Interesting Anandtech demographic statistics..

Syringer

Lifer
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From a reputable internet ratings site..with over 4300 categories here for people who visit the main site.

The index is based on a 100 index in comparison to all internet users of 18+, so 100 would be average, 200 would mean twice the average, 400 4x the average etc:

White 92
Hispanic 137
African-American/Black 113
Asian 389

High School Grad or Less 25
High School Graduate 24
Some College/Trade/Technical/Vocational Training 121
College Grad 103
Post Grad 118
Any College 120
College Grad/Post Grad 110

Conservative/Very Conservative (political leaning) ? 116
Moderate (political leaning) ? 75
Liberal/Very Liberal (political leaning) ? 103

Acura ? 103
Audi ? 55
BMW ? 245
Cadillac ? 23
Chevrolet ? 74
Chrysler ? 81
Dodge ? 144
Ford ? 63

Domestic Vehicle ? 80
Asian Vehicle ? 131
European Vehicle ? 130

Adult Entertainment (paid subscription) 248
Victoria's Secret (p/in-store/30 days) ? 81

Categories we were low on..

Any AOL/Netscape/Compuserve (primary search) 17
Yahoo! (primary search) 18 (Google was 179)
Female 22 (Male 205)
Homosexual/Bisexual ? 27

And the highest..

Maximum PC (magazine, last 30 days) ? 2797
RSS Feeder or Stand-Alone Application - Read/Set up (Yesterday) 1864
RSS - Read/Set up a Feeder or Stand-Alone App (last 30 days) 1678
eWeek (magazine, last 30 days) ? 1563
Computer Gaming World (magazine, last 30 days) ? 1476
 

Vortex22

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Hmm very interesting. Where did you get these numbers? Or is it something you have to pay for?
 

Quasmo

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I think these statistics are about as made up as a circular burger at Wendy's
 
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Originally posted by: Syringer
Conservative/Very Conservative (political leaning) ? 116
Moderate (political leaning) ? 75
Liberal/Very Liberal (political leaning) ? 103

You'd have had a chance if you'd have left that out.

SHEEEEENNNNNSSSS!!!!!!
 

Syringer

Lifer
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Originally posted by: Vortex22
Hmm very interesting. Where did you get these numbers? Or is it something you have to pay for?

Yes, so let's keep it on the downlow :)

Originally posted by: HeroOfPellinor
Originally posted by: Syringer
Conservative/Very Conservative (political leaning) ? 116
Moderate (political leaning) ? 75
Liberal/Very Liberal (political leaning) ? 103

You'd have had a chance if you'd have left that out.

SHEEEEENNNNNSSSS!!!!!!

Forumers != people who read the main site

Though more importantly the way this survey was done, it tends to attract more conservative types.
 

AStar617

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Sep 29, 2002
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Originally posted by: Quasmo
I think these statistics are about as made up as a circular burger at Wendy's

QFT. I don't remember filling out any poll on this...

Remember the old saying, kids--lies, damn lies, and... :)
 

imported_bum

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Originally posted by: SmoochyTX
More people own Beemers here than other major makes? Gimme a break. :roll:

I think it means an anandtech visitor is more likely to have a BMW than the average internet user.
 

Syringer

Lifer
Aug 2, 2001
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Originally posted by: AStar617
Originally posted by: Quasmo
I think these statistics are about as made up as a circular burger at Wendy's

QFT. I don't remember filling out any poll on this...

Remember the old saying, kids--lies, damn lies, and... :)

Think of how TV ratings work, you're not officially counted in what shows you watch but magically they're able to generalize all of the world's patterns.
 

SmoochyTX

Lifer
Apr 19, 2003
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Originally posted by: bum
Originally posted by: SmoochyTX
More people own Beemers here than other major makes? Gimme a break. :roll:

I think it means an anandtech visitor is more likely to have a BMW than the average internet user.
Still :roll:
 

SVT Cobra

Lifer
Mar 29, 2005
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So then they lied and said they had BMW's. Sorry.

Also why are you not revealing the source?
 

pontifex

Lifer
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Originally posted by: bum
Originally posted by: SmoochyTX
More people own Beemers here than other major makes? Gimme a break. :roll:

I think it means an anandtech visitor is more likely to have a BMW than the average internet user.

well duh, look at the forums. every member here is rich beyond belief, extremely attractive, and smarter than everyone else.
 

ElFenix

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Mar 20, 2000
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is this for anandtech.com or for forums.anandtech.com? and what is their methodology?
 

91TTZ

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Originally posted by: SmoochyTX
More people own Beemers here than other major makes? Gimme a break. :roll:


Learn how to read the statistics.

Grrr! :|
 

Syringer

Lifer
Aug 2, 2001
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Originally posted by: ElFenix
is this for anandtech.com or for forums.anandtech.com? and what is their methodology?

Anandtech.com, and think of TV ratings in terms of methodology..
 

SmoochyTX

Lifer
Apr 19, 2003
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Originally posted by: 91TTZ
Originally posted by: SmoochyTX
More people own Beemers here than other major makes? Gimme a break. :roll:


Learn how to read the statistics.

Grrr! :|
Calm the eff down. It'll be OK. *pats 91TTZ on the head*