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[-] xmunk@sh.itjust.works 108 points 4 days 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 39 points 4 days 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 18 points 4 days ago

Don’t forget /.

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

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[-] Gradually_Adjusting@lemmy.world 18 points 4 days ago

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

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[-] Today@lemmy.world 49 points 4 days ago

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

[-] daddy32@lemmy.world 30 points 4 days ago
[-] Hadriscus@lemm.ee 30 points 4 days ago

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

[-] Smoogs@lemmy.world 3 points 3 days ago

FEEEEMALE.

uh huh. That’s absolutely how women refer to themselves.

[-] squirrel@discuss.tchncs.de 65 points 4 days 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 20 points 4 days ago* (last edited 4 days ago)

Also see stats from:

Which are pretty similar.

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[-] NebulaDream@reddthat.com 17 points 3 days ago

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

[-] johannesvanderwhales@lemmy.world 7 points 3 days ago* (last edited 3 days ago)

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

[-] Podunk@lemmy.world 9 points 3 days 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 9 points 3 days ago

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

[-] piecat@lemmy.world 4 points 3 days ago

And digg. And reddit. And myspace.

[-] DragonTypeWyvern@midwest.social 3 points 3 days ago

You're not old unless you have knee pain.

How them knees feeling, Lemmy?

One of mine kind of sucks.

[-] Aksamit@slrpnk.net 2 points 3 days ago

I stacked it on the kerb coming back from the shop the other day and both my knees are now bruised to fuck and have started creaking when I go to stand up. It's taken my all not to refer to the incident as my having 'had a fall' too, for some reason.

I was hoping to at least get past my (current) mid thirties before the knee pain and geriatric language started creeping in.

[-] QuantumSparkles@sh.itjust.works 36 points 4 days ago

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

[-] StinkySocialist@lemmy.ml 16 points 4 days 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 3 days ago

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

[-] RBWells@lemmy.world 8 points 3 days ago

I think of 31 as pretty young.

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[-] phorq@lemmy.ml 10 points 3 days ago

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

[-] imaqtpie@sh.itjust.works 44 points 4 days ago* (last edited 4 days ago)

I would estimate

15% <25

60% 25-40

25% 40+

Y'all be showing your age sometimes 😅

[-] TexasDrunk@lemmy.world 21 points 4 days ago

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

[-] ChihuahuaOfDoom@lemmy.world 18 points 4 days ago

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

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[-] zerozaku@lemmy.world 26 points 4 days ago

0-100 I believe

[-] fsr1967@lemmy.world 26 points 4 days ago

There's at least one 57 year old.

[-] BLAMM@lemmy.world 10 points 4 days ago
[-] jaggedrobotpubes@lemmy.world 12 points 4 days ago

Three.

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

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[-] SomeGuy69@lemmy.world 6 points 3 days ago

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

[-] Tedesche@lemmy.world 9 points 3 days 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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[-] coaxil@lemm.ee 23 points 4 days ago

My steam account is nearly 20, lol

[-] perviouslyiner@lemmy.world 11 points 4 days ago

Had the same email address for 27 years...

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[-] shalafi@lemmy.world 14 points 4 days 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).

[-] LovableSidekick@lemmy.world 6 points 3 days ago* (last edited 3 days ago)

Reassessing after this week's events, most of the users I would have previously guessed were high school sophomores are probably adult Americans.

[-] mitexleo@buddyverse.one 17 points 4 days ago
[-] cmoney@lemmy.world 18 points 4 days ago

Hi 19 I'm dad.

[-] lnxtx@feddit.nl 12 points 4 days ago
[-] Masta_Chief@lemmy.world 32 points 4 days ago

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

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[-] mayhair@discuss.tchncs.de 13 points 4 days ago

I'm 18 if that's any help 🙃

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[-] Libb@jlai.lu 13 points 4 days ago

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

[-] 1984@lemmy.today 8 points 4 days ago

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

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[-] linearchaos@lemmy.world 5 points 3 days ago

I have a 5 digit slashdot id.

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