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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Wed Jan 29, 2014 6:36 pm

indieeloise says... · Wed Jan 29, 2014 6:36 pm

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Wed Jan 29, 2014 6:46 pm

Morrigan says... · Wed Jan 29, 2014 6:46 pm

all y'all are babies

nah, i'm just ancient

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Wed Jan 29, 2014 9:02 pm

ongoeslife says... · Wed Jan 29, 2014 9:02 pm

*swoons* Nate spoke to me! :O (Kidding...)

I realize, though, that the data wouldn't be perfectly accurate. For example, I had to create a new profile, which is why it doesn't say that I joined in 2007 (though there are about 6 people on here who could verify that I did).

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Wed Jan 29, 2014 9:41 pm

pony123 says... · Wed Jan 29, 2014 9:41 pm

I'm like a baby on here. 2001:(

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Thu Jan 30, 2014 1:09 am

kat13254 says... · Thu Jan 30, 2014 1:09 am

I'm 11 also known as 2002.

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Thu Jan 30, 2014 4:23 pm

Deadman says... · Thu Jan 30, 2014 4:23 pm

1996 is representing! Can anyone believe I've survived two apocalypses? #Y2K #2012

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