How do these compare with the general world population with an internet connection?
Hacker News is 44% 18-24 year olds, 77% male
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Re: Hacker News is 44% 18-24 year olds, 77% male
#12This poll from a year ago regarding age is probably more representative: http://news.ycombinator.com/item?id=2175588 Results pasted here: Age Points --- ------ 0-10 39 (0.6%) 11-15 32 (0.5%) 16-20 462 (7.5%) 21-25 1620 (26.4%) 26-30 1945 (31.6%) 31-35 1049 (17.1%) 36-40 488 (7.9%) 41-45 269 (4.4%) 46-50 117 (1.9%) 51-55 54 (0.9%) 56-60 35 (0.6%) 61-65 19 (0.3%) 66+ 19 (0.3%) edit: Found a male/female poll here from ~…
I graphed that data real quick:
http://chart.apis.google.com/chart?chxl=0:|0-10|11-15|16-20|...
Re: Hacker News is 44% 18-24 year olds, 77% male
#13This poll from a year ago regarding age is probably more representative: http://news.ycombinator.com/item?id=2175588 Results pasted here: Age Points --- ------ 0-10 39 (0.6%) 11-15 32 (0.5%) 16-20 462 (7.5%) 21-25 1620 (26.4%) 26-30 1945 (31.6%) 31-35 1049 (17.1%) 36-40 488 (7.9%) 41-45 269 (4.4%) 46-50 117 (1.9%) 51-55 54 (0.9%) 56-60 35 (0.6%) 61-65 19 (0.3%) 66+ 19 (0.3%) edit: Found a male/female poll here from ~…
39 people who are either lying or accidentally clicked on the first option.
Re: Hacker News is 44% 18-24 year olds, 77% male
#14This honestly makes me pretty curious. I thought the 25-34 range would be larger, especially compared to other sites that seem to have a much less professional atmosphere(Reddit, etc). Hacker News certainly isn't some bastion of intelligent thought and discourse, but it's definitely above average in that, which makes me wonder if the 18-24 year olds are just keeping quiet in the comments, if they're really that smart…
I'm 23. I just avoid being as flagrant of an asshole here as I am on 4chan.
Re: Hacker News is 44% 18-24 year olds, 77% male
#15This poll from a year ago regarding age is probably more representative: http://news.ycombinator.com/item?id=2175588 Results pasted here: Age Points --- ------ 0-10 39 (0.6%) 11-15 32 (0.5%) 16-20 462 (7.5%) 21-25 1620 (26.4%) 26-30 1945 (31.6%) 31-35 1049 (17.1%) 36-40 488 (7.9%) 41-45 269 (4.4%) 46-50 117 (1.9%) 51-55 54 (0.9%) 56-60 35 (0.6%) 61-65 19 (0.3%) 66+ 19 (0.3%) edit: Found a male/female poll here from ~…
I graphed that data real quick: http://chart.apis.google.com/chart?chxl=0:|0-10|11-15|16-20|...
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Re: Hacker News is 44% 18-24 year olds, 77% male
#16Don't care about demographics on HN
Re: Hacker News is 44% 18-24 year olds, 77% male
#17This poll from a year ago regarding age is probably more representative: http://news.ycombinator.com/item?id=2175588 Results pasted here: Age Points --- ------ 0-10 39 (0.6%) 11-15 32 (0.5%) 16-20 462 (7.5%) 21-25 1620 (26.4%) 26-30 1945 (31.6%) 31-35 1049 (17.1%) 36-40 488 (7.9%) 41-45 269 (4.4%) 46-50 117 (1.9%) 51-55 54 (0.9%) 56-60 35 (0.6%) 61-65 19 (0.3%) 66+ 19 (0.3%) edit: Found a male/female poll here from ~…
There is an obvious bias towards people who are engaged enough to register an account.
Re: Hacker News is 44% 18-24 year olds, 77% male
#18This honestly makes me pretty curious. I thought the 25-34 range would be larger, especially compared to other sites that seem to have a much less professional atmosphere(Reddit, etc). Hacker News certainly isn't some bastion of intelligent thought and discourse, but it's definitely above average in that, which makes me wonder if the 18-24 year olds are just keeping quiet in the comments, if they're really that smart…
I'm 23. I just avoid being as flagrant of an asshole here as I am on 4chan.
^ This is an important effect, IMO. I find people will tend to mimic the accepted mode of communication for that channel.
Re: Hacker News is 44% 18-24 year olds, 77% male
#19Just how much of an outlier is a 61 year old male? No pixels on the graph for anyone over 54! Learning new stuff, e.g. writing Android & iOS apps, keeps the mind young, much like lifting weights and aerobics keeps the body young ...
Considering the average 60+ year old male still thinks Facebook is about the entire extent of the internet apart from online banking and Amazon, yes. The only 50+ developers are those that have always been developers.
I think that's a silly statement to make. The average 40 year old will have nearly identical patterns, and I assure you that it's not limited to Facebook.
While there are certainly more new 20 year old developers than new 60 year old developers, they absolutely do exist; I've met maybe a dozen over the last year or two.
(Disclaimer: I'm 24)
Re: Hacker News is 44% 18-24 year olds, 77% male
#20This poll from a year ago regarding age is probably more representative: http://news.ycombinator.com/item?id=2175588 Results pasted here: Age Points --- ------ 0-10 39 (0.6%) 11-15 32 (0.5%) 16-20 462 (7.5%) 21-25 1620 (26.4%) 26-30 1945 (31.6%) 31-35 1049 (17.1%) 36-40 488 (7.9%) 41-45 269 (4.4%) 46-50 117 (1.9%) 51-55 54 (0.9%) 56-60 35 (0.6%) 61-65 19 (0.3%) 66+ 19 (0.3%) edit: Found a male/female poll here from ~…
I think Pingdom's claims are probably representative today - in the last year YC and HN reached mainstream as digg collapsed and reddit grew big enough for people to start looking elsewhere for tech news.
Given the prevalence of the old digg-style groupthink on digg-flavored issues like http://news.ycombinator.com/item?id=4417382 I'm surprised there's only 44% under-25s.