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We estimated group-based trajectories to elucidate compositional trends.<\/jats:p><\/jats:sec><jats:sec><jats:title>Results<\/jats:title><jats:p>Among 218 men with 740 observations, men had a median age of 26 years, 11.6% were living with HIV, and 46.1% were HSV-2 seropositive. We identified 7 penile community types that varied with circumcision status, female partner vaginal microbiome community state type (CST), condom use, and penile washing. Across varying analytic approaches, 50%\u201360% of men had stable penile microbiome compositions. Alpha diversity measures were lower for circumcised men and those who reported condom use; they were stable over time but higher if female partners had diverse CSTs or BV. BV was positively associated with the relative abundance of numerous individual penile taxa. The decreased Bray\u2013Curtis similarity was more common for men with HSV-2, and HSV-2 was also associated with a lower relative abundance of <jats:italic>Corynebacterium<\/jats:italic> and <jats:italic>Staphylococcus<\/jats:italic>.<\/jats:p><\/jats:sec><jats:sec><jats:title>Conclusions<\/jats:title><jats:p>Over a 1-year period, penile microbiome composition was stable for a substantial proportion of men and was influenced by men\u2019s circumcision status, sexual practices, female partner\u2019s vaginal CST and BV status, and men\u2019s HSV-2 status. In the female genital tract, a diverse CST is often associated with poorer health outcomes. Our results contribute toward understanding whether this framework extends to the penile microbiome and whether diversity and the associated penile microbiome compositions influence susceptibility or resilience to poorer health outcomes in men. 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