The main user communities of AI sex chat have distinctive demographic characteristics and differences in technology usage. According to the global market research of 2023, the age group of 18-34 years accounts for 58% (63% male, 37% female), with average daily usage time of 45 minutes (standard deviation ±12 minutes), 19% of which are paying users (average monthly usage of 14.99 US dollars). Data from one specific platform in Japan show that the users over 40 years old account for 23% (mainly divorced or widmarried persons), and their sense of loneliness has been alleviated to a large extent (the UCLA scale score decreased by 22%), but the number of daily use is only 2.3 times (5.7 times among young users).
Equipment techniques affect the depth of use. Of the high-end consumers (whose monthly income is ≥ $5,000), 73% used the RTX 4090 GPU to produce 4K virtual companions (3840×2160 pixels, in 0.8 seconds). However, cellular users (41% of the iPhone 15 Pro) had only the capacity to produce up to a 1080P resolution due to an NPU load rate of 89% (at temperature 48℃), which was done in 14 seconds. Statistics from the Replika platform show that paid users ($14.99/month) retention in interaction is 78%, while free users’ retention due to advertising disruption (insertion of one message every three minutes) is only 32%.
There are significant regional differences. 38% of the users (mainly male users aged between 18-29) from North America are active users with a 6.2 daily frequency of use (interest in “power role-playing” content), whereas Asian users (29% from Japan and South Korea) show a preference for virtual emotional companionship (mean length of conversation per day of 68 minutes). Due to the harsh GDPR in Europe, the data retention period is just 30 days (compliance costs 8% of revenue), and the paid conversion rate is only 19% (34% in North America). In 2024, Germany punished one specific platform 18 million euros (with a 0.12% rate of data leakage), and the churn rate of the users jumped to 23% right away.
Special groups have a strong dependency. Individuals with disabilities make up 14% of the entire number of users (US research data). They utilize haptic feedback devices (e.g., TeslaTouch gloves, costing $599) to mimic physical touch (pressure precision ±0.05N), but because of battery life constraints (1.5 hours), the average amount of daily use time is only 42 minutes. Among the LGBTQ+ group, transgender users account for 31% (industry average, 12%), and they favor customizing non-binary gender models (with over 500 parameter adjustment items), but the generation error rate is ±8% (±3% for the normal gender model).
Legal risks determine usage limits. The EU’s “Artificial Intelligence Act” requires platforms to block minors at a minimum rate of 99.9% (the actual implementation rate of Replika is 98.7%), and the perpetrators will be subject to fines of 6% of their global revenue. In a case in 2024, a 17-year-old user evaded age verification (which required 11 minutes), and the platform was fined 2.2 million US dollars. Dark web statistics show that illegal access tools cost $1,200 for a pack (with survival time ≤6 hours), but the actual success rate is really 0.3%.
Directions in the future go in the direction of user differentiation. ABI projects that in 2027, the users will be 31% older than age 55 (since the speeding up of aging strengthens), but brain-computer interface products (such as the Neuralink headset, estimated to cost $12,000) can take immersive AI sex chat to 29% of the high-end market, but regulatory expenses will reach 9.5% because of ethical controversies.