These numbers have likely shifted a bit since the data was gathered in 2016 regardless, they hold true for our point today. In the United States, age groups of adults follow a relatively balanced distribution, with 22 percent of the adult population made up of 18-29 year old, 34 percent in the 30-49 age range, 25 percent in the 50-64 range, and only 19 percent of adults above the age of 65. Pew also found that people who use Reddit as their main source of news skew even more male, reaching as high as 71 percent. Regardless, it’s safe to assume that the majority of users on Reddit are male, and though both of those statistics use the United States as their polling place, it’s likely similar throughout the rest of the world. Reports in September of 2017 made by Statistica found that percentage difference may be as high as 69 percent male, as opposed to the 67 percent Pew Research found. Pew Research’s 2016 poll found that, though the United States is split 49 percent male to 51 percent female, over two-thirds of Reddit users in the United States skewed male.
In a recent 2019 survey by Statista, it was found that 22 percent of internet users aged 18 to 29 years and 14 percent of users aged 30 to 49 years use Reddit. This might not surprise readers who are familiar with the site, but the basic takeaway for both age and gender is simple: the biggest part of Reddit’s audience skews young and male. The sources we used for this information is posted at the bottom of this article, but basically, we’ve pulled information and statistics from a number of polls and outside research. It does mean, however, that tracking basic details about Reddit’s users and their characteristics has to be done through outside research. In a way, that’s a good thing-it helps to keep Reddit separate from the rest of your social life online, and that anonymity is necessary for online safety.
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