Types of Kinks: A Complete Guide 

The Lustery Guide to Types of Kinks

How many different types of kinks are there? Could you have guessed it was in the 500s range? According to 

, there are over 540 different types of kinks. 

While a lot of these are a bit obscure (like Agalmatophilia, an attraction to statues and mannequins), it’s exciting to have a full view of just how many different types of sexual kinks there are. 

While we could talk forever about the long list of kink examples one could come up with from that list, let’s talk about the kinks you’re most likely to see right here on Lustery.

Bondage, discipline/domination, submission/sadism, and masochism - there’s a lot that falls under this umbrella. 

Even each of those topics has sub-topics - within bondage, you have shibari or other modes of restrictions, within domination, you have rough Doms or sweet, soft Doms. For submissives, you can be bratty or playful or a service sub… there’s so much to explore in this area. 

Orgasm control - this is the act of controlling not only how but also when your partner climaxes. Orgasm denial and 

Financial domination - findom is a term used in this community to describe consensual control of financial assets from one partner to another.

 - this involves consensually putting down or degrading someone during or leading up to sex. 

Humiliation - often used in conjunction with the above, but not always the case, humiliation kinks differ from degradation kinks in one key aspect: the motive. What’s the difference between humiliation and degradation? Often, you can use the same words in each scenario, but the point of humiliation is to embarrass the other person, to mortify them. Degradation is more about the person’s supposed worth and less about the situation they are in.

Voyeurs and exhibitionists really love their special locations! Voyeurism is the love of watching, and exhibitionism is the love of being watched - they often go hand in hand, but it is also possible to love one without the other. One thing most Lustery couples have in common is that they love to be watched! 

The naughty student and the strict professor, the warden and the prisoner, the wicked witch and her doting slave… you get the idea. Playing different roles in the bedroom is something exciting, and refreshing. It’s something you can plan and do together that brings you closer as a couple but also keeps things interesting. 

Consensual non-consent - CNC is a roleplay scenario where one partner pretends to “take” the other while they say “no.” This scenario is always pre-arranged and safewords are set in place since the whole name of the game is pretending you don’t want what’s happening.

Age play - this is a roleplay where one partner pretends to act a certain age (sometimes older, but most of the time, younger). 

Cosplay or fantasy-world kinks are more common than you would think, with one or more partners entering into personas or characters that are portrayed in books, movies, or TV shows. 

Some people like threesomes and others love them. These people likely have a partner-sharing kink. The variety here is endless - how you can share your partner is limited to what the two of you can dream up together. 

Cuckolding - to be a “cuck” is to be a person whose partner is having an affair. Roleplaying as a cuck can include “secret” partner-sharing (that all parties involved know about and consent to ahead of time). 

Hotwifing - to be a “hotwife” is to be the partner of the person who is being cucked, as explained above. 

For the ears, you have dirty talk and/or moaning, and specific pet/honorific name uses. For the eyes, you have lingerie, rope bondage, strip-teasing, and more. Moving on to the sense of touch, you have the Wartenburg pinwheel, feathers, e-stim toys, and the use of massage oils. 

Taste is an easy one: tasting each other and/or playing with food in the bedroom. For smells, many people enjoy burning incense or scented massage oils or lubricants during sex. One of the most common sensory kinks is the sharing of bodily fluids (spit, cum, urine, etc). 

Anal, fisting, pegging… there are a lot of kinks that revolve around a very specific sexual activity. Realizing you have a specific kink for one specific sexual activity may take some time for you to realize, and when you do, it’s likely to have become a fetish by then. 

What’s the difference between a kink and a fetish? While the terms are often used interchangeably, a good rule of thumb is this: kinks are nice to have during satisfying sex, and fetishes are the things that make sex satisfying. 

For example, you can have an anal kink… which means you enjoy anal play during sex. Or you can have an anal fetish… meaning you can’t (or very rarely can) achieve sexual satisfaction without the inclusion of anal play. 

While there are many different options to choose from, and each couple brings their unique style to their videos, there are a lot of really common kinks amongst our Lustery couples. 

Domination and submission are two of the most commonly used kinks that fall under the BDSM umbrella. Engaging in a kinky D/s dynamic can add a whole new layer to the scene between partners and can add a lot of chemistry to the videos these couples make together.

Roleplaying can be so hot, especially while filming. Dressing up and getting into character to put on a show for whoever wants to watch… Lustery couples have this down to a science, especially 

Dirty Talk is something so many Lustery couples engage in that makes it fun for the viewers and themselves. Do you want to add some dirty talk into your love life but aren’t sure how? A good place to start is to just simply say what you’re experiencing: “that feels so good”, “you look so hot”, “I love it when you…” – this goes a long way and before you know it, the filthiest things can be coming out of your mouth with ease, driving your partner wild.

Anal or anal-cream pie are both top-searched tags on Lustery, for good reason, too! If you’re interested in starting your anal-kink journey, we recommend starting with our 

, it’s free to watch and is a great way to introduce yourself to the Lustery couples that enjoy anal play. 