Australian Study Logs 360,192 Farts From 6,416 People, Finding 5 Daily

1 articles · Updated · Medscape · Jan 6

6,416 Australians logged 360,192 flatulence events over a mean 10 days in a JAMA Network Open study, giving researchers baseline data of about five episodes per person per day.
The data came from the citizen-science “Chart Your Fart” app, launched after more than 19,000 people consented; only eligible participants were included in the final analysis.
Men reported more episodes than women, adults aged 26 to 45 had the highest frequency, and rates climbed through the day before peaking just before bedtime.
Self-reporting limited the study because researchers could not verify events or capture what happened during sleep, but the dataset still offers a benchmark for studying excessive gas.