One in four American couples have sex once a month or less, according to a Talker Research survey of 2,000 adults in relationships. [1] The average couple reported four times per month, but the distribution is lopsided: a quarter of the sample is barely registering. Twenty-seven percent said they have zero date nights per month. [2]

The generational picture is sharper. The Institute for Family Studies found that adults aged 18 to 29 living with partners dropped from 42 percent to 32 percent in recent years, with Gen Z seeing the steepest decline in weekly sexual activity of any measured cohort. [3] Nearly 25 percent of American adults under 29 are now classified as sexually inactive. [4] Glenn Beck and neuroscientist Dr. Debra Soh have called it a "bedroom crisis," pointing to screens, social isolation, and a generation that discusses consent boundaries at higher rates than any before it — but has less sex than their parents did at the same age. [5] More connection tools, less connection. The paradox is the finding.