Age Distribution of YWSers

Nate · 2014-01-17T08:46:37Z

It's been a while since I checked the age distribution of YWSers. The last time I did this was probably back in 2010, and if I remember correctly, the average birth year was 1994. So, I went through and checked it again. To do this, I took the provided birthdays of YWSers who have logged in at least once since December 1, 2013. This netted nearly 2,000 total YWSers, but a lot of people never fill out their birthday field. After excluding these people as well as obviously fake birthdays (e.g., born in 1913), I ended up with 1,230 birthdays. After all was said and done... the average birth year is 1995. However, the median birth year is 1996 with slightly more than half of all YWSers being born in 1996 or afterwards. The most common birth year was also 1996. Overall, 55 active users were born in the 1980s, and 68 active users were born in 2000 or later. The rest were born in the 1990s. Here's an age distribution graph: http://www.youngwriterssociety.com/Nate/ages.jpg And the data: http://www.youngwriterssociety.com/Nate/agesdata.jpg Interestingly, this means that whereas the average YWSer was 16-17 years old in 2010, the average YWSer is now 17-18 years old. So, the community is greying! Just a little though. Hope you all find this of mild interest!

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Sat Jan 18, 2014 11:52 pm

horrendous says... · Sat Jan 18, 2014 11:52 pm

Shadowlight wrote:Holy smokes I'm old..... I'm a Geriatric YWSer XD

Representing 1990!

'90 here too. you and i rule over these milk drinkers.

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Sun Jan 19, 2014 3:17 pm

ERZA says... · Sun Jan 19, 2014 3:17 pm

Imma '98 Baby ^^

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Sun Jan 19, 2014 3:23 pm

Ardor says... · Sun Jan 19, 2014 3:23 pm

1996. Brap brap.

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Sun Jan 19, 2014 4:20 pm

TaciturnPhantom says... · Sun Jan 19, 2014 4:20 pm

1997

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Sun Jan 19, 2014 4:53 pm

Rook says... · Sun Jan 19, 2014 4:53 pm

♫ It's the year of the tiger
It's the thrill of the fight
Rising up to the challenge of our rival
And the last known survivor
Stalks his prey in the night
And he's watching us all with the yeaaarrrr of the tiger♪
Yay '98!
(still feel really young though.

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Sun Jan 19, 2014 6:39 pm

Messenger says... · Sun Jan 19, 2014 6:39 pm

Yes! All these '98ers! @Fortis, @ERZA

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Mon Jan 20, 2014 6:56 am

BadNarrator says... · Mon Jan 20, 2014 6:56 am

Shadowlight wrote:Holy smokes I'm old..... I'm a Geriatric YWSer XD

Representing 1990!

you young whippersnappers don't know the meaning of old!

any other dinosaurs born in '89?

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Fri Jan 24, 2014 6:33 am

Aley says... · Fri Jan 24, 2014 6:33 am

horrendous wrote:
Shadowlight wrote:Holy smokes I'm old..... I'm a Geriatric YWSer XD

Representing 1990!

'90 here too. you and i rule over these milk drinkers.

*High Fives 1990's people*

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Sun Jan 26, 2014 6:11 pm

SetSytes says... · Sun Jan 26, 2014 6:11 pm

1998. I didn't know everyone would be so young

I suppose the title of the site was a bit of a giveaway. Bah.

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Mon Jan 27, 2014 7:05 pm

Meshugenah says... · Mon Jan 27, 2014 7:05 pm

BadNarrator wrote:
Shadowlight wrote:Holy smokes I'm old..... I'm a Geriatric YWSer XD

Representing 1990!

you young whippersnappers don't know the meaning of old!

any other dinosaurs born in '89?

Meeeee! (I'm also a YWS dinosaur. Yep)

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