What's a Foot Fetish? People with a foot fetish, or podophilia, are sexually excited by feet. They get sexual pleasure from feet and may consider them a necessary part of sexual gratification. How many people have a foot fetish? Foot fetishism is one of the most common types of sexual fetishes. In one study using surveys from people on the internet, about a third of people said they had a fetish for non-genital body parts or features or objects used on or with the body. In th