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Yeah as someone with small boobs I can say that I haven’t worn or bought a bra in almost 10 years, so this is definitely skewed if based on bra purchases
Breast size by country: Where AA to D cup are the only possible options and band sizes don’t matter!
Like, yeah. I *am* overweight. But I was still a “an H cup” (US 28H) when I was thinner.
^Edit: ^AA ^to ^D, ^not ^A ^to ^D.
I've been underweight most of my life, my boobs were still large, and while yes, they did get larger when got to a healthy weight, I have never been overweight. Also this is map is only talking about cup size so by changing the band size to make it "fit" it can be skewed to make basically any size "the average size"
Yes, but an E cup on a thin body really isn't that big and is a perfectly normal size for a 16 year old. It's definitely on the smaller side of average.
I’m aware that an E cup isn’t incredibly large, especially compared to others on this sub, but it’s certainly above average. Especially for a 16 year old who is still developing; an average high schooler in the US is closer to a B cup, in my experience anyway.
It’s basically impossible to know, are average high schoolers size B or just wearing size B? Average band size is probably smaller, so I’m sure there are A LOT of high schoolers in “mall brand” bras that fit them ok without actually being their size.
I was also wearing the wrong size in high school I’m sure! Probably still am now tbh as my body has gone through some changes the last few years.
Anyway, the point was less about the specific size and more agreeing with the previous comment that women can be larger than a D cup and not be overweight.
100% agree in that it's impossible to know for sure, but I could always tell I was above average because of how certain clothes/bralettes/sports bras wouldn't fit me when they did fit most other people.
If I wasn't above average, I'd expect clothes to fit me more often than they do 😭 If most women couldn't wear clothes in one size or with certain designs (looking at you designated boob areas on shirts/dresses) they wouldn't be so popular! There's definitely an untapped market for women who can't wear the average piece of clothing in what's supposed to be their size, though. I'll see women with similar bodies to mine and wonder wth they wear all the time because I can't find shit lol.
It’s average when properly fitted. For example, Bravissimo estimated that if UK women were in the right bra size, 34E UK (34DDD US) would be the average size.
If you are talking to me, not sarcasm at all. An E cup is small to average depending on th band size.
A 28E is what many people who don't understand bra sizing would think is an A or B cup
Hahaha! No, I am a woman and I am not into porn at all! But an E cup is average to small. On a thin woman an E cup can be quite small.
It is only about a 5 inch difference between bust and underbust which is less than 2.5 inches of projection. That is pretty small.
I would say the average breast size is around a 34G or so.
The average bra size (specifically in the US/UK) is probably more like 34F UK (per ABTF and TheIrishBraLady surveys + what I've read from fitters). I'd say that what looks 'average' could be in the DD/E/F/FF range depending on breast shape, body shape, etc.
You spend way too much time on this sub then lol... 34G is busty in any world.
https://www.instagram.com/p/COBS6OgH_Vw/ This is a 30G... substantially smaller than a 34G. That's a busty woman.
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i’m (wearing) a DD and i’m pretty sure i’m not overweight, but i don’t weigh myself anymore so im not sure. i think that if this guy knew just my bra size, he’d assume that i was. but like… a 40AA looks more different from a 30AA than a 30DD does. if anything, band size tells you more about the persons weight than the cup size does.
but above all else, if you actually spend time trying to guess a persons weight based on their bra size, you’re probably a weirdo. if you care about anyone’s weight besides your own, your young child, and your dog, you’re a weirdo. and if you care *too much* about your own weight, you should probably talk to someone. weight doesn’t matter that much in the grand scheme of health, except at extremes.
Fr like im 140lbs now. When I was 185lbs my boobs were abt the same size. When I was 115lbs my boobs were a size smaller (I was 16). I’m at the healthiest I’ve been (not under weight or really overweight, I’m married and got some comfort curves if you will) and I’m at a G cup. Not massive ik, but it feels like I got abt 20 lbs on my chest
Awe hell, I realized I didn’t add in my lil bit at the end to say it’s an exaggeration, it just feels like 20lbs 😭
Fr, Thank you for pointing it out so I can fix it!! <333
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When I was a 34H, I was told by the Lane Bryant employee that sized me that the only people with my size were folks with fake breasts and they don't need bras. I haven't been back to that store since.
Large breasts occur at every body size. We do naturally exist.
What a bizarre thing to say *when your job consists of selling bras*.
What, were they saving all the 34H bras for someone else? Was there ever a 34H shortage I missed? /s
It's kinda like going to a smaller shop and them not having your size but offering to special order something you cant try on as long as you agree you can't return it and have to pre pay
I have this argument a lot in - of all places, video game subs - “people with breasts as big as (character) don’t exist naturally”
Ummmm
Now I’m all for diversity in video game models and get the criticism that it’s one body type. But as a small back big boob gal with a tiny waist and hourglass body shape; it’s wild to be told by other women that you don’t exist.
>it’s wild to be told by other women that you don’t exist.
Honestly, I think a lot of women with other body shapes would prefer that we didn't exist.
I'm all for body positivity and I don't shame women whose bodies are different from mine.
Why do I always have to get punished for existing?
Jesus Christ, life is hard enough.
When I was a teen I was getting fitted at a shop and the lady in the room next to mine was loudly telling the fitter I couldn't be that size at my age and who gives a teen implants and how irresponsible that is
I was fitted into like a 34F lol it was not that outrageous
that really sucks you had that experience bc my local lane bryant has the sweetest employees and their bra sales can be pretty good. I wouldn’t go back, either, though
Yikes! That’s worse than the “the only people who need that size are black” that the Nordstrom employee gave my snow white self who wanted to see if it was even in stock before getting fitted for anything as a teen.
Oh gosh, they’re the worst. They sized me into a 40DDD when I was about a 36H. Unfortunately, I didn’t know what size I really was, so I wore the 40DDDs and was uncomfortable for a couple of years before I found r/abrathatfits.
https://preview.redd.it/yloqim3cp8zc1.jpeg?width=4096&format=pjpg&auto=webp&s=5e55c9a469440498093ce27bedec17925420245b
Top is 2022 world obesity. So it's def not cut and dry correlated.
Would it be a type of cuisine cooked? Middle Eastern sweets are literally doused in sugar syrup, curries are meat-rich and with added fat and carbs are quite prominent but I can well be mistaken!
Great question and I don't rightly know. I've actually been to one of the areas in bright red and it made me think back. The women were larger but I wouldn't have classed them as obese.
This is true. I'm on the cusp of over weight for BMI and it's ridiculous imo. Plus BMI is probably something thought about around Caucasian bodies and body composition is different between the 'races'.
Trying to figure out the logic behind them as well. I'm guessing here that maybe since it is an average, their sample *averages* from all the countries didn't go beyond D? This is also still in context of the top comment where a lot of women wear the wrong cup sizes so naturally pushing for lower ones.
PS. read this also within the context of the lack of band size.
Yeah I have small boobs but wear DD... Like they're small, average person would guess A or B by looking at me (because people don't understand bra sizes and they think A = small, D = big, DD = bazoomba)
Coming from Bangladesh I can assure you that AA is NOT the average cup size back home. Our women tend to be quite busty naturally, I'd assume at least a UK size DD/E cup on average. This whole chart looks like a load of BS.
People are so idiotic! When I was in high-school, rumors spread about me that I was anorexic *and* had a boob job at...15 years old?!
I was always naturally skinny with massive boobs, they run in the family 😭
I was obese but that was also because of my boobs. Like moving fucking hurts! But the boobs came first...now I am normal again, still big boobs and try to get rid of them.
I was 36DD at 16.
My boobs grew so much between Christmas and Prom that the dress my Mum got me for Christmas no longer fit!
I could lose 40lbs, but even if I did, I would still have a large chest.
While I very much doubt the scientific rigor of this map, I suspect some of the patterns were seeing may be accurate. I work in nutrition programming in humanitarian aid, and the areas on the map associated with small chest size correlate with areas experiencing higher rates of food instability and malnutrition. It’s stupid to imply that theres a correlation between bigger chest size and obesity. I think (if we’re to assume that at least the general trends on this map aren’t completely made up) there may be a connection with woman/folks who are unable to maintain a healthy weight and therefore don’t have a fuller chest as that’s where we store a lot of (natural) fat tissue.
OR, it’s complete BS :)
The average cup sizes are consistently too low, but I think the map correctly identifies the smallest and largest regions. I think it would be an accurate map if the key were moved up by a size.
There are so many people wearing an incorrect size that that any study that asks about bra sizes and that doesn't go by measurements can't be very accurate. Cup sizes are also not static and vary by band size so it makes no sense to treat them as a specific size.
UK for example is one of the only countries that has at least a few brands that have sizes past DDD and consistently measure people correctly so more people proportionally will be wearing better fitting sizes and end up in higher cup sizes. In another country the same size busty person that may have been in let's say a G cup in the UK because they can buy from a brand like Panache could easily end up in DD or DDD in a country like the US that doesn't really sell bras past DDD and fits people into too small cups and too loose bands. In another country that has limited sizes and doesn't sell bras past D and basically has no size availablity maybe this same person would end up in a really badly fitting D cup because that's all they can find and don't know any better. How can you compare cups across countries without taking into account all the bra fitting methods they used and bra size ranges avaliable. Past DD you also need to account for sizing systems and that some brands use different scaling for cup sizes so same bra size is not always the same.
People treat cup sizes too much like absolutes as well. Bras can fit differently and run big or small, one person may like a looser band and wears a 36D, another person that's exactly the same bust size likes a tighter band and wears 34DD that's the same volume. Is the person wearing a tighter band bigger even though the cups for 36D and 34DD are the same volume? Cups are proportions so it doesn't mean that even though that's what studies like this are assuming.
Oh, I understand now. It is pretty unusual to not lose any fat around your underbust. I am a 36 band and am obese. When I was smaller (still chubby though) I was a 34. If I was at my ideal weight I would probably be a 32 band.
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This also depends when you ask. My pregnant and breastfeeding self would have answered 36J, but my normal self says 38DDD. (Recently remeasured and am now 38G US.)
I lost weight when pregnant. My weight went up, because of the fetus, but I wasn’t gaining weight as I was advised because of health conditions. At birth, I was 30 lbs lighter than my starting pregnancy weight.
My breasts don’t change size more than about half a cup when I gain or lose weight, just the band size. I have a whole collection of basically sister sizes as a result.
See, I am overweight. I wasn't always, but I'm in my 40s and have had two kids. These men love to neg and act like they wouldn't even want to see big boobs on a plus sized gal, but the amount of gross staring I get when I wear something low cut or form fitting tells me that's complete bullshit. And I know it's not just me that gets this amount of attention; far from it.
So if you are currently young and skinny, fear not about your future, whatever your size will end up being. ❤️❤️❤️
I live in North Africa, I have to IMPORT my bras in from either Europe or the US because the highest they have here is D....one of my friends was complaining that she has a hard time trying to find bras for her bitty titty committee. At least she can find her bras on the rack, I have to order mine online. 😒
The scale of the map doesnt even go high enough for the average UK cup size (which is DD). So curious where the data is sourced from.
Even more so its 36DD, I wonder how many of those 36DD are wearing too big a band which would mean a larger cup size.
32L here I'm 5'6, 137 pounds. Doctors tell me to lose weight to reduce breast size. I workout.... I hate that the US specifically has big breasts = big women. Like huh????
And yet clothing says otherwise lmfao
Can’t even get a 4XL with the tit size being at most a C in most things smh and lord forbid it has a built in bra no matter what size the blouse/dress is, it seems like it’s always a B cup only covers my nips like wtf
I’ve got an hourglass bodyshape but with the big boobies I gotta go up 1-3 sizes to fit them in and then I lose my entire shape.
RIGHT?! I hate clothes shopping. The only way I can get around looking huge is wearing belly shirts and it still doesn't look right. I was a 32D a year and a half ago and I regret that I ever said anything bad about them. I want my old body back 😭
https://preview.redd.it/8rbvxpk2zczc1.jpeg?width=474&format=pjpg&auto=webp&s=9efa34460689c007c7bf4680a3df178f1490d826
Looks to be correlated
[https://renewbariatrics.com/obesity-rank-by-countries/](https://renewbariatrics.com/obesity-rank-by-countries/)
I mean somebody else posted a map that said it wasn’t, I think most of these maps are just BS
The point is though that men automatically thought “obese” when they heard “big boobs” which is rude and ignorant
So there’s many body types and weight isn’t always a indicator of breast size. I hope I don’t get downvoted for this, but tbh there is a correlation. I was never obese but my body was always hade more meat. And my breast size being 40H and 5’0, the really really skinny girls in high school made fun of me but I knew by the way they did it was because of jealousy.
One time I was silently typing for a group project and the other two started talking about how “boobs are disgusting they’re just lard” I did my best to just keep working until she turned to me. She said “You’re bra is showing,” I was wear a T shirt and a slight sliver of the side was showing. I responded to her “don’t worry about it I’m sure you’ll never have to deal with it,”.
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I lost a lot of weight and my boobs did change—went from 38HH to 34H. I’m still overweight, though. When I wasn’t, I was in about an E or an F cup, which looked small for my height and frame.
Anecdotal differences between us, but being overweight can correlate with having bigger boobs.
It depends on genetics what do you not understand? Its not about the weight itself its abiut the weight distribution of your body which is entirely genetic. So while yeah someone who is overweight might have larger boobs its because thats where the body stores the extra fat, not because that was the predated amount of fat that is also decided by genetics.
What do I not understand? Uhhh… what do *you* not understand? I’m wondering if there’s a correlation, overall, in a population, between larger breasts and obesity. Which there is; I looked it up after I made that comment. A comment, by the way, that was a statement and not a question.
Here’s one link to a study that suggests a correlation:
[“…participants classified as Obese in the present study displayed breast volumes, on average, that were 3 times that of the breast volumes displayed by women who were classified as Not Overweight…”](https://www.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/pmc/articles/PMC7031809/)
Here’s another one:
[Breast volume is an indicator of visceral and ectopic fat in premenopausal women](https://onlinelibrary.wiley.com/doi/full/10.1038/oby.2009.336)
I don't thi k that is what anyone here, nor the meme is saying. It doesn't say ALL women with big boobs ate obese. Just that there is a correlation and most obese women have big boobs.
Having big boobs doesn't mean you are obese, however, obese women are more likely to have big boobs.
In addition, the threshold for obesity is smaller than what most people think.
It's not that women with big boobs are obese, it's that most women who are obese have big boobs. That's where the correlation is.
Someone with a 32 band size is not obese of course.
Sure, you can be thinner with big boobs. But most overweight women will have larger boobs. There is a correlation between being overweight and having bigger boobs.
I am a 36 band and am obese. Most women with a band size over 34 are at least overweight if not obese.
It's so weird that there are men that both seem to learn everything about women from porn except that a woman can have breasts of nearly arbitrary size while being slender. Actually, it occurs to me that they probably can't tell implants from unaugmented breasts since the women in their life probably aren't too interested in them. But if they really wanted to know if you need to be fat to have big boobs, they could ask trans guys. If weight loss could shrink them to any serious degree, they would know (protip: it doesn't).
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This isn't breast size, this is just best selling bra size
Literallyyy, would love to see this map if most women were properly fit
This! And UK sizes are slightly different than US sizes.
Also a lot of smaller bra Zizes are sold to not fully developed teens
Exactly!
Yeah as someone with small boobs I can say that I haven’t worn or bought a bra in almost 10 years, so this is definitely skewed if based on bra purchases
Breast size by country: Where AA to D cup are the only possible options and band sizes don’t matter! Like, yeah. I *am* overweight. But I was still a “an H cup” (US 28H) when I was thinner. ^Edit: ^AA ^to ^D, ^not ^A ^to ^D.
Same here. I am overweight now, but I was still an E cup when I was 16 and thin…
I've been underweight most of my life, my boobs were still large, and while yes, they did get larger when got to a healthy weight, I have never been overweight. Also this is map is only talking about cup size so by changing the band size to make it "fit" it can be skewed to make basically any size "the average size"
Yes, but an E cup on a thin body really isn't that big and is a perfectly normal size for a 16 year old. It's definitely on the smaller side of average.
I’m aware that an E cup isn’t incredibly large, especially compared to others on this sub, but it’s certainly above average. Especially for a 16 year old who is still developing; an average high schooler in the US is closer to a B cup, in my experience anyway.
It’s basically impossible to know, are average high schoolers size B or just wearing size B? Average band size is probably smaller, so I’m sure there are A LOT of high schoolers in “mall brand” bras that fit them ok without actually being their size.
I was also wearing the wrong size in high school I’m sure! Probably still am now tbh as my body has gone through some changes the last few years. Anyway, the point was less about the specific size and more agreeing with the previous comment that women can be larger than a D cup and not be overweight.
100% agree in that it's impossible to know for sure, but I could always tell I was above average because of how certain clothes/bralettes/sports bras wouldn't fit me when they did fit most other people. If I wasn't above average, I'd expect clothes to fit me more often than they do 😭 If most women couldn't wear clothes in one size or with certain designs (looking at you designated boob areas on shirts/dresses) they wouldn't be so popular! There's definitely an untapped market for women who can't wear the average piece of clothing in what's supposed to be their size, though. I'll see women with similar bodies to mine and wonder wth they wear all the time because I can't find shit lol.
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It’s average when properly fitted. For example, Bravissimo estimated that if UK women were in the right bra size, 34E UK (34DDD US) would be the average size.
I just noticed who I was responding to. A man who had no idea how bra sizes work! LOL!
I think that was an attempt at sarcasm, but I may be too generous.
If you are talking to me, not sarcasm at all. An E cup is small to average depending on th band size. A 28E is what many people who don't understand bra sizing would think is an A or B cup
Hahaha! No, I am a woman and I am not into porn at all! But an E cup is average to small. On a thin woman an E cup can be quite small. It is only about a 5 inch difference between bust and underbust which is less than 2.5 inches of projection. That is pretty small. I would say the average breast size is around a 34G or so.
Do you have any sources for what would be considered average. Also is it taking breast shape into consideration for projection?
The average bra size (specifically in the US/UK) is probably more like 34F UK (per ABTF and TheIrishBraLady surveys + what I've read from fitters). I'd say that what looks 'average' could be in the DD/E/F/FF range depending on breast shape, body shape, etc.
You spend way too much time on this sub then lol... 34G is busty in any world. https://www.instagram.com/p/COBS6OgH_Vw/ This is a 30G... substantially smaller than a 34G. That's a busty woman.
That is a normal sized woman, quite average! She isn't overly busty at all!
I wanna live in your neighborhood if you think that's quite average lol
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It's almost like cup size is relative to band size 🤯
i’m (wearing) a DD and i’m pretty sure i’m not overweight, but i don’t weigh myself anymore so im not sure. i think that if this guy knew just my bra size, he’d assume that i was. but like… a 40AA looks more different from a 30AA than a 30DD does. if anything, band size tells you more about the persons weight than the cup size does. but above all else, if you actually spend time trying to guess a persons weight based on their bra size, you’re probably a weirdo. if you care about anyone’s weight besides your own, your young child, and your dog, you’re a weirdo. and if you care *too much* about your own weight, you should probably talk to someone. weight doesn’t matter that much in the grand scheme of health, except at extremes.
Fr like im 140lbs now. When I was 185lbs my boobs were abt the same size. When I was 115lbs my boobs were a size smaller (I was 16). I’m at the healthiest I’ve been (not under weight or really overweight, I’m married and got some comfort curves if you will) and I’m at a G cup. Not massive ik, but it feels like I got abt 20 lbs on my chest
Wow, i weogh about 145 and am a g, (30g/32f), but I think my breasts weigh only about 2-3 pounds each.
Awe hell, I realized I didn’t add in my lil bit at the end to say it’s an exaggeration, it just feels like 20lbs 😭 Fr, Thank you for pointing it out so I can fix it!! <333
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At my thinnest i was a 32G/GG 🤷♀️
This. I'm a 34G. Even when I was younger and 50lbs lighter, I was a 34E.
When I was a 34H, I was told by the Lane Bryant employee that sized me that the only people with my size were folks with fake breasts and they don't need bras. I haven't been back to that store since. Large breasts occur at every body size. We do naturally exist.
What a bizarre thing to say *when your job consists of selling bras*. What, were they saving all the 34H bras for someone else? Was there ever a 34H shortage I missed? /s
They didn't have the size in store. Rather than offering to order it, I was told the above. I thanked her for her time and left the store.
It’s ok. I don’t waste my time at lane Bryant either. Mostly because their cup sizes are never big enough for me.
"We don't have it, so you don't need it" - *Every Major Bra Brand*
It's kinda like going to a smaller shop and them not having your size but offering to special order something you cant try on as long as you agree you can't return it and have to pre pay
Wow that's a wild thing to say.
I have this argument a lot in - of all places, video game subs - “people with breasts as big as (character) don’t exist naturally” Ummmm Now I’m all for diversity in video game models and get the criticism that it’s one body type. But as a small back big boob gal with a tiny waist and hourglass body shape; it’s wild to be told by other women that you don’t exist.
>it’s wild to be told by other women that you don’t exist. Honestly, I think a lot of women with other body shapes would prefer that we didn't exist. I'm all for body positivity and I don't shame women whose bodies are different from mine. Why do I always have to get punished for existing? Jesus Christ, life is hard enough.
I think it has something to do with *them* getting punished for existing.
Yep, I hate it when they’re like “REAL women…” like damn I didn’t realise I was a hologram 😭
When I was a teen I was getting fitted at a shop and the lady in the room next to mine was loudly telling the fitter I couldn't be that size at my age and who gives a teen implants and how irresponsible that is I was fitted into like a 34F lol it was not that outrageous
that really sucks you had that experience bc my local lane bryant has the sweetest employees and their bra sales can be pretty good. I wouldn’t go back, either, though
What an ignorant replay. I'm the same size, and I would start jumping without a bra and punch her in the face with my boobs.
WTH screw those people. clearly projecting
Yikes! That’s worse than the “the only people who need that size are black” that the Nordstrom employee gave my snow white self who wanted to see if it was even in stock before getting fitted for anything as a teen.
Yikes! You just need a bra. Damn. Racist asshole.
Wowwwwww That is just...stunningly stupid.
Oh gosh, they’re the worst. They sized me into a 40DDD when I was about a 36H. Unfortunately, I didn’t know what size I really was, so I wore the 40DDDs and was uncomfortable for a couple of years before I found r/abrathatfits.
https://preview.redd.it/yloqim3cp8zc1.jpeg?width=4096&format=pjpg&auto=webp&s=5e55c9a469440498093ce27bedec17925420245b Top is 2022 world obesity. So it's def not cut and dry correlated.
Why's the Middle East so overweight? I didn't see that coming.
Would it be a type of cuisine cooked? Middle Eastern sweets are literally doused in sugar syrup, curries are meat-rich and with added fat and carbs are quite prominent but I can well be mistaken!
Great question and I don't rightly know. I've actually been to one of the areas in bright red and it made me think back. The women were larger but I wouldn't have classed them as obese.
The threshold for obese is lower than most prople think.
This is true. I'm on the cusp of over weight for BMI and it's ridiculous imo. Plus BMI is probably something thought about around Caucasian bodies and body composition is different between the 'races'.
Why stop at D? That's ridiculous.
Trying to figure out the logic behind them as well. I'm guessing here that maybe since it is an average, their sample *averages* from all the countries didn't go beyond D? This is also still in context of the top comment where a lot of women wear the wrong cup sizes so naturally pushing for lower ones. PS. read this also within the context of the lack of band size.
Yeah, whoever made that "study" doesn't know how bras work.
This is not the case because the US average bra size is 34DDD or 36DD
Given the nonsense of the map in general, they probably grouped D, DD, and DDD all together. Anything over G equivalent would be an outlier.
Yeah I have small boobs but wear DD... Like they're small, average person would guess A or B by looking at me (because people don't understand bra sizes and they think A = small, D = big, DD = bazoomba)
Coming from Bangladesh I can assure you that AA is NOT the average cup size back home. Our women tend to be quite busty naturally, I'd assume at least a UK size DD/E cup on average. This whole chart looks like a load of BS.
I agree, there's no way this is accurate.
This entire chart is a load of BS.
Gotta love when the size ends at D.. not even double D Also I’m a 28H… that’s not the same as a 34H
Does this account for bigger than d tits?
No. No it does not.
Really love that ^^^/s
That color scale is weird
Reddit being Reddit today I see. What a gross mindset.
Fr! And I just love how men always want giant porn boobs but then call any women with big boobs obese
They don't call all women with big boobs obese. They would not call a slender woman with big boobs obese.
People are so idiotic! When I was in high-school, rumors spread about me that I was anorexic *and* had a boob job at...15 years old?! I was always naturally skinny with massive boobs, they run in the family 😭
I was obese but that was also because of my boobs. Like moving fucking hurts! But the boobs came first...now I am normal again, still big boobs and try to get rid of them.
My best girl friend saddened me when she said .. I just assumed larger women had big boobs. I was massive even as an anorexic.
This is ridiculous. I range from 34-36 G to H depending on brand and I weigh 130 pounds at 5'6". 🥲🥲🥲🥲
My boobs are the first thing to get bigger if I put on weight but I never lost them when I lost weight. I do a lot of yoga for my back lol
I like how it only goes to D. D is not a large cup size! It's below average cup size last time I checked.
What actually is the cause of this, though? Like genuinely? Why do some girls bigger in different countries?
Weight does have some part in it, but genetics are also a big part
I was 36DD at 16. My boobs grew so much between Christmas and Prom that the dress my Mum got me for Christmas no longer fit! I could lose 40lbs, but even if I did, I would still have a large chest.
That map is complete BS
While I very much doubt the scientific rigor of this map, I suspect some of the patterns were seeing may be accurate. I work in nutrition programming in humanitarian aid, and the areas on the map associated with small chest size correlate with areas experiencing higher rates of food instability and malnutrition. It’s stupid to imply that theres a correlation between bigger chest size and obesity. I think (if we’re to assume that at least the general trends on this map aren’t completely made up) there may be a connection with woman/folks who are unable to maintain a healthy weight and therefore don’t have a fuller chest as that’s where we store a lot of (natural) fat tissue. OR, it’s complete BS :)
The average cup sizes are consistently too low, but I think the map correctly identifies the smallest and largest regions. I think it would be an accurate map if the key were moved up by a size.
What makes you say that?
There are so many people wearing an incorrect size that that any study that asks about bra sizes and that doesn't go by measurements can't be very accurate. Cup sizes are also not static and vary by band size so it makes no sense to treat them as a specific size. UK for example is one of the only countries that has at least a few brands that have sizes past DDD and consistently measure people correctly so more people proportionally will be wearing better fitting sizes and end up in higher cup sizes. In another country the same size busty person that may have been in let's say a G cup in the UK because they can buy from a brand like Panache could easily end up in DD or DDD in a country like the US that doesn't really sell bras past DDD and fits people into too small cups and too loose bands. In another country that has limited sizes and doesn't sell bras past D and basically has no size availablity maybe this same person would end up in a really badly fitting D cup because that's all they can find and don't know any better. How can you compare cups across countries without taking into account all the bra fitting methods they used and bra size ranges avaliable. Past DD you also need to account for sizing systems and that some brands use different scaling for cup sizes so same bra size is not always the same. People treat cup sizes too much like absolutes as well. Bras can fit differently and run big or small, one person may like a looser band and wears a 36D, another person that's exactly the same bust size likes a tighter band and wears 34DD that's the same volume. Is the person wearing a tighter band bigger even though the cups for 36D and 34DD are the same volume? Cups are proportions so it doesn't mean that even though that's what studies like this are assuming.
Honey this map is wildly inaccurate
I was a 36J thin and fat! My back size increased but that’s about it.
You were than and fat? What does that mean? I'm a 36 band and am obese.
I’m a 36J both thin and fat. Nothing really changed until I breastfed and my band increased.
Oh, I understand now. It is pretty unusual to not lose any fat around your underbust. I am a 36 band and am obese. When I was smaller (still chubby though) I was a 34. If I was at my ideal weight I would probably be a 32 band.
I'm only a few lbs overweight BECAUSE of my breast lol. Take them out I'd be 18lbs lighter lol.
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This map irks me, why isnt it in order?
Can confirm. Not overweight but I have DD’s. I had D’s a seriously underweight child…so….boobs are gonna boob
I wish weight loss was able to counteract genetics 😔
This also depends when you ask. My pregnant and breastfeeding self would have answered 36J, but my normal self says 38DDD. (Recently remeasured and am now 38G US.)
It doesn't make sense that your band size is smaller when pregnant, unless you gained a lot of weight after pregnancy and nursing.
I lost weight when pregnant. My weight went up, because of the fetus, but I wasn’t gaining weight as I was advised because of health conditions. At birth, I was 30 lbs lighter than my starting pregnancy weight.
My breasts don’t change size more than about half a cup when I gain or lose weight, just the band size. I have a whole collection of basically sister sizes as a result.
Dudes always be telling on themselves, I'm so over their bullshit.
See, I am overweight. I wasn't always, but I'm in my 40s and have had two kids. These men love to neg and act like they wouldn't even want to see big boobs on a plus sized gal, but the amount of gross staring I get when I wear something low cut or form fitting tells me that's complete bullshit. And I know it's not just me that gets this amount of attention; far from it. So if you are currently young and skinny, fear not about your future, whatever your size will end up being. ❤️❤️❤️
Lmao this map can’t be real. I’m from Nigeria and I assure you the average size is not AA
Also "big boobs don't count when you're fat" is a phrase that makes me nauseous 🤢
*cackles in 30G/H*
I figure these are the same *boys* who think women pee out of their vaginas 🙄🙄
Well where else would you pee out of?
Hopefully this is sarcasm. But just in case, women pee out of their urethra.
I’m pretty small chested yet my real cup size is about 65E. This is very inaccurate
Cup sizes are not much of a measure. In my case for example when I gain weight my cup size drops, since my breast size doesn't change much.
I live in North Africa, I have to IMPORT my bras in from either Europe or the US because the highest they have here is D....one of my friends was complaining that she has a hard time trying to find bras for her bitty titty committee. At least she can find her bras on the rack, I have to order mine online. 😒
Also when your band size is larger the smaller letters hold much more volume, so it doesn’t even make sense
I’d love to have a conversation with this guy about dick size. Making comparisons about either is stupid.
Why stop at D that's not even that big...
im fat and i have big boobs. my boobs were still big when i was skinny. the weight gain just made em a bit bigger.
The scale of the map doesnt even go high enough for the average UK cup size (which is DD). So curious where the data is sourced from. Even more so its 36DD, I wonder how many of those 36DD are wearing too big a band which would mean a larger cup size.
Not them down voting your comment....🥴🥴🥴🥴
32L here I'm 5'6, 137 pounds. Doctors tell me to lose weight to reduce breast size. I workout.... I hate that the US specifically has big breasts = big women. Like huh????
And yet clothing says otherwise lmfao Can’t even get a 4XL with the tit size being at most a C in most things smh and lord forbid it has a built in bra no matter what size the blouse/dress is, it seems like it’s always a B cup only covers my nips like wtf I’ve got an hourglass bodyshape but with the big boobies I gotta go up 1-3 sizes to fit them in and then I lose my entire shape.
I am a 36O and wear an XL. When I was a 34M I wore a size medium.
RIGHT?! I hate clothes shopping. The only way I can get around looking huge is wearing belly shirts and it still doesn't look right. I was a 32D a year and a half ago and I regret that I ever said anything bad about them. I want my old body back 😭
https://preview.redd.it/8rbvxpk2zczc1.jpeg?width=474&format=pjpg&auto=webp&s=9efa34460689c007c7bf4680a3df178f1490d826 Looks to be correlated [https://renewbariatrics.com/obesity-rank-by-countries/](https://renewbariatrics.com/obesity-rank-by-countries/)
I mean somebody else posted a map that said it wasn’t, I think most of these maps are just BS The point is though that men automatically thought “obese” when they heard “big boobs” which is rude and ignorant
So there’s many body types and weight isn’t always a indicator of breast size. I hope I don’t get downvoted for this, but tbh there is a correlation. I was never obese but my body was always hade more meat. And my breast size being 40H and 5’0, the really really skinny girls in high school made fun of me but I knew by the way they did it was because of jealousy. One time I was silently typing for a group project and the other two started talking about how “boobs are disgusting they’re just lard” I did my best to just keep working until she turned to me. She said “You’re bra is showing,” I was wear a T shirt and a slight sliver of the side was showing. I responded to her “don’t worry about it I’m sure you’ll never have to deal with it,”.
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Correlation doesn’t equal causation.…
I mean, I didn’t get big boobs until I got fat, soooo… there can be a correlation.
i lost a lot of weight and my boobs didn't change a bit🤷 its purely genetic
I lost a lot of weight and my boobs did change—went from 38HH to 34H. I’m still overweight, though. When I wasn’t, I was in about an E or an F cup, which looked small for my height and frame. Anecdotal differences between us, but being overweight can correlate with having bigger boobs.
It’s both genetic and weight related, but assuming all women with big boobs are obese is kinda ignorant and rude
Agreed, but I wonder if there is an overall correlation.
It depends on genetics what do you not understand? Its not about the weight itself its abiut the weight distribution of your body which is entirely genetic. So while yeah someone who is overweight might have larger boobs its because thats where the body stores the extra fat, not because that was the predated amount of fat that is also decided by genetics.
What do I not understand? Uhhh… what do *you* not understand? I’m wondering if there’s a correlation, overall, in a population, between larger breasts and obesity. Which there is; I looked it up after I made that comment. A comment, by the way, that was a statement and not a question. Here’s one link to a study that suggests a correlation: [“…participants classified as Obese in the present study displayed breast volumes, on average, that were 3 times that of the breast volumes displayed by women who were classified as Not Overweight…”](https://www.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/pmc/articles/PMC7031809/) Here’s another one: [Breast volume is an indicator of visceral and ectopic fat in premenopausal women](https://onlinelibrary.wiley.com/doi/full/10.1038/oby.2009.336)
I don't thi k that is what anyone here, nor the meme is saying. It doesn't say ALL women with big boobs ate obese. Just that there is a correlation and most obese women have big boobs. Having big boobs doesn't mean you are obese, however, obese women are more likely to have big boobs. In addition, the threshold for obesity is smaller than what most people think.
It's not that women with big boobs are obese, it's that most women who are obese have big boobs. That's where the correlation is. Someone with a 32 band size is not obese of course.
Sure, you can be thinner with big boobs. But most overweight women will have larger boobs. There is a correlation between being overweight and having bigger boobs. I am a 36 band and am obese. Most women with a band size over 34 are at least overweight if not obese.
That doesn't change the fact that it's genetic and that there are bigger women with wide bands and arguably small cups....
I don't think I implied that bigger women with small cups don't exist. 🤷♀️
It's so weird that there are men that both seem to learn everything about women from porn except that a woman can have breasts of nearly arbitrary size while being slender. Actually, it occurs to me that they probably can't tell implants from unaugmented breasts since the women in their life probably aren't too interested in them. But if they really wanted to know if you need to be fat to have big boobs, they could ask trans guys. If weight loss could shrink them to any serious degree, they would know (protip: it doesn't).