anyone track their progress on a ruler?

[hungbro]

I remember busting out the sharpie to keep track of my size haha. Anyone else keep a log somehow? That ruler is somewhere back home still, how they don't realize what the marks are.

[Jastryd]

I tracked it since 6 years old until 18 years.

[hungbro]

24 minutes ago, Jastryd said:

I tracked it since 6 years old until 18 years.

Wow how'd that go?

[Jastryd]

26 minutes ago, hungbro said:

Wow how'd that go?

From 8 cm at 6~7 years to 17 at 11~12 years. And I used the same ruler the all time and made marks on it.

[Jacc69]

I tracked on my hand. Used to see how far along my finger and palm it would reach. (Put tip of middle finger against the base - see where tip of dick ended).

I know it was about the length of my middle finger when I started 'tracking' and eventually grew till past the middle of my palm. Accounting for hand growth, probably 8cm to 13,5cm over puberty. Maybe started at 6cm since I wouldn't have been measuring from the beginning of the growth.

Side note - since it always pointed up, I used to think it would eventually get to my belly button. Alas, nowhere close.

[JasonBeam]

I don't think I ever actually measured my penis till I was in my mid-teens, and over the years I haven't measured it very many times. Perhaps I didn't when I was young because doing that just disappointed me, knowing that it wasn't getting any bigger. 

Edited June 24 by JasonBeam
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[Timeseto]

4 hours ago, JasonBeam said:

I don't think I ever actually measured my penis till I was in my mid-teens, and over the years I haven't measured it very many times. Perhaps I didn't when I was young because doing that just disappointed me, knowing that it wasn't getting any bigger. 

Similarly I didn’t measure until I was already an adult and then I was surprised by the result. 

[rd11]

I never measured until I was probably about 30. I don't think I even ever thought of it, until sometihng or other I read on-line prompted me.

 

[rd11]

I now kind of wish I'd thought to measure and keep records when I was growing up... It would be interesting to see the growth pattern.

[rd11]

I now wonder if those boring math units when we were expected to measure things would have been more fun if we'd measured penis lengths, rather than whatever boring thing they had us measure.

[meowmeow]

6 hours ago, rd11 said:

I now wonder if those boring math units when we were expected to measure things would have been more fun if we'd measured penis lengths, rather than whatever boring thing they had us measure.

Imagine the fun to be had with a protractor! 

[6INCHES66]

Unfortunately I never considered measuring my penis growing up. 

[meowmeow]

15 hours ago, 6INCHES66 said:

Unfortunately I never considered measuring my penis growing up. 

Same. As a child, size was never a consideration. As a teen, no one asked. Maybe if there was some explicit comparison scenario? But alas. 

[rd11]

15 hours ago, meowmeow said:

Imagine the fun to be had with a protractor! 

The real fun, though, would be during the fluid measurment unit! 

[meowmeow]

11 minutes ago, rd11 said:

The real fun, though, would be during the fluid measurment unit! 

Ahh a chance to show your liter-ship skills! 😆

[rd11]

Then, of course, there would be the fun of going out to the field to do distance tests. 

[meowmeow]

10 minutes ago, rd11 said:

Then, of course, there would be the fun of going out to the field to do distance tests. 

We would have a field day with that one. 😬

[Richard1971]

I never measured myself when I was younger, maybe I just didn't want to know. The first time I measured was around 30 after a girlfriend asked if I knew how big I was. When I told her she seemed surprised. She said it felt bigger than that, which made me feel good.

[alcastar1979]

I measured for the first time in my late 20s. I was very overweight then and it was 12 cms hard. A few years later and a lot less weight, it was a little over 15 cms. Now, I put on a little weight but not much, so it's about 14,5 and I can reach the 15 mark if really excited. 

[Timeseto]

On 6/25/2026 at 10:03 AM, Richard1971 said:

I never measured myself when I was younger, maybe I just didn't want to know. The first time I measured was around 30 after a girlfriend asked if I knew how big I was. When I told her she seemed surprised. She said it felt bigger than that, which made me feel good.

Very similar situation for me, first time I measured was after a girlfriend commented on my size. 

[bwx0]

First measured length around 12-13 I think; didn't measure girth for first time until my twenties. Both "firsts" were prompted by reading something. 

Length was after reading a passage in The Secret Diary of Adrian Mole where it mentions one of Adrian's classmates "going off the end of a ruler" and I was pleased to find I was slightly longer than my 6" ruler, although I'm pretty sure I unwittingly cheated by measuring the underside so I was probably more like 5.5". Ultimately ended up at 7.5" by my late teens. Lost a bit to fat over the years but recently gained it back after shedding some excess weight. Wish I'd thought to check earlier as I'm now very curious as to my original "starting point" and how it changed over time. I think probably 3-3.5" but that's a total guesstimate from visual memories.

Never occurred to me to check girth until I read something on the web about average dick size. I was 5.5" at that point. I'm ever so slightly thicker than that now which I'm putting down to inveterate cock ring use and my occasional dalliances with pumping.

[NuderThanNude]

All my life I never really cared about my size. I like the size I was. but the first time I hears someone mention measuring with a ruler I had to (out of curiosity) try it. However, rather than larger... I was hoping to see a smaller number.

[mrwhite]

Don't particularly remember when I started and never tracked, but early teens is when I hit 4" on the ruler. So, obviously I was measuring before then on some level. No idea where or why that ended up being such an accomplishment in my head, but it was! Growing was over probably mid-teens, so while still measuring, didn't grow much beyond that. No real reason to track because nothing changes now   

[alex4.25]

I've been keeping track of my progress for several years now.  My ruler use, however, has been to keep track my decreasing size.  As I have mentioned in several of my posts, ED has caused my penis to slowly shrink.  Over the last five years, I've lost a full inch in size.  Thankfully, I haven't gotten any smaller in nearly a year. 

On the positive side, a friend of mine agreed to keep a detailed record of my shrinkage; and he has measured me weekly during the time mentioned.  Some weeks I was smaller, others there was no change.

All things considered, I would have preferred for my not to have gotten smaller, but I will say it has been fun to let my friend measure me each week to see if my penis had gotten any smaller since the last time he measured me.

[Appreciater]

38 minutes ago, alex4.25 said:

I've been keeping track of my progress for several years now.  My ruler use, however, has been to keep track my decreasing size.  As I have mentioned in several of my posts, ED has caused my penis to slowly shrink.  Over the last five years, I've lost a full inch in size.  Thankfully, I haven't gotten any smaller in nearly a year. 

On the positive side, a friend of mine agreed to keep a detailed record of my shrinkage; and he has measured me weekly during the time mentioned.  Some weeks I was smaller, others there was no change.

All things considered, I would have preferred for my not to have gotten smaller, but I will say it has been fun to let my friend measure me each week to see if my penis had gotten any smaller since the last time he measured me.

Since you were once bigger, it could be that use of a pump might get your erective cells to stretch back out some. 🤔