“Toilet seats are actually CLEANER than other SURFACES in the BATHROOM-faucets and countertops typically have higher LEVELS of BACTERIA.”

National Geographic 5,000 Awesome Facts, fact # 22 out of 25 on toilets

According to https://bgr.com/science/dirtiest-place-in-bathroom-study/, a toilet seat doesn’t even hold a candle to a shower curtain or a towel rack.

And it definitely isn’t a top runner against a toothbrush handle.

This is a list of the dirtiest/germ ridden items that can be found in your bathroom, as per http://www.benjaminfranklinplumbing.com:

1. Shower Curtains
2. Shower floors
3. Toothbrush handles
4. TOILET SEATS
5. Faucet handles
6. Interior door handles

Healthline.com and Safe Home estimate that shower curtains contain 60 percent more germs than the toilet seat.

Sink faucets harbor about 229,00 germs per square inch versus 1,000 germs per square inch on a toilet seat, according to Time.com.

An uncovered toothbrush can contain 100 million bacteria, where the handle can have 10 million bacteria.

It’s a good idea to cover the toothbrush in the bathroom, or to shut the toilet seat while flushing. Just watch out that the toothbrush’s cover is cleaned regularly as that can also be a breeding ground for mold and germs.

Shower curtains gain moisture which turns into mold over a short period of time, and it is recommended to change the shower curtain out every 6 months by either throwing it away and replacing it, or washing it, according to the label, with a towel and add some baking soda.

The best bet is to clean all of the surfaces of the bathroom every week, not just the supposed dirtiest thing in the bathroom, a toilet seat, with general cleaner and some elbow grease. Don’t forget those door handles and towel racks. Nor the handle of the toothbrush, for that barely gets rinsed off after brushing teeth.

And definitely clean the shower curtain.

Bacteria such as e-coli, streptococcus, staphylococcus, salmonella, are a few of the bacteria that can be found in the bathroom.

Another thing to keep in mind is the toilet water in the toilet. It is the same that comes through the faucet, yet if the toilet bowl is not cleaned it becomes not safe for any pets that are prone to take a drink out of the bowl.

Weirdly enough the only pet who partakes is my cat. My dog doesn’t want anything to do with the toilet bowl.