# Question about average penis size **URL:** \ **Category:** Factual Questions\ **Created:** [July 29, 2003, 1:49pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/question-about-average-penis-size/191643 "2003-07-29T13:49:32Z")\ **Posts on this page:** 8\ **Page:** 2
**Author:** ![Schnitte](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/schnitte/32/9033_2.png) [@Schnitte](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Schnitte)\ **Post date:** [July 29, 2003, 5:47pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/question-about-average-penis-size/191643/21 "2003-07-29T17:47:50Z")
And here is Schnitte’s special service for the non-American dopers checking this thread! To spare you the inconvenience of converting all this to metric, here are the relevant data converted for you: 2 inches = 5.1 cm 5.5 inches = 14 cm 6 inches = 15.2 cm 12 inches = 1 foot = 30.5 cm ---
**Author:** ![braintree](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/b/8e7dd6/32.png) [@braintree](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/braintree)\ **Post date:** [July 29, 2003, 6:07pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/question-about-average-penis-size/191643/22 "2003-07-29T18:07:53Z")
I’ve read that average length runs from 5.9 inches to 6.4 erect. Of course man first walked erect when looked up and saw a woman in front of him who happened to be walking in the same direction. ---
**Author:** ![sailor](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/s/a587f6/32.png) [@sailor](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/sailor)\ **Post date:** [July 29, 2003, 6:51pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/question-about-average-penis-size/191643/23 "2003-07-29T18:51:54Z")
In Lake Wobegone we are all above average? ---
**Author:** ![ShadiRoxan](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/s/59ef9b/32.png) [@ShadiRoxan](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/ShadiRoxan)\ **Post date:** [July 29, 2003, 8:32pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/question-about-average-penis-size/191643/24 "2003-07-29T20:32:10Z")
I know that the most common size I’ve seen is about 6 inches. Of course I’ve seen a few guys that were much, much shorter. Average does not necessarily mean common. ---
**Author:** ![panache45](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/panache45/32/64_2.png) [@panache45](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/panache45)\ **Post date:** [July 29, 2003, 9:57pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/question-about-average-penis-size/191643/25 "2003-07-29T21:57:46Z")
And of course gay guys are statistically larger than straight guys. No, I don’t have a cite, except for many years of experience. ---
**Author:** ![handy](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/h/b5a626/32.png) [@handy](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/handy)\ **Post date:** [July 29, 2003, 10:57pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/question-about-average-penis-size/191643/26 "2003-07-29T22:57:34Z")
Penis size sure comes up alot…hmmm. ‘average’ is just that. There is no average guy. If you bought pants in an average size, they wouldn’t fit anyone. When measuring things, you do need to be more specific: –measure from top or bottom? –measure when? at the point of orgasm? –measure with what? a ruler? ---
**Author:** ![Rabid\_Squirrel](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/r/e0b2c6/32.png) [@Rabid\_Squirrel](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Rabid_Squirrel)\ **Post date:** [July 29, 2003, 11:31pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/question-about-average-penis-size/191643/27 "2003-07-29T23:31:01Z")
Ummm… just how many of these surveys are self-reporting? I mean, of course guys are going to report 6+ inches! I’m _cough_just_cough_ under the average and damn proud of it too. I can’t believe I said that… ---
**Author:** ![braintree](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/b/8e7dd6/32.png) [@braintree](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/braintree)\ **Post date:** [July 30, 2003, 2:06pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/question-about-average-penis-size/191643/28 "2003-07-30T14:06:46Z")
For what it’s worth the ancient Greeks preferred small penises and they founded western civilization. Therefore, I am a brute. [Previous page](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/question-about-average-penis-size/191643.md?page=1)