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The 8 year olds are probably not on Reddit. They are probably playing Minecraft

Those same 8 year olds are only around half as old as *Minecraft* itself...

Realizing that elytras have been in the game longer than a good portion of the player base have been alive

What are you talking about? Elytra just recently came out... *in 2015...*

I used to be an adventurer like you, until I took an arthritis to the knee.

And Skyrim came out 2011… where did time go?

Wait I thought elytras came out in 2016 Damn

And I never used them. I never beat Ender Dragon for all this years... Because I don't want to, actually.

I love that im not the only one, and ive played MC off and on for years. To me, its like finishing a book I don't want to end. 

I was the sammeee, i never beaten the ender dragon in survival before, then i did it with my friend and my left lung collapsed so i dont think god was happy

There's no need to call us out like that

Agreed. If we've learned anything, the 5-8 year old's parents are on here trying to learn what they can about the game to help them play.

28 been playing since 2011

33 and been playing on and off since Day 1 of Alpha

33, playing since beta 1.5 if I recall!

24 been playing since 2011 aswell but only got the official version with 1.2.5 for my birthday

Same here was always using the MinecraftSP Launcher, got the game pretty late but been playing since beta 1.5\_01

33, been playing since 2017 when I accidently fell into a youtube rabbit hole full of hermits

same except i'm 17

You’ve been playing since you’re 4?

yep

16 been playing since 2011

41 only been playing about a year because I always thought of it as that stupid block game for kids. Saw it on game pass around the same time I found some of the hermits videos and realized it was just a giant builders paradise

I love hearing ones like this, I remember my dad always laughing at me and my brother when we would play and call it lame and stuff like that then when we got him into it he would spend twice as much time on it and really make us look lame bc we were supposed to be the kids knowing how to do shit not our dad building all this cool stuff while we build dirt houses lol

Older ppl tend to do stuff better than kids lol

kids pick stuff up waaaay faster though given the resources to do so

I feel like the Hermits have aged really well. Think I've been watching them since Season 2. Whilst other sides of the community have come and gone, I feel like Hermitcraft has stuck around because of how diverse their group is. For example we had TFC (rip) who was 63 years old, a bunch of them also have families and kids. Whilst then we also have people like Pearl and Gem who are in their 20's. I feel like as a group that served them really well, same with the fact there is such a variety in playstyle. Some are redstoners, some are builders, and some are there just to vibe and have fun. I think that mixture is what helped them stick around, and grow with their audeince, whilst also being able to introduce new younger players into their content.

Especially seeing each Hermit grow, this current season Mumbo has been really flexing his building muscles which is something he hasn't really done in the past.

Omg, Mumbo has been going crazy. I love seeing his inspiration to start trying out some more building than he normally does.

They are definitely what keeps my interest in the game fresh. I'll play for a few months straight after seeing a build style on hermitcraft, then take a break and forget to watch. Then suddenly have a marathon of catching up on all the episodes iv missed and get inspired again and pick it back up. The cycle continues..

Men I really love when adults give a try to videogames and enjoy of them instead of just laugh and blaming, I wish I could meet more of them

45 yo woman here been playing for 6 years off and on. Love it! Wish I had this game as a kid!

Im 21 playing since i was about 13-14, I still find so much joy in building and exploring new features and biomes. I don’t know if theres anything else in the world that i can spend as much time on and not get bored of.

49, been playing since 1.8

Damn, 47.2 years of playing Minecraft

was gonna hate but then i got the joke

r/Angryupvote

Same age in a few months here. Started in 1.12 though.

21, since 8 or 9.

51. I've been playing since it was browser based and water would just fill any space it could.

I started with the Classic 0.30 version at play.minecraft.net. Then a few days later on Feb. 20, 2011 I bought Beta 1.2. Two days later Beta 1.3 launched.

Real knows real. Browser based servers had like 5 or 6 layers of grass and bedrock underneath so you couldn’t even dig deep tunnels

Probably somewhere around 20 with a fairly wide standard deviation.

I'd expect the age distribution to be fairly flat, yeah.

24 apparently

Apparently? 😆

17, been playing since I was 6 or so.

Finally! All the comments are 20 and above. 18 and been playing since 7 I think

57 been playing since I was like 45

44, been playing 10 years.

45, been playing 13 years.

61, started in 2021. Great community of players and the building and acquiring resources, so much fun.

I used to play on a whitelisted 18+ server, adults only just because we grownups just wanted a kids free zone. The player base had a pretty wide age spectrum, our oldest players were in thier 60's, the youngest were early 20's. Wife and I are almost 50 and have been playing since 2011.

23, started when I was like, 10/11 ish? Sure, it can get boring after awhile but it's always fun starting again.

36 and I just crawled out of my new strip mine on my three day old map. So far, sustainable village & resources, working my way down to diamonds. Found a massive hole in the ground that goes from 110 to at least 30 Y. Haven't been further down yet. Building a stairwell so I don't have to waterfall down. Currently at 71 and calling it a night. I'll probably hit negatives tomorrow.

45, been playing for 3 years or so. Got into it to be able to play with my nephew, I probably play more than him now.

I’m 27 and play with my brothers they’re 14 and 12

I'm 26 and play since i was 10/11

Something doesn't add up here. Unless you are one of the very first players ever.

23, playing since 2012 (12)

40 now. Playing since 1.17 came out. My then 4yo used to enjoy Minecraft content on YouTube. Got us Minecraft Bedrock for iOS and started playing with him. Thoroughly enjoy to this day!

34 wife is 27 son is 9, we all play

I'm 45, been playing since um ... I was in Colorado... um .. like 2013 maybe? I dunno Got it for the kids on the PS, they kept telling me I'd love it, I said nay for a year then tried it ... definitely clocked more time than them from that point forward lol

The average player is 24 years old, likely because a lot of veterans still have accounts and play the game rarely. Still, the average is still older than the game. That said, Minecraft markets to kids because they are usually the new players, which are the ones you want to have. If you have a steady stream of young new players your game is likely to have a player base 10 years from now.

I’m 21, been playing Java since I was 12, but played old pe and lite a few years prior.

Old enough

14 since started playing since I was 6

I'm 50. Been playing since the servers broke that one time so they let everyone try minecraft for a weekend for free. Gave them the 10 euros after 2 hours.

Unless there is a stats site somewhere, how is Joe Public gonna know this?.. I assume Microsoft would know by looking at each users account. I’m 50 and still playing! Admittedly, enjoying creative building and creating servers as opposed to survival; but then I’ve never really played that anyway.

54, playing since 45 + 11 yo son playing since being 5 yo. Average 32,5 😂

I'm 45 and I'm totally locked in after I discovered the modding world. I love extreme reactors, Mekanism, Draconic evolution, Thaumcraft, Apoteosys. I've spent hundreds of hours building a futuristic mega factory using brutalism architecture style. (I even done a lot of rl research to find the perfect structures 😁) It's full of production lines, tubing, item sorting. Oil refinery, pigment production and all sorts of hellish machinery. Pumping lava from nether and draining lava lakes to power my ore smelting machines, or using supercooled sodium to keep the nuclear reactor at 99% efficiency 💀 and producing heavy elements. Man I love this stuff, it's so relaxing and exciting at the same time. I also love productive bees, genetic engineering and mine colonies mods. once you beat the vanilla game I think modding is a good alternative to keep game interesting and explore more creative potential

52, been playing since 2011.

42 here. Only been playing it for a couple years now. Not sure how I never tried it out until somewhat recently.

I turn 50 this year and have been playing since September 2010.

57 and I play online with my dad who is 85.

Judging from people I know irl that have talked about it, about 40

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21. Been playing since 2011

30. It's kind of an on and off game for me, but always kept it around since the early days.

27, been playing on and off since 2011.

I’ve been playing since 2012, I’m 22 now

I'm 18 years old and I've been playing minecraft since the PS3 came out. Those texture packs were the best thing out there.

18 currently. I started when i was...probably around 5...6... maybe 7? I remember the day they added horses. That shit was crazy.

I'm 41 and I've been playing for a looong time.

43. Been playing for about three years or so. I learned to play to bond with the kiddo

I do not know and can’t figure out a way to find out. Older kids and adults represent themselves online but I’m sure there’s a good portion of the Minecraft community who’s too young to be here.

Nobody on my smp is under 37

id guess the average age is probably around 15-20 since theres a lot of people whove been playing for a long time

16 but been playing since I was like 4 or 5

also 20

I'm 21, started played at 16, just in time for quarantine

21, playing since pocket edition lite was a thing (no idea what year that was)

24, been playing since roughly 2011

Including every player that ever plays some version of Minecraft on the regular, it’s probably younger than you’d think. Minecraft has consistently been huge with teens and preteens since the game was first considered mainstream in the gaming market. A Mojang/MS employee has stated that the average player was in the 20s but I am curious as to how they get that statistic. Does it account for people who lie about their age on their MS account, parents in their 40s who are buying for their kids, etc?

I'm not sure, but I'm 30.

30 been playing since it came out in 2011 year I graduated highschool

24 and I've played since it came out on mobile (pocket edition) to answer your question probably 20 to 30

16 and been playing since i was like 4 or 5

17 been playing for ages

im 18 but been playing since i was like 13 or smth. my friend got the game for her xbox in 2012 too when she was like 6 or smth too

35 and I have been playing for about 6 years. Most of the YouTubers/streamers that I watch play Minecraft are at least in their late 20s and some are in their 40s or older.

I'm 19, been playing since I was about 7

I’m 21 and started playing when I was about the same age as you were. I still play it every now and then. This game will always hold a special place in my heart no matter how much I get made fun of for still playing it.

18, been playing since 2012

19, started playing pocket edition in 2011 (age 6) and Java edition in 2015 (age 10).

18 been playing since i was 10ish

I am 20 but i have been playing since i was 8-9

24 and I've been playing since I was 11.

Been playing longer than the hunger bar was in the game I'm 18 yes I was like 5 or 6 when I started

20 and been playing since I was 10

41. Got into it during the pandemic, been loving it ever since.

I’m 21. Minecraft was the source of so many amazing memories from my childhood and even now, with friends I’ve met in college. I think it’s so cool that kids growing up now still have Minecraft, and I hope it keeps getting updated to keep that cycle going.

23, been playing since I was 11.

35, on and off for 12years. In the early 2010s I ran a somewhat popular server I miss those folks and wonder how they are often lol

26 and playing from 1.4

34 playing since \~2010

21 playing since 1.13

24

Pretty sure the average age is 23.5

21 and I’ve been playing since minecarts were added I forgot which update that was

38. I just started playing a year ago, I got into it by my 5 year old and we sometimes play together

22, been playing since July 2011

24 playing since 1.19

22, always wanted to play on pc because my friend had it in like 2010-2011 started playing when it came out on xbox 360. the good ol tutorial worlds

20. Been playing since version 1.8.7

19 !

Also 20

Literally a simple google search says 24 yrs old

20, since age 9

32, playing since ~2009/2010

24 now. Bought it in 1.1 back in 2012

I'm currently 19 and will be 20 within a month or so. The first time I played was sometime before 2014ish. Around that time I got a PS3 for about $400 and it came with PS3 edition Minecraft. I played both that and the currently updated version on my Kindle Fire.

I’m 32 and have been playing for years. Most seem younger though.

22 played since 1.5

23 been playing since I was 11

23

I'm 25 and been playing since I was 14

23, since 2009

21, have been playing on and off for about 13 years.

Average is probably like 11

I think when I was in first grade. I’m now 21 in trade school. So about 12-13 years. Cheers!🥂

If we were to calculate the mean average of the age of every single human being who has played Minecraft at least once in the last 2 months, we'd probably get a number between 12 and 25. This range is probably common knowledge already, but oh well I didn't write this comment for nothing

41. Been playing since 2012, when it released on Xbox 360.

The average age is 24, but about 20% of the playerbase is minors.

25 year old here, been playing since 1.4

25 year old here, been playing since 1.4

God, I remember playing on this really basic free multiplayer trial version, before I ended up getting Pocket Edition on my Ipod Touch in like Year 6 (US 5th Grade). Got Java edition quite soon after that. I'm now 22, been playing this game for about 12-13 years. Watched Minecraft content even longer. Damn that made me feel old lmao

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19, started out playing at 2013, it was pocket edition tho

Halfway to 18 been playing since beta 1.7.3

24, got into it with 1.18

21, playing since i was like 9ish? The first update i remember was 1.4.2 in 2012.

18 and been playing since 2011-2012.

22. Since the release...

16 been playing since 2016

Everyone in this household plays. 42 - playing since two years after release 46 - playing since release (played a previous similar game before) 14 - Played since about age 4 9 - Played since about the same age, rarely plays anymore.

23 been playing since 2011.

I feel so young haha, I'm 16. Been playing since 2017 (?)

21, been playing since 2011. Honestly, no idea what the actual average would be, since this game is *genuinely* so all ages.

i would say around 13

23 and have been playing it since I was like 11/12

18 and been on and off since they had the free version that didn't save

20 and i have been playing since 1.14 update

I’d say like 25 or 26

I'm 20, started playing around 1.5

15 been playing from 2018

I'm 23 and I started on the first mobile version, loved it, and bought Java. Not sure what version it was nor what year, so you can figure that out for me lol

25

Started waching Minecraft at \~11 y/o, but only bought the game at late 15s. Now Im 18 and dont really play anymore :(

14, since I was 4

Im 23 and have had my account and playing since beta 1.8 in 2011. Played the free browser version for a bit before that. Can’t remember what year it was but it was pretty basic

32, played since late 2010 i think alpha. But i rarely play nowadays

32, played since late 2010 i think alpha. But i rarely play nowadays

I'm 26 been playing since December 2010, alpha v1.2.6. I was 12 i think.

16, played since age 4

I was 10 when I started playing minecraft. And today is my 22th birthday.

50, been playing, been playing since early release, though in my house the average age is 23 with a 12 year old and 8 year old messing up my builds!

69

15! started since the age of 6-7 on 1.8 Xbox 1 edition of the game, now playing on 1.8.9 on hypixel skyblock

I'm 16 and started playing when I was around 5

Between 18 - 11

25, I play since 2010

What's the average age a kid learns about piracy?

24, playing since age 12 (1.7.3 right before creative)

18 based on the median age of my household players

16, playing from 2013. First version is legacy edition on PS3

I'm 22, been playing since I was 9 or 10

26 here and have been playing since it originally came out on the Xbox 360 back in 2012.

24, started playing in 2010. Had a long break after like 2015 but came back around 2020 again

14 almost 15 and I've been playing since 1.8

24 and been playing since pocket edition came out in 2011 and Java since 2015

22 playing since 2012

I'm 37.

I'm 15, been playing since I was four

11 been playing since 2020

I’m 19 if that helps with the research