• News
  • Film and TV
  • Music
  • Tech
  • Features
  • Celebrity
  • Politics
  • Weird
  • Community
  • Advertise
  • Terms
  • Privacy & Cookies
  • LADbible Group
  • LADbible
  • SPORTbible
  • GAMINGbible
  • Tyla
  • UNILAD Tech
  • FOODbible
  • License Our Content
  • About Us & Contact
  • Jobs
  • Latest
  • Topics A-Z
  • Authors
Facebook
Instagram
X
Threads
TikTok
YouTube
Submit Your Content
Friends fan thinks they’ve worked out how many sexual partners each character had and people can't believe it

Home> Film & TV> News

Published 15:52 29 Sep 2024 GMT+1

Friends fan thinks they’ve worked out how many sexual partners each character had and people can't believe it

This is the sort of 'genius' data set I can get behind...

Poppy Bilderbeck

Poppy Bilderbeck

Friends fans are in stitches after a viewer created a 'genius' data set of how many people each character slept with.

There's a reason I dropped anything considered 'properly' academic as soon as I could in high school, ridding myself of maths, geography or anything which required graphs, tallies or data sets. However, should someone tally up anything to do with iconic sitcom Friends and not just that, but even go to the lengths of creating a graph - no, I'm not lying - then sign me up.

A user from a since-deleted account and avid Friends fan - who knows 'every Friends episode by heart - took to Reddit thread r/entertainment to reveal they went through 'each and every' episode 'more than once' to figure out how many sexual partners each character had.

They continued: "[This] includes past sex partners that are just mentioned. Detailed Excel spreadsheet and everything."

Advert

Oh and they even made a graph too.

But how did the user measure it and who came up on top?

Who came up on top? (NBC)
Who came up on top? (NBC)

Well, they explained they counted one point for 'confirmed sex' which was judged 'either by strong innuendo or plain admission' and then 'unconfirmed sex eg. I dated a guy' saw characters given half a point.

Advert

And the results were as follows...

6) Chandler: 10.5 sex partners

5) Ross: 14 sex partners - being on that 'break' - or were they? - didn't make much difference to Ross' score.

4) Monica: 14.5 sex partners

Advert

3) Rachel: 15.5 sex partners

2) Phoebe: 32.5 sex partners

1) Joey: 51.5 sex partners

Oh, and the user didn't just stop there either, going on to list every single sexual partner by name or reference - i.e. Girl who though[t] Sean Penn was the capital of Cambodia or 'Stripper 1' - in a separate thread.

Advert

And it's not taken long for fellow Friends fans to flood to the comments to weigh in.

Friends' characters 'total sex partners' (Imgur)
Friends' characters 'total sex partners' (Imgur)

Some fans were left divided over what counted or not towards each Friends' characters' score.

One user wrote: "This is very excellent work. Especially for Joey, and for analyzing how explicit it was whenever a character was not totally clear about how far a relationship went.

Advert

"Is it just me, though, that feels that some of the unconfirmed instances of sex may be overstated? I always thought 'fooled around,' especially on a show, meant just that, as in 1-3rd base, at most. For example, I don't think Chandler and Mary Angela Tribbiani is any more than fooling around, so I'd give it a zero. And I find it hard to believe that Rachel and Tommy (Ben Stiller) did that much. The assignment of 0.5 for Mary Angela T is good though, to see the overall promiscuity of the characters. Also, I always thought Chandler and Susie Moss was also only the extent that we saw. But at this point, I'm just like sniping from the sidelines."

However, others were simply in awe of it all. "Woah," onw said.

Another commented: "That's a whole lot of sex."

Someone else argued: "138/6 people/10 years = only 2.3 sexual partners per person per year (on average) I know that may be a lot compared to the average redditor, but I'm willing to bet that is below average compared to the average new yorker."

Advert

And a final simply resolved: "You're a genius."

So, what do you think?

Featured Image Credit: Getty Images/NBC

Topics: Film and TV, Friends, Sex and Relationships, Reddit, Entertainment

Poppy Bilderbeck
Poppy Bilderbeck

Poppy Bilderbeck is a Senior Journalist at LADbible Group. She graduated from The University of Manchester in 2021 with a First in English Literature and Drama, where alongside her studies she was Editor-in-Chief of The Tab Manchester. Poppy is most comfortable when chatting about all things mental health, is proving a drama degree is far from useless by watching and reviewing as many TV shows and films as possible and is such a crisp fanatic the office has been forced to release them in batches.

Advert

Advert

Advert

Choose your content:

16 hours ago
a day ago
  • 16 hours ago

    Fans rave over ‘addicting’ drama with a ‘pretty dark’ story that you can stream on Netflix right now

    The new Netflix drama released on the popular streaming platform last week

    Film & TV
  • a day ago

    Shocking true story of series where woman with terminal cancer divorces husband and sleeps with 200 men

    Molly Kochan was just 33 years old when she was diagnosed with cancer

    Film & TV
  • a day ago

    Fans urge Netflix subscribers to watch ‘underrated' sci-fi series with perfect RT score and three seasons to binge

    The 'underrated' sci-series debuted in 2016 before concluding in 2018

    Film & TV
  • a day ago

    TikTok users point out hilarious issue with Netflix documentary on 'biohacker’ who wants to live forever

    Bryan Johnson has made a name for himself in his attempts to live forever

    Film & TV
  • Actor Mark Rylance admits he regrets real unsimulated oral sex scene in controversial movie
  • Willem Dafoe's member was so 'confusing' on set of movie bosses decided he needed a 'stunt penis’
  • Teens call American Pie 'deeply problematic' for one specific reason after watching it for the first time
  • Jenna Ortega was ‘eager’ to film X-rated scenes with 37-year-old when she was only 19 for one reason