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[–] xmunk@sh.itjust.works 120 points 4 days ago (3 children)

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 4 days ago (3 children)

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 4 days ago

Don’t forget /.

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

[–] hakase@lemm.ee 11 points 4 days ago (2 children)

39 here, exact same backstory.

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[–] Gradually_Adjusting@lemmy.world 21 points 4 days ago (1 children)

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

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[–] DragonsInARoom@lemmy.world 2 points 2 days ago
[–] Today@lemmy.world 55 points 4 days ago (4 children)

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

[–] daddy32@lemmy.world 35 points 4 days ago (2 children)
[–] Hadriscus@lemm.ee 34 points 4 days ago

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

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[–] NebulaDream@reddthat.com 20 points 3 days ago (7 children)

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

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[–] squirrel@discuss.tchncs.de 70 points 4 days ago (5 children)

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 23 points 4 days ago* (last edited 4 days ago)

Also see stats from:

Which are pretty similar.

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[–] QuantumSparkles@sh.itjust.works 39 points 4 days ago (4 children)

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

[–] StinkySocialist@lemmy.ml 17 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 (2 children)

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 (1 children)

I think of 31 as pretty young.

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[–] imaqtpie@sh.itjust.works 50 points 4 days ago* (last edited 4 days ago) (4 children)

I would estimate

15% <25

60% 25-40

25% 40+

Y'all be showing your age sometimes 😅

[–] TexasDrunk@lemmy.world 23 points 4 days ago (1 children)

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

[–] ChihuahuaOfDoom@lemmy.world 20 points 4 days ago (1 children)

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

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[–] SpaceNoodle@lemmy.world 19 points 4 days ago (1 children)
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[–] TrickDacy@lemmy.world 10 points 4 days 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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[–] PeriodicallyPedantic@lemmy.ca 22 points 4 days ago (1 children)
[–] phorq@lemmy.ml 13 points 3 days ago

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

[–] zerozaku@lemmy.world 27 points 4 days ago

0-100 I believe

[–] fsr1967@lemmy.world 28 points 4 days ago (1 children)

There's at least one 57 year old.

[–] BLAMM@lemmy.world 12 points 4 days ago (1 children)
[–] jaggedrobotpubes@lemmy.world 14 points 4 days ago (1 children)

Three.

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

[–] Hadriscus@lemm.ee 8 points 4 days ago (1 children)

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

[–] Nollij@sopuli.xyz 11 points 3 days ago (1 children)

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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[–] coaxil@lemm.ee 27 points 4 days ago (2 children)

My steam account is nearly 20, lol

[–] perviouslyiner@lemmy.world 14 points 4 days ago (1 children)

Had the same email address for 27 years...

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[–] LovableSidekick@lemmy.world 8 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.

[–] shalafi@lemmy.world 15 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).

[–] mitexleo@buddyverse.one 18 points 4 days ago (5 children)
[–] cmoney@lemmy.world 20 points 4 days ago

Hi 19 I'm dad.

[–] lnxtx@feddit.nl 13 points 4 days ago (1 children)
[–] Masta_Chief@lemmy.world 35 points 4 days ago (1 children)

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

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[–] linearchaos@lemmy.world 6 points 3 days ago

I have a 5 digit slashdot id.

[–] mayhair@discuss.tchncs.de 15 points 4 days ago (1 children)

I'm 18 if that's any help 🙃

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[–] Libb@jlai.lu 14 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 (2 children)

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

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