No Nut November

No Nut November is an internet challenge revolving around abstinence, in which participants abstain from masturbating or having an orgasm during the month of November.[1] Although No Nut November was originally intended to be satirical, some participants claim that abstaining from ejaculating and watching pornography has health benefits.[2][3] An Urban Dictionary entry for No Nut November was published in 2011, and, in 2017, the movement started to gain popularity on social media.[4] It is associated with the NoFap community on Reddit, which encourages its members not to masturbate.[3] The Reddit community /r/NoNutNovember grew from 16,500 subscribers in November 2018[5] to 52,000 subscribers as of November 2019[2] and to 85,300 in November 2020.

After some public figures, such as Paul Joseph Watson promoted the campaign, E. J. Dickson of Rolling Stone Magazine suggested that the movement has been coopted by the far-right.[2] Vice Media criticized the challenge in 2018 after followers sent threats to xHamster's Twitter account.[6] No Nut November has been described as Extremely Online.[7]

Destroy Dick December is a related internet challenge following No Nut November, in which it serves as a counterpoint, encouraging participants to take part in sexual activities such as intercourse and masturbation, after abstaining from them during the previous month.[8][9][10]

An Urban Dictionary entry for the challenge was first published in 2017, the same time No Nut November also started gaining popularity on social media.

• Masturbation
• Masturbate-a-thon
• National Masturbation Day
• Wank Week
• The Contest
• Lent, a cultural practice by some Christians to partially abstain from food and certain luxuries for six weeks
• Ramadan, a cultural practice by Islams to partially abstain from food, water, alcohol, sexual activity, and Islamic sins for around a month

• NoNutNovember on Reddit