Top 10 Most Ticklish Places on Your Body

Everyone has those certain areas that make them squirm, giggle, or jump when touched, and it's not always the same for everyone.

From the unexpected to the obvious, the sensitivity in these spots can vary depending on the person and how they're tickled! Whether it's a light brush or a playful poke, you know exactly what places on your body make you laugh uncontrollably or leave you trying to wiggle away.

1. Feet

   

   My feet are my most ticklish spot and I get tickled there a lot. It's one of my favorite things about being a gymnast. One day at practice, one of my teammates and I decided to have a handstand contest. Two more teammates thought it would be a fun idea to tickle our feet and see who could hold herself up the longest.

   I think I only lasted about ten or fifteen seconds before I finally lost control and fell over. My teammate lasted much longer than me, but eventually came crashing down next to me. We were both laughing our heads off. My coach, who is usually all work and no play, watched us and thought it was cute.

   Hi, I'm 15, and this is the story of how I found out my feet were ticklish. I was 13 at the time, and my cousin was 14. She was 5'8 and I was 5'6. She was stronger than me, but I had an advantage. She was ticklish everywhere.

   One day we were at my grandparents' house for a sleepover, and she wouldn't give my phone back, so I started tickling her tummy and her sides. She gave it back. She spent that day trying to get me back, but it didn't work.

   We were staying there for three nights, and on the second night she was researching how to tickle someone. The next day my grandparents were out for an hour. To get her back for stealing my phone, I hid hers. I knew she wouldn't get me back for tickling, and I was right. Twenty minutes later she still couldn't find it. But she said she did and asked if we could play a game. I said okay, and she tied me up and then got out a feather.

   I got nervous because I was ticklish but only in certain places. She said we were playing Tickle Test. She tickled my neck with the feather and got nothing. She tickled my hands and got nothing. She tickled my underarms and got a slight smile. She continued tickling my armpits, ribs, and tummy, because that's where I was ticklish. Then she came to my feet.

   She brushed the feather from my heel to my toes, and I was laughing hysterically. She did this for half an hour, just tickling my feet. I ended up telling her where her phone was. To this day we have tickle fights. Sometimes she wins, but that's only if she gets hold of my feet.

2. Stomach

   

   I am so very ticklish on my tummy that I can't stand it. It was at summer camp when my camp boyfriend Kasey and I hung back from a scavenger hunt. Kasey was tickling my upper belly, and I really couldn't stop laughing. Kasey said, I really love tickling you, and I was like, I know you do.

   He even tickled my sides too. Kasey was smiling and said, I love your laugh, while he was tickling the back of my neck. I was squirming and laughing. My camp boyfriend Kasey knew I was ticklish behind the neck.

   And yet, I can't stop laughing when Kasey tickles me. Besides, I've known Kasey for seven years.

   My aunt came over a few weeks ago. My mom, my aunt, and I were sitting on the couch when my aunt asked, "Do you know what I used to do when you were a baby?" and she slowly tried to roll up my shirt.

   "No, don't!" I said.

   "I think it's time for the tickles!" my aunt exclaimed. Suddenly, my mom held my arms back, and my aunt sat on top of me and rolled my shirt up. I tried to wiggle out, but I was stuck. My aunt bent over and blew a huge raspberry on my tummy.

   "What a ticklish little baby girl!" she said. She blew another raspberry on my tummy, then one on my neck. My mom let go of my arms and got up, so I thought the tickles were over.

   But then, my mom knelt down and started pinching my sides. Then she and my aunt each blew a raspberry on my tummy at the same time. It tickled like crazy.

3. Armpits

   

   I was having a sleepover at my friend's house and I took her phone and hid it. I went to sleep that night without telling her where her phone was. I woke up in the morning tied to the bed. When she said she was going to tickle me, I thought I was fine because I was never ticklish before.

   She tried my feet, nothing. She tried my torso area, nothing. She tried my neck, a slight giggle. But when she went for my pits, I was laughing so hard I peed my pants. I finally told her where her phone was, but she felt bad and let me tickle her too. Her most ticklish spot was her belly button.

   Being stuck in the couch at my aunt's house, my cousins ganged up on me, and they were tickling me on my armpits. I really couldn't stop laughing and squirming. They were tickling me all over, including my sides, belly, belly button, and inner thighs as well.

4. Sides

   I had a time when I learned how to swim. I was in elementary school, about 4th grade. I thought I wasn't ticklish at all. Whenever my friend tickled my armpits or poked my sides a bit, I remained calm and said that I just wasn't ticklish. I was indeed a bit ticklish on my neck, but that didn't feel like I just had to laugh. It just felt kinda weird.

   So, back to when I learned swimming. There were lots of teachers at that time. The kids were set into groups and were taught by one of the teachers. I was taught by two. You know one of those pads that make you float on water? The teachers used to have those, and we would go up to the lane and sit on them so the teachers could sort of buckle them on our bellies, I think. So I was sitting there, kinda barefoot, and my teacher said to the teacher in the other lane, who used to teach me, "Is he ticklish?" And the other teacher said, "don't think so," so she just went straight to my feet and tickled them with both hands.

   It was the first time getting tickled on my feet, and to be honest, it was pretty ticklish, so I wiggled my feet and held my laugh for a while. But that was all. My teacher said that I was a tough nut to crack, and I just went into the pool again. But just when I was about to practice again, my teacher was missing. I thought she went to take a break. But she was right behind me. She held my sides with both hands and squeezed them like crazy. My friends thought I was non-ticklish, and I tried to stay that way, but I couldn't help but squirm after a few seconds.

5. Belly Button

   

   I really can't hold still when my cousins or my friends tickle me there, and my belly button is my weak tickle spot. Sometimes, when my friend Kerry would use her electric toothbrush, I couldn't stop squirming and laughing.

   My belly button is so ticklish! This might sound weird, but as a kid, when I got in trouble, instead of being sent to time out, my mom would hold me upside down and tickle my belly button. It was so weird!

   She would stick her finger in there to tickle the strange part in the middle, and sometimes she would look inside it. Well, I'm not really sure what she did, but it felt like she would hold it open, and it tickled so much. It felt like it was stretched for a while, then I'd feel the weirdest sensation explode inside my belly button, right in the middle of it, and I couldn't do anything! It was terrible.

6. Neck

   My cousin said something to me that literally had me in tears. I made up an excuse to go back to my room and when I did my uncle (who was there) came in and sat next to me. He tried to comfort me and I started to laugh because he gave me a gentle hug and accidentally tickled my neck (this was before he knew my neck was so ticklish). So he asked, "What's so funny?" And I said, "Well it's just my neck is uh really ticklish." I gave him a half smile.

   He nodded and it actually seemed he was going to walk out of my room. Then all of a sudden, he tickled the back of my neck! I was laughing like mad and he stopped so other people out there wouldn't do something like call the police. So for the rest of the day I was in a happier mood.

7. Ribs

   My absolute ticklish spot is my ribs. I can't stop laughing when my cousins tickle me there. Imagine being stuck in the couch while my cousins were tickling me. I really couldn't move at all, and then they would tickle me on my feet, belly, underarms, and inner thighs. I couldn't breathe from laughing so much.

   One time my boyfriend was over for a movie. Last time he tickled my thigh, so I decided to get him back. I told him I was going to the bathroom, but I called my besties and told them the plan.

   I came out of the bathroom, snuck up behind him, and tied up his mouth. Then my besties came in and helped me drag him to my room. We tied him to the bed and took the tape off his mouth. After that, we took off all his clothes except his underwear and socks.

   We started tickling him, but then he broke free of the ropes on his arms and started tickling my ribs. I jumped off him and tried to tickle his armpits, but he kept tickling my ribs until we tied him back down. A few minutes later, we were all in the living room watching our movie!

8. Thighs

   One day, my older cousins were bored, so they thought it would be fun to tickle me. I was 14 at the time, and they were all older. The youngest cousin was 16, and the oldest was 20.

   I was lying on the couch when one cousin came and held my arms, the other sat on my waist, one held my feet, and the last one just tickled me. They were tickling me on my belly, armpits, sides, and feet, and I was literally screaming and laughing. Then, one of them started blowing raspberries on my stomach, and I was screaming.

   After half an hour, one of them started tickling my thighs. It was the worst feeling ever, and I was screaming so loud that my sister came from the second floor. I told her to help me, but she helped my cousins tickle me. She started to tickle my knee. It was the worst.

9. Above the Knee

   My worst spots are my sides, back, and especially my knees. On one bus journey, I was sitting next to my friend (who isn't ticklish) and we were arguing about something. I knew I was wrong, but I wouldn't admit it. She then started to take sneaky photos of me. I hate having photos taken of me unless I give consent.

   I turned my back on her, feeling very clever: Ha! She can't take photos of me now! But I forgot that my back is one of my ticklish spots. She started tickling my back and my sides at the same time. It was excruciating, so I put my back on the seat and covered my sides with my hands. Ha! You can't get me now! Yes, I can!

   And then she started to squeeze my knees. Whenever I tried to lean forward and cover my knees and sides, she tickled my back. Whenever I had my back against the seat and my hands over my knees, she tickled my sides. The same went for my knees. It's annoying being extremely ticklish in three places because you can only protect two at a time. Secretly, though, I enjoy it.

10. Hips

    I am very ticklish on my hips. I fall over on the floor when I get tickled there. I first found this out when my dad was tickling my mom on her hip. She was dying of laughter.

    I just asked him what he was doing and he walked over to see if I was ticklish there and I was. I kinda fell over.

    My mom went to nudge me a tad so that she could access the silverware drawer, and just the slight touch of the back of her hand made me jolt so hard. I had no idea you could even be ticklish on your hips, so we were both quite surprised.

The Newcomers
11. ?

    Between the Toes

    I was with my friend, and she was offering to give me a foot massage, so I said okay. She said she would do it if she could tickle me a little bit after. I didn't think I was very ticklish before then, so I agreed.

    We went to her room, and she started massaging. Then she yelled something like, "Time's up! We have to find your tickle spot." I said good luck, and she went off. She went to my armpits - silence. Then to my stomach and belly button - nothing. Then to my waistline, and I was giggling.

    She went down to my feet and started at my heel, and I was quiet. Then she made her way up to my toes, and I cracked. She kept tickling between them, under them, and on them. I was cracking up, and she would not stop tickling them. She kept saying stuff like, "Are you ticklish here?" when I clearly was ticklish there. I yelled out, "YES, I AM TICKLISH THERE!"

    She kept this up for an hour. She kept tickling my tickle spot between my toes, and there was nothing I could do about it except beg and laugh.

12. ?

    Between the Shoulder Blades

    Between my shoulder blades is THE WORST!

    It's the only place I can tickle myself, and when my friends do it to me (for revenge, usually, since they know how ticklish I am), I just about DIE!

The Contenders

13. Genitals

    One time a little girl tickled me in the crotch when I was sitting on a bench at school, and I am a boy. She just rubbed her finger anywhere between my legs and oddly enough, it felt relaxing!

    She tickled me there for ten minutes but I was disturbed so I told her to stop. I then told a teacher, "This little girl tickled me in the private parts. She needs a talk." She had a talk and I felt so relieved from being tickled.

    My balls and penis are so ticklish. Sometimes, my girlfriend touches my balls through my underwear and it tickles. When I'm naked, it is worse, but I still like it. My girlfriend tied me up a while ago and crawled my naked balls and stroked my penis. That tickled so good!

14. Legs

    I'm extremely ticklish on my legs, specifically around my knees and on my thighs.

    I always told people I wasn't ticklish, because they would go to tickle my underarms, neck, shoulders, or stomach, and I wouldn't even flinch. So one day, when I was about 15, I was sitting on the couch, drifting slowly to sleep. My dad walked by and, to get me up, lightly patted the back of my right leg. I jumped up immediately and yelled, "DON'T DO THAT!"

    My dad, being a cheeky punk, then grinned and said, "Do what? This?" He tickled my knee. It tickled so much it hurt. I was laughing, kicking, and yelling for him to stop for what felt like hours before my mom finally told him to stop, so the neighbors wouldn't call the police or something. Ever since then, I absolutely cannot stand it when someone even taps my leg.

15. Breasts

    One time at 3 a.m., my boyfriend lifted up my shirt, started giggling, and began tickling my boobs. I laughed so hard I swear I woke up my dead grandpa.

    I can't really explain how it feels when something soft touches my breasts. On one hand, it feels really pleasant. On the other hand, it tickles so much that it's driving me crazy.

    I love it when my breast is tickled! My boyfriend does it a lot to me. I giggle, but he will not stop tickling me! I laugh and laugh, but he will not stop tickling me no matter what I say or do!

16. Middle of the Feet

    I am incredibly ticklish in the middle of my feet!

    I remember one time when my friends Kerry, Shannon, and I were having a sleepover. We would have popcorn, pizza, and our favorite soda pop. At first, it was a usual sleepover, but one day, we decided to play a tickle game called Are You Ticklish?

    So, Kerry asked me, Are you ticklish anywhere? I was like, No, nowhere, but they did not believe me. They pinned me down, and I couldn't move. My crazy friends tickled me, and I really couldn't stop laughing.

    When they tickled the middle of my feet with Kerry's electric toothbrush, it was big-time tickle torture. They even used Shannon's hair comb! I was like, Not the feet, not the feet! So they went in between the toes and then to my inner thigh with the electric toothbrush. I really couldn't stop laughing until I accidentally farted. Then, my friends and I couldn't breathe from laughing!

17. Bottom

    Sometimes I'm so lazy that I'll crawl around with my butt in the air, like how you would be when giving someone a piggyback ride. My boyfriend came in when I was doing this, and looked at me. I always knew he liked how big my butt is, because he told me to not move.

    He started to poke and pinch it a bit. I laughed and moved around a bit, which made my butt jiggle around a bit. He started to poke my ribs and torso, which made me move away from his fingers, and it made my butt wiggle a lot.

    My sisters discovered I'm ticklish on my bum by mistake. Now they won't stop grabbing and squeezing it! But to be honest, squeezing it doesn't tickle, it only works if the touch is soft.

18. Behind the Knee

    If I have friends sitting on the couch with me, I frequently will lay my legs across them. Partly just to be cheeky, partly because it's comfortable, and they don't care. I actually found out by accident that I was ticklish there when one of my guy friends moved his arm from under my leg.

    Now it's almost like a private joke between us. Whenever my legs are on his lap, he'll almost always give the back of my knees a few playful tickles. I could easily move my legs away, but we both enjoy the silly teasing. I'll smile and go red in the face, but always try (not always successfully) not to laugh or squirm until the room is empty. Good times.

19. Knees

    Under my knee is ticklish indeed. Once my friend and I were on our way home from school, sitting at the far back of the school bus. We were having a weird conversation and she said, "Hey, (my other friend's name) told me that at the back of people's knees, they are ticklish there."

    Me, trying to be the non-ticklish one and acting tough, said, "Oh! Nah, I'm not ticklish there or anywhere else! So don't even - " I couldn't even finish what I was going to say before she grabbed my leg. I tried to yank it away, which made her hold it stronger. She jabbed her fingers under my knee! My knee twitched and I giggled right away.

    Damn, I didn't know I was that ticklish. Now she can easily jab under my knees and I'll giggle.

20. Upper Arms

    I was actually at school in class. There's this boy who sits next to me, and I raised my hand to answer a question. He started tickling me as an experiment, and I tried to hold in my laughter so I wouldn't get embarrassed. Then, at recess, he sneaks up behind me and does it again in front of my friends!

    So I tried to get him back, but then I overheard some of his friends saying that he's not ticklish at all. Apparently, he likes to tickle girls when he likes them. That boy who sat next to me in class is now my boyfriend.

    One day, I offered to give my sister a massage (actually it means applying shampoo to make her ticklish spots even more sensitive) and she agreed. I started with her most ticklish spot and my favorite spot to tickle- her armpits. I smothered her armpits with baby oil and spread the oil along her arms.

    She started to laugh and begged me to stop. Apparently putting my hands on her upper arms was already too much for her to take.

21. Ankles

    When my friends do not have access to my feet, they tickle here, and it's really torturous.

22. Nipples

    My girlfriend likes my nipples. When I am shirtless, she starts tickling my nipples like mad! My nipples are one of the most ticklish parts of my body.

    SO TICKLISH! It seems people are afraid to tickle them because they're so sensitive. Super cute too, in my opinion.

    I'm a guy, and even mine are sensitive. I can only imagine how it would feel to have a girl with nails tickle them!

23. Where Butt Cheek Meets Leg

    I was in a tickle fight with my boyfriend and he squeezed there, and I fell on him laughing. It's torture!

    My butt cheeks continue to jump even after my man stops kissing me there... I can't stop laughing.

    I'm so ticklish there... well, I am ticklish like all over my body...

24. Toes

    My toes are wicked ticklish. My friend, who is a guy, likes to tease me for it. One time he came over to my house, and we were watching a movie. I was really tired that day, so I fell asleep. When I woke up, my friend grabbed my ankles. He started to tickle my feet, only getting a smile or a quiet giggle.

    Then he reached my toes, and I died laughing. He tickled on my toes, under, and between them. He then laughed and kept going. He even found a feather and tickled in between my toes with that. At this point, I was laughing my head off and ended up peeing my pants. I hope no one else figures out that my toes are this ticklish.

    One day my sister was extremely furious. She asked me to tickle her to make things go away. I keep a cat at my home, so I took the cat to her feet and poured milk on it. Though my sister isn't that ticklish on her feet, when the cat's tongue struck the pads of her toes, she lost it!

    I kept adding milk to her toes, and every time the tongue got under her toes or onto the balls of her feet, she immediately fell back and begged me to stop. After ten minutes of intense tickling, I'm rather certain that her worries went away. Still, that means that I get to have an extra target in the tickle fights.

25. Below the Knee

    This can tickle even when self-tickling!

    The guy I like a lot will tickle me there, and it turns into a laugh attack.

26. Back

    My back is so sensitive! One time I was at a friend's house for a sleepover with two others, and my friend (the host) decided it'd be nice to give each other back massages. I was scared because I knew I was ticklish there and I would squirm and laugh like crazy. I told them I didn't want to but they said I should anyway.

    My friend put baby oil all over my back and started to massage it like normal. It tickled like CRAZY. I was squirming and giggling the whole time, and they just laughed at me. I think they've forgotten, but I never will.

    So last week my friend and I were on the bus coming home from school, and she kept teasing me about my crush. I was covering my face in a curled position, trying to hide how flustered I was. She then ran her hand down my spine. I giggled and told her to stop.

    Every time I curled up like that, she stroked my back, leaving me giggling. If I tried to hide my back, she stroked and poked my sides, which made me laugh more. I can't escape her tickling.

27. Groin

    Super ticklish. The mute person I am in a relationship with tickled me there, making me squeal, and has teased me ever since. He has used feathers, brushes, and vibrators.

    Super ticklish. Once, my boyfriend grabbed a feather and tickled me there, and I shrieked. It was embarrassing!

    Hey, it very much is sensitive, so it's not insane to be ticklish down there!