Compiling this data was not as hard as I expected, let’s go through the data and the shiny graphs!
Age of Beeple
Most are above 24! Seems we got an older average age compared to a lot of social media. It would be interesting to see how many came here with experiences from independent forums before Reddit.
Where Beeple reside
This one’s a big graph. Though we can notice most people are from the US. Would be nice to see more countries represented though a big part of it likely has to do with language. (You will need to open the big graph in another tab, it’s too big to show properly.)
Gender identity of Beeple
So, as expected, mostly men. However, less than expected which is nice to see. There should be outreach to at least equalize this.
Sexual orientation of Beeple
This is kinda surprising. It seems we managed to get a lot more LGBTQ+ people than expected considering most of you all come from Reddit - so this is nice to see. This is most likely because of our focus on a safe space.
Whiteness of Beeple
As expected, mostly white which is unfortunate. I think there’s outreach to be done in that regard as well.
Neurodivergence of Beeple
We seem to have a really surprising amount of neurodivergent people! Definitely nice to see.
Beeple with disabilities
I… have no idea how to interpret this data so I’ll just say, shiny graph.
Beeple’s awareness of the Fediverse
Most knew about the fediverse but still a good 20% had not heard about it so glad to see you all managed to find your way here!
How Beeple have been dealing with Beehaw
It seems most people feel relatively confident in their ability to use Beehaw and most people seem to enjoy it. That makes me really happy to see. Feels rewarding, feels good.
Conclusion
I wanna thank everyone for the feedback about the survey and its questions - we’ll do better next time! I’m glad we did this survey because it shows the areas to work on in terms of outreach! Thank you all for your participation!
Nice! Thanks for compiling all that!
Regarding the gender split… IIRC, most Reddit users are male. This actually does have a bit of an effect on Reddit’s share of trans people. Worldwide, I believe it’s about an even split between transmasculine and transfeminine people. But Reddit has more transfems than transmascs, and I’m pretty sure it’s because people don’t leave their preferred website when coming out as trans. In that same vein, I hear that tumblr leans more transmasc.
Yeah, Reddit and a lot of forum websites are very heavily biased towards men so I’m not surprised we ended up inheriting that bias. I’d be nice to reach out to correct that bias.
One other thing to note is that this doesn’t give us any information on trans people which might affect how we assess that bias. It’s something that would be interesting to see in a future survey.
I frequently link posts from Lemmy communities to friends, family, and some co-workers in part to encourage wider acceptance and participation.
If people keep up with the good content and keep engaging then more will come in time.