Trans woman. My libido is less assertive when I’m on feminising hormones. I can kinda forget to and maybe only do it once every few days. Whenever I go off HRT for any reason and my T rises, my penis usually tells me what we’re going to do first thing in the morning and before bed.

I think it averages out to once a day, maybe once and a half.

On weekdays mostly in the evening, sometimes in the morning, some days not at all. On the weekends often twice a day. Sometimes three or even four a day, but that happens only if I’m using toys, just manually it feels a bit raw after two.

32, male, happily single.

I’m married so very rarely plus early 40’s so that sex drive is much less then it used to be

Middle aged male. Depends on what’s going on in life. Usually once every couple of days. Sometimes go a couple of weeks or more without. Other times multiple shots per day.

29 year old woman. A few times a week, on average, I’d say. Potentially multiple times in a day.

When I have a partner, I tend to do it way less though, because I find that the sex is way better if I refrain from masturbating. Orgasms from masturbation aren’t particularly satisfying for me unless I try to do a whole build up that I rarely have the time or energy for.

Worth mentioning that autism makes my general sensory experience pretty weird — I’m hypersensitive to most stimuli, and that also affects touch. This feeds into my above preferences in complex ways.

I also have a few physical disabilities that mean I’m less likely to be able to enjoy sexual pleasure as much unless I’m in the right mindset (i.e. chronic pain can distract from the physical pleasure).

It’s possible that you’re ahead of the curve when it comes to knowing what you like. I had a friend who was capable of reaching orgasm through masturbation, but it took so much effort that she rarely did it. Then she had a partner who helped her to figure out her own idiosyncratic preferences in terms of what she needed to reach orgasm, and that sparked a period where she “felt like a teenage boy” with how often she was masturbating. She was 32 at this point.

I have another friend who didn’t even orgasm until she was 31 due to only having dated guys who were stereotypical straight dudes, which had calibrated her bar of what to expect super low (not just in what she expected from partners, but in terms of what sexual pleasure could feel like in general).

Another friend didn’t masturbate at all until she was 28 (with the exception of some occasional pillow humping that she would feel tremendous shame about) due to religious trauma.

Unfortunately, the society we live in doesn’t really equip women well to be able to come to understand our bodies and communicate our sexual needs. A lot of my friends in their 30s (especially the women) have said that they’re loving their 30s way more than their 20s because of this kind of thing. 30 is still relatively young, so maybe (likely in addition to a naturally higher libido) you just have figured out what you like sooner than your friends have. Maybe some of them are yet to have an awakening of some sort, and the average rate of masturbation will be higher in a few years.

I believe in studies it’s been about once a month for women and once a week for men as the average.

38 male. 1-3 times per day.

It’s more commonly once per day as I get older, and the drop in libido is welcome. My partner only wants sex once per week, and she thinks I’m crazy (though she does come 1-4 times when we do have sex, and I only come 1-2 times, so that might explain it)

I wish I could find another partner with a higher libido, because it’s a strain on our relationship.

Have you considered that the friends might be insincere about their own frequency too? In many societies masturbation is considered shameful. Even when people admit they do it, they might not want you to think they do it “too much”.

I don’t think “normal” is a helpful frame of mind here. Maybe “healthy” is a better way to see it : does it make you feel good ? Does it feel like a healthy part of your life ? I don’t want to decide for you, but from your other comments it seems like it probably is.

I would call it a problem if it becomes an obsession, if it takes time away from other things you want to do, if you do it so much you hurt yourself… Etc.

Every day or every other day i would say is normal. Depending on time availability.

Lots of opinions here without a lot of actually answering the question.

Teens to 30s, at least once a day on average. 40s plus, less impetus so a few times per week. Definitely more in the summer.

From what I gathered, it’s weird if you don’t stop for food, or in public. Other than that it’s more or less normal.

As much as you want to is normal. Suppressing your libido to fit in is not normal.

Once a day on average, early 30s male. Has been that way forever for me.

I’m pooped if I do it more than once every 2-3 days. Sometimes go for weeks without. Guy btw. But then, we have to reload. Seems fair that people without a reload timeout should masturbate more often.