides, passive tops, and vers bottoms, revealing a very different cruising dynamic.
Expression data tells an equally distinct story:
- Boston emerged as the discreet capital
- Atlanta stood out as the clean-cut stronghold
- Los Angeles led as the bro hub
- Melbourne doubled as the bear den and daddy HQ
- Seattle ranked highest for the guy-next-door vibe
- Sydney claimed both curiosity capital and jock hub
- San Diego topped the list for femme expression
- Philadelphia emerged as the masc stronghold
Certain cities stood out for their particular interests:
- London led in jockstrap lovers
- New York City topped the list for mask enthusiasts
- Providence, RI showed the strongest interest in uniforms
- San Francisco, CA was most into used underwear
- Melbourne is home to the highest percentage of swallowers
Together, the data shows that cruising is shaped by place as much as desire. Sniffies doesn’t flatten
those differences, it reveals them.
Desire by the Data
Sniffies data reveals what cruisers were actually looking for in 2025, from broad preferences to highly
specific fetishes
- Most sought-after types: Discreet, Bro, Daddy
- Top kinks: Edging, Cum Play, BDSM, Facials, Exhibitionism
- Top fetishes: Ass, Hard Cocks, Armpits
Because Everyone Wants to Know
Cities with the largest (self-proclaimed) average endowments:
- Yonkers, NY: 7.22 inches
- Baltimore, MD: 7.20 inches
- Washington, DC: 7.17 inches
- Atlanta, GA: 7.16 inches
- New York, NY 7.15 inches
Cities with the smallest (self-proclaimed) average endowments:
- Perth, WA: 6.25 inches
- Brisbane, QLD: 6.29 inches
- Melbourne, VIC: 6.36
- Sydney, NSW: 6.36
- Calgary, AB: 6.48
The 2025 Sniffies Download offers a rare look at modern cruising as it actually happens, grounded in
real-world behavior, and connection beyond the swipe.
