Erobella Data and Research
The numbers behind desire.
Original research, open data and interviews on how people really live, love and move. Published in full, free to read.
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World's Most Sexually Liberal Cities
Forty one major cities, scored on the freedom to live, love and express sexuality. Sex work law, LGBT life, reproductive health and adult lifestyle, weighted and ranked.
- 41 cities
- 10 indicators
- Interactive ranking
The Walk of Shame Line
Every Sunday, 102,276 people enter London's transport network between 5am and 8am. We struck off everyone holding a boarding pass and mapped the line the city actually needs.
- 102,276 journeys
- Sundays, 05:00 to 08:00
- Tube map
Out on Campus
The Campus Pride Index is gone, so we built its successor: 1,718 four-year US colleges scored on LGBTQ+ friendliness, from campus policy and state law to the community outside the gates.
- 1,718 colleges
- 12 data sources
- Searchable table
Where Anti-Queer Crime Is Rising
No German authority publishes city-level figures on anti-queer hate crime, so we asked the police forces directly. Seven cities delivered full 2024 and 2025 numbers: Bremen more than doubled, Nuremberg fell by a third. Written in German, for our German readership.
- 7 cities
- Police request data
- In German
The Age of Diagnosis
Around 84,000 syphilis, HIV and gonorrhoea notifications to the Robert Koch Institute, 2019 to 2025, broken down by age. Most cases are diagnosed in the mid-30s, gonorrhoea in the mid-20s, and every year the curve shifts older. Written in German, for our German readership.
- 84,000 notifications
- 3 infections, 7 years
- In German
Sex Work Statistics
How many people sell sex, who buys it, what the law says and how it is enforced. Country-by-country reference pages with every figure traced to a primary source, starting with 135 verified statistics on the United Kingdom.
- 135 UK statistics
- 81 sources
- Free to cite
The University Towns STI Index
Which university towns in England have the most STIs? We looked up the official 2025 rate for the town around every university in England and ranked all 60, with London on its own terms and every town's movement since 2024.
- 60 towns
- 93 universities
- Interactive map
What is prostitution really worth to the UK?
Official figures put prostitution in UK GDP at £6.5 billion a year, based on a 2004 count and a client review website. We rebuilt the estimate with a more accurate headcount, our own survey of sex workers and prices from 30,000 live listings. It comes out at about £3.9 billion. With the price of an hour in 60 council areas, and a calculator to build your own figure.
- £3.9bn estimate
- 60 council areas priced
- Interactive calculator
Out on Campus: Down Under
Australia had no national index of LGBTIQA+ inclusion at university, so we built one: all 41 universities scored on what they publish for LGBTIQA+ students, the law in their state and the community around each campus, with every point linked to its source.
- 41 universities
- State law compared
- Every point sourced
Sexy Is Dead (Ish)
Has the sexy Halloween costume gone out of fashion? We tracked 22 years of Google searches in five countries. In Britain in 2007, there was one search for a sexy costume for every six Halloween costume searches. Last Halloween it was one in 24.
- 22 years of searches
- Five countries
- 40 costumes tracked
Most Sexually Liberal Cities in Australia
We scored Australia's 25 biggest cities on attitudes, queer life, sex work law, nightlife and abortion law. Melbourne comes first. Sydney, with Mardi Gras and the most strip clubs in the country, is tenth.
- 25 cities
- 10 measures
- A Pride flag for every city
How Many Sex Workers Are There in Germany?
Around 74,000, not the 400,000 that has been quoted since 1986. Registrations, local estimates from 14 cities and regions, four cross-checks and a demand-side test. Written in German, for our German readership.
- 74,000 sex workers
- 32,474 registered
- In German
The Rude Atlas: the World’s Rudest Place Names
451 real places in 91 countries whose names make English speakers snigger, charted on an antique map with sea monsters. Cuntis in Spain is the rudest on Earth, and Britain has 2.4 times as many rude names per settlement as the US. Vote for the rudest, find your nearest and plan a road trip of shame.
- 451 places
- 91 countries
- A live public vote
GTA 6 Sex Guide: Everything We Know
Sex scenes, nudity, two strip clubs and a romance you can skip. Our guide to sex in GTA 6 covers what Rockstar and the age ratings have confirmed so far, and whether sex workers are back. Updated daily through launch week, with a changelog of what’s new.
- Sex scenes confirmed
- 2 strip clubs
- Updated daily
The Most Expensive Affair in History
Jensen Huang’s affair wiped $192.1bn off Nvidia in a day, almost twice the next 19 most expensive affairs put together. We ranked 20 affairs from 1963 to 2026 by what they cost in today’s money, who paid, and what the same sum would buy.
- 20 affairs
- $289bn in total
- 1963 to 2026
