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Interstellar_1@lemmy.blahaj.zone to Ask Lemmy@lemmy.world · 8 months ago

What do you think the age demographic on Lemmy is?

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What do you think the age demographic on Lemmy is?

Interstellar_1@lemmy.blahaj.zone to Ask Lemmy@lemmy.world · 8 months ago
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  • sag@lemm.ee
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    8 months ago

    Most user are in age b/w 30-50 I guess. I am 17 btw.

  • xmunk@sh.itjust.works
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    8 months ago

    I’d say we probably skew more towards 30s-40s a lot of us are transplants from other sites and have been around the block a few times - there are certainly younger folks too, but they had to somehow trip over fediverse tech through a fluke.

    • Chainweasel@lemmy.world
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      8 months ago

      Yep, 37 here.
      I found Digg just before the Exodus and hung around Reddit for a decade or so then split during the Reddit blackout.

      • notfromhere@lemmy.ml
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        8 months ago

        Don’t forget /.

        I stayed around that one for way, way too long.

      • hakase@lemm.ee
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        8 months ago

        39 here, exact same backstory.

        • AnotherMadHatter@lemmy.world
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          8 months ago

          Wow. Same for me. Digg just before the implosion, then reddit for 10ish years then here. 52.

    • Brave Little Hitachi Wand@lemmy.world
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      8 months ago

      Did you have to peg me that hard before we’ve even met

      • xmunk@sh.itjust.works
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        8 months ago

        It’s my usual ice breaker.

  • coaxil@lemm.ee
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    8 months ago

    My steam account is nearly 20, lol

    • perviouslyiner@lemmy.world
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      8 months ago

      Had the same email address for 27 years…

      • coaxil@lemm.ee
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        8 months ago

        Solid, and still your main? My Hotmail would be similar age, but it’s hardly used these days

  • squirrel@discuss.tchncs.de
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    8 months ago

    Based on this poll with 599 participants from the german [email protected] community, most of us are somewhere between 20 and 40 years old.

    This is only a small fraction of lemmy users, maybe it just represents the age range of german meme enjoyers on lemmy, but I don’t know of any other poll with a sample size this big.

    • Dave@lemmy.nz
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      8 months ago

      Also see stats from:

      • Lemmy.nz - https://lemmy.nz/post/12001861
      • Lemmy.ca - https://lemmy.ca/post/15125231

      Which are pretty similar.

  • shalafi@lemmy.world
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    8 months ago

    Seems like a young crowd to me based on the often naive and idealistic post replies. OTOH, I’m very often surprised that so many seem my age (50s).

  • Kit@lemmy.blahaj.zone
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    8 months ago

    I think it varies greatly. The trans communities, for instance, seem to tread younger and I get the sense that many posters are teenagers. Tech communities, on the other hand, seem 30s-40s.

  • SomeGuy69@lemmy.world
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    8 months ago

    Younger than 30yo the technical knowledge declines rapidly, so it’s very unlikely for them to be here.

    • Dizzy Devil Ducky@lemm.ee
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      8 months ago

      Mileage will vary. I have gotten a lot better when it comes to tech (mainly software) in the past 3 years, as someone who is only in the middle of his 20s.

  • NebulaDream@reddthat.com
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    8 months ago

    I think mostly 30s and 40s based on the memes

    • johannesvanderwhales@lemmy.world
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      I posted a thing from 8 bit theater and it got a lot of upvoted. Definitely old people.

      • Podunk@lemmy.world
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        8 months ago

        Is this just our generation’s facebook? Damnit.

        Well… at least we know how to use the internet i guess.

        • SkyeStarfall@lemmy.blahaj.zone
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          8 months ago

          More like the original demographic of Facebook, before it went mainstream

          • piecat@lemmy.world
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            8 months ago

            And digg. And reddit. And myspace.

  • linearchaos@lemmy.world
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    8 months ago

    I have a 5 digit slashdot id.

  • Rob@lemmy.world
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    8 months ago

    There’s at least one 57 year old.

    • BLAMM67@lemmy.world
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      8 months ago

      Two.

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        8 months ago

        Three.

        Do we have to be 57? I just wanted to be part of a counting train.

        • Hadriscus@lemm.ee
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          8 months ago

          I’m 34, maybe if you’re 23 and you climb on my shoulders

          • Nollij@sopuli.xyz
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            8 months ago

            It’s probably wiser if you climb on the 23 year old’s shoulders instead. They don’t need ibuprofen for back pain yet

            • xorollo@leminal.space
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              8 months ago

              But there’s the falling part…

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    I would estimate

    15% <25

    60% 25-40

    25% 40+

    Y’all be showing your age sometimes 😅

    • TexasDrunk@lemmy.world
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      I’m old as fuck. I definitely show my age as often as possible.

      • ChihuahuaOfDoom@lemmy.world
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        I showed my age in public and now I’m on a list… I keep getting AARP mailers.

    • SpaceNoodle@lemmy.world
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      8 months ago

      Get off my lawn

      • ThrowawayPermanente@sh.itjust.works
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        8 months ago

        Our lawn!

  • IDKWhatUsernametoPutHereLolol@lemmy.dbzer0.com
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    deleted by creator

    • Someplaceunknown@fedia.io
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      8 months ago

      I mean an average teen aint gonna find Lemmy or even like using Fediverse stuff

      So does this make me an above average or below average teen?

      • IDKWhatUsernametoPutHereLolol@lemmy.dbzer0.com
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        deleted by creator

    • sag@lemm.ee
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      8 months ago

      Hello, I am your average Teen(17).

    • sleen@lemmy.zip
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      8 months ago

      I find this being an ageist take. Not everyone is immature.

      • RizzRustbolt@lemmy.world
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        8 months ago

        “Fart you, fart him, fart all y’all.”

        • IDKWhatUsernametoPutHereLolol@lemmy.dbzer0.com
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  • psychOdelic@discuss.tchncs.de
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    8 months ago

    i think we should poll in it

    • xorollo@leminal.space
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      A/s/l (that’s much easier to type on a computer keyboard than a phone)

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    As a serious answer, I’d guess Lemmy skews younger. Too many idealists here to think the average user base has the wisdom that comes from experience.

    Sorry, younglings. You’ll know when you get older: the long view clearly demonstrates optimism is a lie. History is a corkscrew. Progress is made, but only through endless repetitions of past mistakes.

    • C126@sh.itjust.works
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      “Any man under 30 who is not a liberal has no heart, and any man over thirty who is not a conservative has no brains.”

      • Tedesche@lemmy.world
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        That’s a limerick conservative parents tell themselves to feel better about their rebellious kids.

        And not what I’m talking about at all.

  • Mitex leo@buddyverse.one
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    I’m 19!

    • sarah ash (They/Them)@lemmy.blahaj.zone
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      8 months ago

      I’m also 19

      • Mitex leo@buddyverse.one
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        8 months ago

        Wow 👌 👏

    • lnxtx (xe/xem/xyr)@feddit.nl
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      8 months ago

      How…?

      • Masta_Chief@lemmy.world
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        Not an expert but I believe it’s because they were born 19 years ago

        • lnxtx (xe/xem/xyr)@feddit.nl
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          !

          • Masta_Chief@lemmy.world
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            8 months ago

            Oh. Looks like I got whoooshed

            • otp@sh.itjust.works
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              It’s ok. It is, in my opinion, one of the lamest memes on the internet.

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