23 New Year’s Sex Positions to Ring In 2026 with a Bang
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Use the mental reset button that is a fresh new year to kick off 2026 with the incredible bang it deserves. Apply the “new year, new you” vibe to your sex life by figuring out what you truly crave this year. And whatever that is, this year’s special compendium of New Year’s sex positions probably has it. There’s some romance, some fun seasonal sexing, a little kink, and even some very meta role play.
“It’s a great time to try new positions, toys, and other additions to connect with your partner sexually,” says Suzannah Weiss, resident sexologist for Fleshy and author of Eve’s Blessing: Uncovering the Lost Pleasure Behind Female Pain. “Get creative and playful, and aim to have fun rather than being achievement-oriented.”
Ready to ring in 2026 with a literal bang? Get your intimate NYE party started with these New Year’s sex positions. (And if your personal sex party is just you and you, we’ve got you covered, too.)
The Black Tie
How To Do It: Take advantage of NYE formal attire to experiment with bondage or blindfolding. Figure out how to kink out what you have on hand. “Invite your partner into playful submission by using a tie or other silky restraint to lightly bind their wrists or ankles,” says Lelo sexpert Casey Tanner. “You can also use the tie as a blindfold, teasing your partner with gentle touches and gradual undressing.”
Pros: Themed debauchery and a good excuse to try something new.
Cons: Possibility of messing up the good clothes. FWIW, T-shirts or tights work too.
Switch It Up: Instead of having the more dominant person be in charge, change places.
Make It Hotter: Take advantage of the blindfolded person’s heightened sensitivity to touch by running a wand massager across their erogenous zones, says Tanner.
Reminiscent Role Play
How To Do It: Kick the role-play up a notch by role-playing as…yourselves. (Hear us out.) Bring on the nostalgia and re-enact your favorite intimate moments from 2025, suggests Tanner. “For a bonus, incorporate music from each month to heighten the experience.”
Pros: Reliving hotness, plus you might learn something about what your partner was really into.
Cons: Memory doesn’t obey yearly time lines. Go ahead and do it with your all-time greatest hits.
Switch It Up: Give each other a chance to make requests. “Remember that time you…”
Make It Hotter: They make toys that vibe along with music….
The Champagne Fountain
How To Do It: Drink in the sexiness of your partner by kneeling in front of them while they sit on the edge of a bed or couch with their legs spread. “Go down on them as if you were drinking straight from a fountain of Dom Pérignon,” suggests Tanner.
Pros: Oral sex is the gift that works for any occasion, but it’s especially great to kick off the new year by kneeling before your partner and tending to them in the best possible way. If you add some actual champagne to sip after, all the better.
Cons: Kneeling can get uncomfortable. A pillow or folded blanket helps.
Switch It Up: “Up the ante by using flavored lube,” she suggests.
Make It Hotter: Bring in some reinforcements. “Combine oral sex with a penetrative toy,” she says. (Penetration works for vaginas or butts.)
The Big Countdown
How To Do It: Start with some pre-gaming. “Use the entire day to build up the arousal before the clock strikes midnight,” says sex positive therapist Nikki Coleman, PhD. “Throughout the day, use passionate kisses, sexy flirtation and sweet affirmations. Stimulate your partner's genitals over their clothes, squeeze their ass when they walk by--things that keep the arousal and passion on a slow simmer all day long. As midnight approaches, get naked and ring in the new year with glorious orgasms.”
Pros: The all-day buildup. When you finally—finally!—hop into bed together it will be so much hotter.
Cons: The “pro” is also the “con.” Waiting is hard. But hold steady for bigger payoff.Switch It Up: If you’re in a long-distance relationship, set up a virtual sex date, then flirt all day before with sexy texts, pics and voice memos. Or play some sexting games.
Make It Hotter: Turn it into an all-day edging sesh by taking time throughout the day to get each other verrrrry close to an orgasm, then stopping and going about your business.
The Attention Grabber
How To Do It: Start the new year by surprising your partner with a sexy strip tease, says Coleman. “As you’re getting naked, tell them all the things you've been fantasizing about them doing to you and you with them,” she says. “Your partner can look and enjoy the show, but you determine when they get to touch you.” Coleman suggests touching yourself to build your arousal as you’re stripping, and letting your partner tell you (in detail!) what they want to do with you as soon as you give them the green light.
Pros: The thrill of making your partner lose their (non-literal) shit over your hotness. “Make it fun, but definitely let them know you're in control,” she says.
Cons: Fear of awkwardness. If stripping is not among your super powers, try a test round by yourself in front of a mirror.
Switch It Up: Put your partner in control and let them tell you exactly what they want to see. (Set up some basic boundaries before.)
Make It Hotter: Set the mood beforehand with a sexy game night.
Happy Nude Years
How To Do It: Spend New Year’s Day with your partner butt naked. Make a rule that you can’t touch each other all day, but throughout the day tease each other by describing what you’re going to do to them that night. If you can make it to the evening, fall into bed and do all the things you’ve promised.
Pros: Great for voyeurs, exhibitionists and people who have a visual desire style.
Cons: You might not love being naked all day. Decently comfortable lingerie or Winnie-the-Pooh-style pants-lessness works too.
Switch It Up: Y’all into fetish gear? Spend the day in your leather or fur suit or whatever else does it for you.
Make It Hotter: Explore Dom/sub dynamics. Having only one of you (the sub) be the naked one is an immediate power shift.
I Am Too The Boss Of You
How To Do It: If you want to give your partner a master class on how to please you, make it a game. Lie back and instruct them on what you’d like them to do to you. Have toys or props on hand if you have something particular in mind. Oral sex coupled with a curved finger inside you? Edging until you almost lose it? Butt stuff? You’re the boss.
Pros: Bespoke sexual attention.
Cons: Can be intimidating to share new things that you want to try. If you’re taking it way more pervy, make a deal that they (obviously) don’t have to do anything they don’t want, but also that there shall be no kink shaming.
Switch It Up: Next time, it’s their turn.
Make It Hotter: Gamify it further by going wordless. Guide your partner’s hand/mouth/whatever where you want it and let them know how they’re doing via moans and sighs.
The Fireworks Display
How To Do It: One person lies on their back, flat or resting back on some pillows. The other straddles their hips and masturbates with their hand or a toy. The person lying down gets a close-up view of their partner in the throes.
Pros: Extremely intimate and raw.
Cons: It is literally in-your-face sexuality, and that can feel like a lot. But, if there’s a part of you that feels comfortable doing it, give it a go. You might be into it.
Switch It Up: This also works for a different angle on a hand job. The person on top presses forward or back to adjust the intensity.
Make It Hotter: The person on the bottom strokes themselves while they watch and you’ll spur each other on.
The Silent Night
How To Do It: Lie on your sides facing each other and wrap your arms and legs against each other. Don’t say a word. Look into each other’s eyes and slowly rock against each other, conveying what you’re feeling through deep moans and sighs.
Pros: A supremely intimate way to kick off the year.
Cons: Some people will need more thrusting or rubbing to get to orgasm. Totally okay to bust out a toy or roll over to a position with room for harder thrusts.
Switch It Up: Try a non-penetrative option with lubed-up hands and much eye gazing.
Make It Hotter: Stealth direct the evening with a sex playlist that takes it more hot and lusty, slow and swoony or whatever else you’re craving.
The New Year, New You
How To Do It: Get your asses in front of a mirror and behold your glory. “One partner looks in the mirror and says what they find sexy and beautiful about the other person while gently touching and stroking those parts,” suggests sex educator Rebecca Blanton, aka Auntie Vice.
Pros: “It’s a great way to combat the never-ending commercials promoting diets or gym memberships at the beginning of the year,” she says.
Cons: Some among us don’t love looking at their naked selves. Just means you probably need it extra. If you’re feeling skittish, try it with dim lighting.
Switch It Up: If you’re alone, do this with yourself. Feels sort of awkward but it works.
Make It Hotter: Use it as a prelude to taking to your bed for a big finish, or bring each other to orgasm in front of the mirror.
The Cork Popper
How To Do It: Do some cork popping of your own. One person sits cross-legged on a bed or floor. The other person sits on their lap facing their partner and wrapping their legs around their partner’s waist. Rock together, simulating the twisting and turning motion of extracting a cork from a bottle.
Pros: This classic Tantric pose is a bonding, ultra-intimate position.
Cons: Can be hard to get to an orgasm in this position. Try it as a bonding exercise before something else.
Switch It Up: Try a non-penetrative version where you stroke each other with lubed hands while staring into each other’s eyes.
Make It Hotter: For deeper, faster thrusting, the receiver leans back, resting their weight on their feet and hands, and the giver plunges upward.
The Countdown
How To Do It: Lie back comfortably with an array of lube, toys, or whatever else you use to orgasm. “As we approach the edge of the year, it could be a great time to explore edging,” says Davis-Fainbloom. Your partner uses their mouth, toys and/or fingers on you. The idea is playing around with bringing you right to the edge of orgasm without allowing you to go over, she says.
Pros: “The more times you go to the brink of orgasm without going over, the more intense the pleasure will be when you finally allow yourself to release,” she says.
Cons: Edging can be frustrating. Have a sort of opposite safe word that means you need to have an orgasm immediately.
Switch It Up: Try it solo. (There are audio sessions that can guide you.)
Make It Hotter: Give it a time frame. “As the ball drops and the new year begins, finally allow yourself to go over the edge,” she says.
The Ball Drop
How To Do It: If your partner has a penis, kneel in front of them for this extra celebratory blow job by giving their balls some focused attention. Stroke them, lick them, or take each (or both!) gently in your mouth and suck.
Pros: Watching a partner lose it because what you’re doing is incredibly sexy.
Cons: Don’t like swallowing? You can spit or cover the head of the penis with your hand as they ejaculation to redirect the flow.
Switch It Up: They will be returning the favor.
Make It Hotter: If you want to delay your partner’s orgasm, when they get close, clasp gently at the top of their sack and pull down. When it’s time to blow, it will be even more explosive.
The Hors D'oeuvres Tray
How To Do It: Start the year mindfully by really focusing on each other and every sensation. Start out by lying next to each other, making out and really focusing on the taste and feel of each other. Improvise what happens next. Draw out the experience by lingering on especially fun body parts.
Pros: It’s easy to get in a pattern with a partner—do X, then touch Y, etc… This is a refresh button.
Cons: If you’re really experimenting, there will probably be some meh or even actively unpleasant sensations. Normal, just stop and move to something else.
Switch It Up: Can you do this with 100% new moves? Dunno, give it a go.
Make It Hotter: Sample a little bit of everything. Touch yourself and let them watch. Stroke each other while looking in each other’s eyes. Take turns giving each other the longest stretch of oral you can take. Pick and choose what you want and go back for more.
The New Year’s Me
How To Do It: If you’re celebrating solo this year, go ahead and treat yourself by sexing up two toys at once. Part one: clitoral suction toy. Part two: a curved glass or metal dildo. Let the suction toy do its magic while you slowly slide the dildo inside the upper wall of your V.
Pros: Blended orgasm, my friend.
Cons: If your sex toy budget is at a year-end low, go analogue with lubed fingers on your clit and a finger or two rubbing the upper wall of your vagina.
Switch It Up: For less multitasking, a rabbit vibe will also do the trick.
Make It Hotter: Buy yourself a new toy and don’t use it til NYE.
The Auld Lang Sigh
How To Do It: Be all couple-y with a sweet New Year’s Day morning wake-up call. Sleepily turn toward each other and entwine your bodies for lazy, snuggly, comfy sex.
Pros: Morning sex is sweet and cuddly, plus it lets you take advantage of surging morning hormones (and morning wood, if applicable.)
Cons: Morning sex comes with morning breath. There is nothing wrong with popping in the bathroom for a quick mouth rinse or just accept the everything of each other and just plunge on in.
Switch It Up: There is a whole debate on morning vs. evening sex. If you’re an evening person, do it in the evening--or the middle of the night, or the afternoon. 2026 is chill like that.
Make It Hotter: Build anticipation throughout the night with affectionate squeezes, kisses and/or pressing against each other.
The Bang Out the Old
How To Do It: The giver kneels, sitting back on their heels. The receiver lies back and puts their legs up over one of the giver’s shoulders.
Pros: The kind of really deep penetration that will push y’all into 2026.
Cons: The deep penetration can be too deep for some people. The receiver can bend their bend between your two bodies to create a makeshift buffer.
Switch It Up: To go even deeper—it can be done!—the receiver can make a V shape with one leg over each other their partner’s shoulders.
Make It Hotter: For a great visual, plus a more orgasmic situation for a receiver with a clit, the receiver spreads their legs pornographically wide and strokes themselves while you both watch.
The In With the New
How To Do It: If your resolution was to try something new and that new thing is anal, spooning is a great starter option. The receiver lies on their side and the giver lies beside and behind.
Pros: A spooning position is great for first-timers because the receiver can shift their hips forward if they need a bit...less.
Cons: With butt stuff you can’t just go straight in because butts aren’t self-lubricating. Go very slow, make sure the receiver gets super turned on first and use tons of anal lube.
Switch It Up: If deeper and faster thrusts are what you crave, the giver can get up on their knees, as in the illustration.
Make It Hotter: If the receiver pops a bullet vibe between their legs, they’ll enjoy it even more.
The New Year’s Rockin’ Eve
How To Do It: The giver sits with their legs straight and leans back on their hands. The receiver straddles their partner’s hips, facing their partner’s feet.
Pros: The person on top controls the speed and angle of the thrusting and grinding. Plus the giver gets a fine ass-side view.
Cons: Not great clit stim for a top person with a vulva. Grinding instead of thrusting helps, or go the direct route and use a hand or toy.
Switch It Up: For a different angle, the giver can lie all the way back for reverse cowgirl.
Make It Hotter: Take advantage of the ass-centric nature of this position. Spanking optional, depending on how good y’all have been this year.
The Stroke of Midnight
How To Do It: Duck out of a party for a beyond-necessary quickie. Meet up in the bathroom. If there’s a (sturdy!) vanity, the receiver lies back and the giver stands to enter.
Pros: The thrill of the forbidden.
Cons: Other people selfishly need to use the restroom too. Make sure there’s another option for them and if not, don’t be a dick. Either make your quickie actually quick or tease each other a little and move along.
Switch It Up: If the vanity is looking kind of IKEA, be safe and stand up for mutual handies.
Make It Hotter: Pop in a pair of remote-controlled theirs-and-yours vibes before you get to the party, then tease each other throughout the night.
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