From Emergency Contraceptives to Sex Toys – Uber Eats reveals new trends on Canadians’ sexual health for World Sexual Health Day
To celebrate, Uber Canada is sharing consumer data trends that shed light on Canadians’ sexual health and wellness.
Over the past two years, more pharmacy and convenience store merchants have joined Uber Eats. It’s no surprise then that almost half (44%) of Canadians reported using delivery apps to order everything from snacks to essential items in the last year. Sexual wellness products—including condoms, emergency contraceptives, lubricants, vibrators and more—have become a popular category in people’s online shopping carts.
The latest data drop reveals the most popular sex products purchased by Canadians across the country and ranks the cities that are the most prepared for sexual adventures, based on the volume of sexual health products they’re purchasing on Uber Eats.
Emergency contraceptives and pregnancy tests top the list of the most popular sexual health products ordered on Uber Eats along with lubricants and vibrators. This year, Kitchener-Waterloo jumped from #10 in the city rankings to the #1 most prepared city for safe sex, as the biggest consumers of sexual health products and contraceptives. You can see where your city ranks and what products are trending across Canada below.
Top 10 Canadian cities that are the biggest consumers of sexual health products
*results weighted to account for pop. differences
Top 5 Most Popular Sexual Health Products Across Canada
Uber is also celebrating cities that are ordering the most of a particular sexual wellness product. Check out the ‘23 winners:
- Hamilton takes the title of “The Slickest City,” as Hamiltonians are by far the biggest consumers of sexual lubricants on Uber Eats
- Londoners are the “Most likely to have you covered,” with London being the city that purchases the most condoms
- Torontonians are the “Most likely to pass a vibe check,” since Toronto consumes the most sex toys/vibrators on Uber Eats
September 5, 2023 at 6:04 am
OK, A few things.
First. Emergency contraceptives and pregnancy tests as the top two results means unprepared not prepared. Condoms as the top item would be “prepared”. The current top two also point to a lot of unsafe sex happening.
Second. It is horrifying that Uber thinks it is alright to share this information. (although from a brand recognition and getting articles printed about Uber eats I do understand their motivation.) and that people report the information with little analysis and not even a nod to privacy concerns.
The fact that Uber can spit out this data for their promotional aims shows clearly that they track and record every purchase that people place through them. That gives Uber a terrifyingly detailed insight into a persons life. Combine that data with where and when they go and you can pretty much guarantee the Uber could tell you who is sleeping with who plus where and when they are doing so.
All this just convinces me even more than I already was to never use Uber anything.