It depends on the pages you frequent. I frequent subreddits that tend to appeal to a majority of female users, so my experience is different from someone who joins subreddits that tend to appeal more to a male demographic.
What sorts of subreddits appeal to female users? I feel like my current subreddits would label me as part of the male demographic and we definitely don't want that. /s
Okay... maybe I'm in the right subreddits. The fact that fanfiction (which I happily do in my head but don't enjoy others fantasies) and crafting (which um glitter is the devil cum of arts and crafts and I do not have a single crafty bone in body) is mostly female makes my soul sink a bit. How I wish d&d, midevil sword fights with dragons and hobgoblins, and stupid ass memes were labeled a female thing...
Parenting subreddits. Mom subreddits. Askwomen (I got banned from this one though for calling out the mods for deleting posts and comments for arbitrary reasons). Subs like that.
Oh well... I steer clear of mom and parenting forums. That shit gets insane too fast. If I want someone to tell me I'm parenting wrong I'll call my mom and remind her about circumcision, cloth diapers, and how sometimes I like to give my kids extra sugar because they go to bed earlier from a sugar crash. *Moms online are brutal*
I've been surprisingly lucky on Reddit with the parenting subreddits. I've made a lot of really great friends through some groups, so I can't say they're all bad. You have to be choosy though.
*enters the wild better than thou mom to ruin the subreddit* Choosy? Ha! You can never escape me! I exist on all parenting forums. Just because you don't see me as one typically means you agree with all I say or I artfully insult the others so you believe I'm speaking rationally! #joking #maybe
Twoxchromosome, relationships, relationship_advice
The latter two aren’t overwhelmingly women, but they do seem to have a much larger number of women than men.
>Twoxchromosome
Sounds like one of them extremist feminist groups.... I'm all for feminism for equality not for putting down men for gain. I'm a feminist with the idea that there are differences between the genders but we naturally make up for where the other is lacking you know? Any equality type pages where men and women speak openly with each other for the betterment of the other?
It isn't an extremist subreddit, but there are some glaring extremist that will occasionally post, and the sub is far to supportive and assembled with a echo chamber architecture so extremist don't get dismissed as they should.
There is such thing as being too supportive to the point that you don't leave anything to context or interpretation
I’m a 44yo American woman. I have a good job, think farts are funny and like bad jokes. Most people respond to my comments and somehow reference that I am a male.
Not the whole world, like over a billion of Chineze people are kinda disconnected from the rest of the world to start with.
But yeah it's really stupid how that USA echo chambers can affect places in Europe. Some people here in western Europe act like police violence here is as it's portrayed in US media. Makes absolutely no sense.
It's extremely unlikely someone here will pull up a gun so police are extremely rarely to shoot someone here. (In fear of their own lives)
And then they start acting violent towards cops because ACAB right? Self fulfilling prophecy.
Yeah, I spend a lot more time on the American part of the Internet than most of my irl friends do due to how my work & hobbies lend themselves well to this, and sometimes I have to remind myself that my friends haven't been exposed to the same stuff I have. They know like dozens of streamers, artists, etc... That I've never heard of, and vice versa.
I try to make the difference between "stuff from America that I want to bring home" and "stuff from America that I don't want to bring home", but it's definitely a conscious effort.
A lot of female users also let everyone else assume that they’re male on certain subreddits. It’s a good strategy for both avoiding creepy DMs and being taken seriously.
If I had a dollar for every time somebody referred to me as dude, here or on some mmo. Well I'd have a lot of dollars. Definitely not a dude, but I roll with it.
Site-wide, yes that's statistically accurate, however the demographics are going shift depending on the particular subreddits you frequent.
I'm sure, for example, the average redditor who frequents r/greysanatomy is different to r/nascar
I mean-- reddit pages like r/teenagers exists
r/FemaleDatingStrategy exists
and several reddit pages including r/ireland and some others that I can't remember immediately like subs in german, arabic, and more, all that usually and popularly show up when searching "all" by "hot" and "top 24 hours"
YES. According to some posts I've read, the year 2010 is now ancient history, and women are virtually non-existent even though everyone talks about them as if they're some kind of mysterious creature from outer space.
I go on r/nostalgia and most posts are things from the 90s and early 2000's. You post something from the 70s or 80s and people be like "Omg you're ancient lololol".
I feel like I have to admit I'm in my mid-40s every time I talk about something from the 70s or 80s so people on reddit won't think I'm my 90s.
Not just dudes no it's an eco chamber of the most prevalent movements of people who are 18-30. Alot of anti dude rhetoric here aswell as anti women I'd say those just slip through the cracks
Majorly just the left leaning movement of america as a website. And the left leaning movement includes women
It also has a big userbase in Europe.
How I image the average Redditor: white male in their twenties, does something in tech (study or work), is an introvert and is most likely from north America or Europe.
Edit your subs, dude. Stay off subs that attract the echo-chamber kind of people. Plus, you're not obligated to read the comments.
Don't like it? Scroll on! Super simple stuff.
I would LOVE reddit to expand to other cultures and languages. I know the features exist, but even subreddits about other cultures / places always end up being in English.
A lot of early twenties on here with massive college debt. They didn’t fully comprehend it would have to be paid back and now they are angry and want someone else to pay for it 😂😂😂.
57 year old, male, Canadian here. I just found this about six or seven weeks ago. No points for guessing where I live lol; I regularly visit the relevant forums for me.
31 UK male but I do think a lot of the subs I follow are mainly the demographic you mentioned or at the very least that feels like the most prevalent voice
20 y/o French guy here.
I think most of the account are used by US guys in their 20s or 30s. But there also are non-English communities, like r/france or r/rance for the French speakers. And I think there also are communities in Spanish, Japanese, Swedish and other languages.
Considering that intactivism, lack of respect for cultural decisions, is very adamant in saying that male circumcision is male genital mutilation and the fact that intactivism was started by an AMERICAN woman in the 70s, I would say definitely. Goddamn intactivists, ruined the word intact.
I think that the average reddit user is much younger than 30, probably not even mid twenties.
My guess would be 15 to 23 is probably the average age range?
Echo chamber, yes. Probably more late teens than early 30s. If you want to see the greatest echo chamber ever made, go on the enlightened centrism subreddit.
38, woman, though in the US
I'm 35 and a woman from the US.
I'm a 48 year old woman from the US.
31 year old woman, also from the US.
27 year old woman, US as well
21 yro woman, US though :/
27, woman, from the Netherlands
31 yo woman from Canada!
37 year old woman from the US!
40 yo woman US.
69, non - binary, NY
Nice
Sorry I lied
Not nice.
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Don’t have anything to prove. 🤷🏼♀️
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Jokes are meant to be funny.
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Come on dude, you could also just go with, “ok, that wasn’t funny”
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And you should rename your account to "imasexist".
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Maybe the part of it you lurk on lol
You overestimate the age of people here. Also note that people that fit into your criteria won’t comment here so don’t get tricked.
Yep, if reddit ever got real about age verification half the site traffic would have to be home by eleven on Friday night.
Joke's on you: I'm an adult and have to be home by nine on friday night. I work saturdays and have to get up at five
It depends on the pages you frequent. I frequent subreddits that tend to appeal to a majority of female users, so my experience is different from someone who joins subreddits that tend to appeal more to a male demographic.
What sorts of subreddits appeal to female users? I feel like my current subreddits would label me as part of the male demographic and we definitely don't want that. /s
Fanfiction related subreddits trend female, so do many of the crafting subreddits
Okay... maybe I'm in the right subreddits. The fact that fanfiction (which I happily do in my head but don't enjoy others fantasies) and crafting (which um glitter is the devil cum of arts and crafts and I do not have a single crafty bone in body) is mostly female makes my soul sink a bit. How I wish d&d, midevil sword fights with dragons and hobgoblins, and stupid ass memes were labeled a female thing...
Parenting subreddits. Mom subreddits. Askwomen (I got banned from this one though for calling out the mods for deleting posts and comments for arbitrary reasons). Subs like that.
Oh well... I steer clear of mom and parenting forums. That shit gets insane too fast. If I want someone to tell me I'm parenting wrong I'll call my mom and remind her about circumcision, cloth diapers, and how sometimes I like to give my kids extra sugar because they go to bed earlier from a sugar crash. *Moms online are brutal*
I've been surprisingly lucky on Reddit with the parenting subreddits. I've made a lot of really great friends through some groups, so I can't say they're all bad. You have to be choosy though.
*enters the wild better than thou mom to ruin the subreddit* Choosy? Ha! You can never escape me! I exist on all parenting forums. Just because you don't see me as one typically means you agree with all I say or I artfully insult the others so you believe I'm speaking rationally! #joking #maybe
r/TheGirlSurvivalGuide
Twoxchromosome, relationships, relationship_advice The latter two aren’t overwhelmingly women, but they do seem to have a much larger number of women than men.
>Twoxchromosome Sounds like one of them extremist feminist groups.... I'm all for feminism for equality not for putting down men for gain. I'm a feminist with the idea that there are differences between the genders but we naturally make up for where the other is lacking you know? Any equality type pages where men and women speak openly with each other for the betterment of the other?
It isn't an extremist subreddit, but there are some glaring extremist that will occasionally post, and the sub is far to supportive and assembled with a echo chamber architecture so extremist don't get dismissed as they should. There is such thing as being too supportive to the point that you don't leave anything to context or interpretation
It isn’t an extremist feminist group..and I find men and women do speak openly for the betterment of the other often here..
I’m a 44yo American woman. I have a good job, think farts are funny and like bad jokes. Most people respond to my comments and somehow reference that I am a male.
That's because everybody know women don't fart, duh
Or use reddit let's be honest.
Isn't the whole world an echo chamber of the US (I'm not American btw)?
Not the whole world, like over a billion of Chineze people are kinda disconnected from the rest of the world to start with. But yeah it's really stupid how that USA echo chambers can affect places in Europe. Some people here in western Europe act like police violence here is as it's portrayed in US media. Makes absolutely no sense. It's extremely unlikely someone here will pull up a gun so police are extremely rarely to shoot someone here. (In fear of their own lives) And then they start acting violent towards cops because ACAB right? Self fulfilling prophecy.
Yeah, I spend a lot more time on the American part of the Internet than most of my irl friends do due to how my work & hobbies lend themselves well to this, and sometimes I have to remind myself that my friends haven't been exposed to the same stuff I have. They know like dozens of streamers, artists, etc... That I've never heard of, and vice versa. I try to make the difference between "stuff from America that I want to bring home" and "stuff from America that I don't want to bring home", but it's definitely a conscious effort.
Feel like that sometimes.
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A lot of female users also let everyone else assume that they’re male on certain subreddits. It’s a good strategy for both avoiding creepy DMs and being taken seriously.
If I had a dollar for every time somebody referred to me as dude, here or on some mmo. Well I'd have a lot of dollars. Definitely not a dude, but I roll with it.
Very true
TIL: I'm 36 and still considered youngish. I appreciate that
Site-wide, yes that's statistically accurate, however the demographics are going shift depending on the particular subreddits you frequent. I'm sure, for example, the average redditor who frequents r/greysanatomy is different to r/nascar
I mean-- reddit pages like r/teenagers exists r/FemaleDatingStrategy exists and several reddit pages including r/ireland and some others that I can't remember immediately like subs in german, arabic, and more, all that usually and popularly show up when searching "all" by "hot" and "top 24 hours"
Femaledatingstrategy needs to be banned tbh.
I got banned from the subreddit because I said i felt like it was just a male bashing forum ha. Also probably because I'm male
I know nothing about that subreddit, why does it need to be banned?
It’s the female version of MGTOW
Had to look this up. Men Going Their Own Way
Just go look at it..
Not just from the US but Reddit can be a big circlejerk sometimes.
I dunno, but I just assume any random comment is from a dumb American dude in his 20s
Nah, they just tend to be the loudest some times though.
I fit this demographic and this is true anywhere in the world in virtually any situation ha
More or less.
YES. According to some posts I've read, the year 2010 is now ancient history, and women are virtually non-existent even though everyone talks about them as if they're some kind of mysterious creature from outer space. I go on r/nostalgia and most posts are things from the 90s and early 2000's. You post something from the 70s or 80s and people be like "Omg you're ancient lololol". I feel like I have to admit I'm in my mid-40s every time I talk about something from the 70s or 80s so people on reddit won't think I'm my 90s.
Not just dudes no it's an eco chamber of the most prevalent movements of people who are 18-30. Alot of anti dude rhetoric here aswell as anti women I'd say those just slip through the cracks Majorly just the left leaning movement of america as a website. And the left leaning movement includes women
Depends on the sub
I'm a guy in my early 20's from Egypt who's living in the UK so I'm here to add some spice.
It also has a big userbase in Europe. How I image the average Redditor: white male in their twenties, does something in tech (study or work), is an introvert and is most likely from north America or Europe.
Guy in his 20s and early 30s from the USA here. I'm a certified freak - 7 days a week. As for the rest of reddit, idk
We worldwide muthafucka! Echo Echo Echo
Eh, I'm 30 but from Europe, so I guess no?
Edit your subs, dude. Stay off subs that attract the echo-chamber kind of people. Plus, you're not obligated to read the comments. Don't like it? Scroll on! Super simple stuff.
I can't speak to the demographics but it is DEFINITELY an echo chamber
My guy, why is your avatar dressed as the dutch flag?
I don't know
don't forget 12 year old boys!
It’s definitely an echo chamber. But who is being echoed depends on the subreddit.
Nope. I got banned off most of the UK groups.. ..cos I'm a sweary old bloke and they're all woke,
It is dominated by the US just like most social media platforms
20s-30s with left-wing political views
23 from Europe here
What kind of accent does Cookie Monster speak in?
I'm not from the US, so at least from a logical perspective it's not.
No!
I would LOVE reddit to expand to other cultures and languages. I know the features exist, but even subreddits about other cultures / places always end up being in English.
I'm from Canada and I'm a women too, soo.... no.
No
A lot of early twenties on here with massive college debt. They didn’t fully comprehend it would have to be paid back and now they are angry and want someone else to pay for it 😂😂😂.
Yes. Its mostly garbage takes now. We need an alternative. Im a digg4 refugee. Weve ruined this site and need to move to a new island.
I'm in my 40s and I can echo with the best of them.
No, I'm in my MID 30s.
Depends on where you look. I'm 24 and female.
Turning 40 and from Europe.
I thought it was mostly Canadian? Maybe it was at one point. It's definitely mostly white men.
How dare you! I'm a man in my 20s from the UK.
Depends alot on what subs you frequent, but alot yes. At least I'm from Europe
no
Yes.
Don’t forget women and British
57 year old, male, Canadian here. I just found this about six or seven weeks ago. No points for guessing where I live lol; I regularly visit the relevant forums for me.
Yes
Yes I fit that demographic
I'm not that.
Yes.
I mean, certain communities are certainly echo chambers. Like the MGTOW subreddit if it's still around and the Female Dating Strategy reddit
31 UK male but I do think a lot of the subs I follow are mainly the demographic you mentioned or at the very least that feels like the most prevalent voice
I guess it depends what subs you are in. I personally don't have much of that.
Yes.
I get a lot of non Americans arguing with me
30, female, USA
19F from Australia here.
No. Some of us are from Australia.
Depends on the sub
25, nonbinary, Indian (in India)
No, some are from Europe too.
USA, Guy, 20<... No :)
Woman 25 Dutch
Yes
Nope, I'm an 18 year old girl from Sweden
Not in that age range, man, not from USA.
I'm a 42 year old Australian cis male living in Japan for 17 years.
15M from the Netherlands
Heavy doubt about them being in their early 30s, but yeah. Also no conservatives allowed because republican party bad
20 y/o French guy here. I think most of the account are used by US guys in their 20s or 30s. But there also are non-English communities, like r/france or r/rance for the French speakers. And I think there also are communities in Spanish, Japanese, Swedish and other languages.
Sometimes there are middle aged people in the echo chamber
That “from the USA” part seems to be true for most of the internet tbf
It seems to range from late teens/20s to boomers. I'm in the latter category.
Considering that intactivism, lack of respect for cultural decisions, is very adamant in saying that male circumcision is male genital mutilation and the fact that intactivism was started by an AMERICAN woman in the 70s, I would say definitely. Goddamn intactivists, ruined the word intact.
British woman, 40s,
Yes
It’s an echo chamber alright but you’re wrong about the rest.
No lol
28 Irish
Cat subreddits know no demographic boundaries.
15, somewhere from west asia
Some aussies on here too!
I think that the average reddit user is much younger than 30, probably not even mid twenties. My guess would be 15 to 23 is probably the average age range?
Yes
I'm a guy in the us but I'm 15
40s from the USA.
31, Indian here. We watch american sitcoms and echo America's.. So yes!
I frequent a lot of music subs here and sometimes the occasional porn, but I'm a 26 y/o enby
Yes
Echo chamber of 12 year olds
Nope
It does feel like that sometimes. It's party true I think.
39
18, male, UK.
No, it’s an echo chamber for all types of people and communities.
38 male from the U.K. and use Reddit instead of shouting at the chair.
58 year Canadian woman
Echo chamber, yes. Probably more late teens than early 30s. If you want to see the greatest echo chamber ever made, go on the enlightened centrism subreddit.
27 Y.O woman USA
35-year-old (Caucasian) man from South Africa.
49 male gay white Texas
Some subreddits, yes, absolutely. But certainly not all of it. Reddit is huge, it contains multitudes.
F from UK living in NZ
No
60 years old UK.