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College Students Can’t Put Their Phones Down—Not Even During Sex

February 10, 2026
College Students Can’t Put Their Phones Down—Not Even During Sex

College sex has always involved a little multitasking. Someone’s roommate is asleep three feet away. Someone’s thinking about a paper due tomorrow. Someone’s hoping this doesn’t turn into a whole relationship conversation. What’s new is the phone. Not nearby buzzing on the dresser. We’re talking actively in someone’s hand.

According to a recent survey reported by the New York Post, more than one in three U.S. college students admit they’ve checked their phone during sex. Not afterward. Not to change the music. During. The survey, conducted through the campus-focused apps YikYak and Sidechat, polled roughly 100,000 American students aged 18 and over. About 35% said they pulled out their device mid-hookup to send a text or scroll through a video.

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