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[-] xmunk@sh.itjust.works 121 points 2 weeks 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 44 points 2 weeks 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 21 points 2 weeks ago

Don’t forget /.

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

[-] hakase@lemm.ee 11 points 2 weeks ago

39 here, exact same backstory.

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[-] Gradually_Adjusting@lemmy.world 21 points 2 weeks ago

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

[-] xmunk@sh.itjust.works 10 points 2 weeks ago

It's my usual ice breaker.

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[-] squirrel@discuss.tchncs.de 71 points 2 weeks ago

Based on this poll with 599 participants from the german !ich_iel@feddit.org 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 24 points 2 weeks ago* (last edited 2 weeks ago)

Also see stats from:

Which are pretty similar.

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[-] Today@lemmy.world 55 points 2 weeks ago

There have been several polls. We're older and more female than you think.

[-] daddy32@lemmy.world 35 points 2 weeks ago
[-] Hadriscus@lemm.ee 35 points 2 weeks ago

I've been feeling more female ever since I got here, but maybe there's no correlation

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[-] imaqtpie@sh.itjust.works 50 points 2 weeks ago* (last edited 2 weeks ago)

I would estimate

15% <25

60% 25-40

25% 40+

Y'all be showing your age sometimes 😅

[-] TexasDrunk@lemmy.world 23 points 2 weeks ago

I'm old as fuck. I definitely show my age as often as possible.

[-] ChihuahuaOfDoom@lemmy.world 20 points 2 weeks ago

I showed my age in public and now I'm on a list... I keep getting AARP mailers.

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[-] TrickDacy@lemmy.world 10 points 2 weeks ago

I'd agree with your breakdown. I'm early 40s and I feel like most people here are give or take 10 years of me

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[-] QuantumSparkles@sh.itjust.works 39 points 2 weeks ago

I’m 30, so naturally I assume everyone else is too

[-] StinkySocialist@lemmy.ml 17 points 2 weeks ago

28 and same. A lot more millennial energy here than Gen z. Honestly Lemmy feels like 2012 reddit to me so I assume it's mostly the same age group as me and a bit older. 🤷

[-] Cethin@lemmy.zip 8 points 2 weeks ago

I'm 31. From what I've seen, a large portion are around this age. I think there's very few young people.

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[-] fsr1967@lemmy.world 28 points 2 weeks ago

There's at least one 57 year old.

[-] BLAMM@lemmy.world 12 points 2 weeks ago
[-] jaggedrobotpubes@lemmy.world 15 points 2 weeks ago

Three.

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

[-] Hadriscus@lemm.ee 8 points 2 weeks ago

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

[-] Nollij@sopuli.xyz 11 points 2 weeks 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

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[-] zerozaku@lemmy.world 27 points 2 weeks ago

0-100 I believe

[-] coaxil@lemm.ee 27 points 2 weeks ago

My steam account is nearly 20, lol

[-] perviouslyiner@lemmy.world 14 points 2 weeks ago

Had the same email address for 27 years...

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[-] PeriodicallyPedantic@lemmy.ca 22 points 2 weeks ago
[-] phorq@lemmy.ml 13 points 2 weeks ago

Thanks, I almost forgot to shave 15% of my neck today!

[-] NebulaDream@reddthat.com 21 points 2 weeks ago

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

[-] johannesvanderwhales@lemmy.world 9 points 2 weeks ago* (last edited 2 weeks ago)

I posted a thing from 8 bit theater and it got a lot of upvoted. Definitely old people.

[-] Podunk@lemmy.world 11 points 2 weeks 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 12 points 2 weeks ago

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

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[-] cmoney@lemmy.world 20 points 2 weeks ago

Hi 19 I'm dad.

[-] lnxtx@feddit.nl 13 points 2 weeks ago
[-] Masta_Chief@lemmy.world 36 points 2 weeks ago

Not an expert but I believe it's because they were born 19 years ago

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[-] mayhair@discuss.tchncs.de 15 points 2 weeks ago

I'm 18 if that's any help 🙃

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[-] shalafi@lemmy.world 15 points 2 weeks 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).

[-] Libb@jlai.lu 14 points 2 weeks ago

I have no idea but I imagine most should be younger than I am (50+)

[-] Tedesche@lemmy.world 13 points 2 weeks ago

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.

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[-] SomeGuy69@lemmy.world 9 points 2 weeks ago

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

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[-] AllNewTypeFace@leminal.space 9 points 2 weeks ago

younger than on Mastodon (where it’s overwhelmingly 40+)

[-] moosetwin@lemmy.dbzer0.com 8 points 2 weeks ago
[-] 1984@lemmy.today 8 points 2 weeks ago

Around 9 years old. Could be some 11 year olds in there.

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