And if you or whatever you’re doing is the catalyst for the moan, what a satisfying exchange.” It’s sexy in part because you’re witnessing someone in a vulnerable state of release. “When someone moans in pleasure, it signals deep satisfaction. “When you hear someone moan, it’s a primal cue for a visceral emotion,” says Dipsea’s Head of Audio and resident moan director Kristina Loring. That’s not a rare occurrence, either - according to Forbes, the app has seen an 84 percent increase in subscriber volume since quarantine began. This explains why there’s an entire multiverse of male sex noise sounds on YouTube, why tube sites are filled with male moaning videos aimed at all sexualities and why Dipsea, a popular audio porn app, has fans who fall in love with characters based not only how they look, but the way they huff and puff in pleasure.
People who have sex with men are often disturbed by their silence, and the general consensus seems to be that the more vocally expressive they are in bed, the hotter it is all around.
Countless Reddit threads pose questions like, “I’m a guy, is it okay if I moan a lot, or is it off-putting?” and “Is male moaning during sex hot?” and yet, the answer, almost invariably, is that guys need to moan more.
With that in mind, it seems bizarre that various Men of the Internet are still clutching their pearls over whether it’s okay to moan during sex.