r/NoFap
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NoFap is a website and community forum that serves as a support group for those who wish to give up pornography and masturbation. Its name comes from the slang term fap, referring to male masturbation. While reasons for this abstinence vary by individual, the main motivation cited is attempting to overcome addiction to pornography, or other compulsive sexual behaviours. Other reasons for abstinence include religious and moral reasons, self-improvement, and physical beliefs that are not supported by medical science.
Key facts
- Website.name
- NoFap
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- NoFap logo.svg
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- 250px
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- Website.type
- Private
- Website.registration
- Optional
- Website.language
- English
- Website.num_users
- ~1.2 million (as of August 2025)
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- Website.launch_date
- (subreddit)
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- Active
via Wikipedia infobox
~17 min read
Encyclopedic overview
15 sectionsContents
- Founding
- NoFap.com
- Membership
- Demographics
- Beliefs
- Political and religious motivation
- Reception
- Research concerning NoFap forums and followers
- Journalistic descriptions of NoFap
- Litigation
- Similar sites
- See also
- Explanatory notes
- References
- External links
NoFap is a website and community forum that serves as a support group for those who wish to give up pornography and masturbation. Its name comes from the slang term fap, referring to male masturbation. While reasons for this abstinence vary by individual, the main motivation cited is attempting to overcome addiction to pornography, or other compulsive sexual behaviours. Other reasons for abstinence include religious and moral reasons, self-improvement, and physical beliefs that are not supported by medical science.
The group's views and efforts to combat pornography addiction have been criticized as simplistic, outdated, and incorrect by neuroscientists, psychologists, and other medical professionals. The purported science behind the group's activities is said to come from anti-porn activist Gary Wilson. Historian observed that Wilson lacked scientific credential and "made a career peddling pseudoscience".
Excerpted from Wikipedia’s “r/NoFap” article, available under the CC BY-SA 4.0 licence.