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I'm not so sure. Reddit skews young, yet the narrative there is that TikTok and the Chinese gov are just shy of evil. The iOS clipboard bug in particular has st

by jml7c5 6y ago

I'm not so sure. Reddit skews young, yet the narrative there is that TikTok and the Chinese gov are just shy of evil. The iOS clipboard bug in particular has startled reddit into a wave of self-reinforcing "TikTok is spyware" stories and comments. A story like this one just reinforces that narrative, and I'm not sure there's any way TikTok is coming back from it.

catalogia 6y ago
I'd guesstimate the average redditor is somewhere in their late 20s to mid 30s. Compared to Congress, that's certainly young. But that's about twice the age of what I imagine the average tiktok user to be (teens.)
- reaperducer 6y ago
  The local TV news uses TikTok and mentions it regularly. Not exactly a teen-age audience.
  - chillacy 6y ago
    > TikTok has a reputation for being popular with teens. And it is: 27% of its users are between 13-17 years old. But internal data from March 2019 shows that its largest age demographic (42%) is the young adult crowd. https://blog.hootsuite.com/tiktok-stats/#:~:text=TikTok%20has%20a%20reputation%20for,of%20the%20app's%20user%20base https://blog.hootsuite.com/tiktok-stats/#:~:text=TikTok%20ha.... It looks like the median user is 18-24... but that's still quite young compared to "tv news" watcher where the median age is around 60. https://capitolcommunicator.com/nielsen-provides-data-on-median-age-of-typical-cable-news-viewer/ https://capitolcommunicator.com/nielsen-provides-data-on-med...
- seneca 6y ago
  Anecdote: every adult I knew that used Reddit, save two, has moved on. Most children under 12 I'm familiar with use Reddit.
- jml7c5 6y ago
  You may be right about reddit. The only decent source I can find is https://civicscience.com/nearly-4-in-10-americans-under-35-say-theyre-reddit-users/ https://civicscience.com/nearly-4-in-10-americans-under-35-s... , but it agrees with your estimate.

by jml7c5 6y ago

catalogia 6y ago

I'd guesstimate the average redditor is somewhere in their late 20s to mid 30s. Compared to Congress, that's certainly young. But that's about twice the age of what I imagine the average tiktok user to be (teens.)

reaperducer 6y ago
The local TV news uses TikTok and mentions it regularly. Not exactly a teen-age audience.
- chillacy 6y ago
  > TikTok has a reputation for being popular with teens. And it is: 27% of its users are between 13-17 years old. But internal data from March 2019 shows that its largest age demographic (42%) is the young adult crowd. https://blog.hootsuite.com/tiktok-stats/#:~:text=TikTok%20has%20a%20reputation%20for,of%20the%20app's%20user%20base https://blog.hootsuite.com/tiktok-stats/#:~:text=TikTok%20ha.... It looks like the median user is 18-24... but that's still quite young compared to "tv news" watcher where the median age is around 60. https://capitolcommunicator.com/nielsen-provides-data-on-median-age-of-typical-cable-news-viewer/ https://capitolcommunicator.com/nielsen-provides-data-on-med...
seneca 6y ago
Anecdote: every adult I knew that used Reddit, save two, has moved on. Most children under 12 I'm familiar with use Reddit.
jml7c5 6y ago
You may be right about reddit. The only decent source I can find is https://civicscience.com/nearly-4-in-10-americans-under-35-say-theyre-reddit-users/ https://civicscience.com/nearly-4-in-10-americans-under-35-s... , but it agrees with your estimate.