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Twitch and Reddit being that low is unexpected to me, given those platforms are filled with teenagers. I suppose they are not representative of the teen populat

Twitch and Reddit being that low is unexpected to me, given those platforms are filled with teenagers. I suppose they are not representative of the teen population.

epolanski 4y ago
Twitch has niche-r demographics: - predominantly male, thus you're already capped at more or less 50% - predominantly gamer, thus you already have to cut that 50% by some more - predominantly PC gamer (good reduction in demographics) - of those games, it's mostly competitive online games (yet another reduction in demographics) - speaks the same language and can comprehend his favorite streamer (a huge reduction in demographics) - will choose to watch a longer, unformatted content of his favorite streamer playing his favorite game over watching the same content, edit, with highlights, etc on his Youtube channel Twitch's greatness isn't that 27% is quite a striking number, but it's revenue per user I believe is quite higher than any other social out there.
theoldlove 4y ago
10 years ago Reddit felt like it was full of teens, but today to me it feels like a bunch of twenty somethings (or older). The thing about teens is that they age out of being teens pretty fast.
- rchaud 4y ago
  I came to the opposite conclusion. 10 years ago, I was in my 20s and Reddit seemed like it was mostly college-aged people. These days I can tell from the comments that people on Reddit skew a lot younger. One quick proxy for age on Reddit is to see how many people are using the official app instead of the third-party, ad-free ones that came first, usually more than a decade ago.
  - dagw 4y ago
    One quick proxy for age on Reddit is to see how many people are using the official app instead of the third-party Are teenagers more or less likely to use the official app do you think?
    - rchaud 4y ago
      I'd say they're more likely to use the official app, as that is what is advertised when people land on Reddit on mobile browsers. The unofficial API-based apps also don't have a lot of the "features" of the official app like paid skins/avatars, live streaming and others. The younger gen seems to have adopted these more than the older gen, which consider it a tacked-on thing that doesn't really improve Reddit.
  - hammyhavoc 4y ago
    It obviously depends on the subs you frequent. If you frequent subs aimed at intellectual discourse and productive output rather than fandoms or pop culture, of course you're going to get an older crowd. You visit the sub for a specific YouTuber or Twitch streamer, or even a modern and relatively recently released video game, they're going to skew teenage.
  - decafninja 4y ago
    Interesting. I remember being disappointed 10 years ago at the immaturity of many discussions on Reddit. Even discussions that were supposed to be serious were riddled with and interrupted by someone going "your mom!", which would then be driven off topic with further discussions about everyone's moms. I don't see that happening as much anymore.
dagw 4y ago
Certainly among my teenage daughter and her friends, implying that someone is active on Reddit is used as an insult. Being on Reddit is even less cool than being on Facebook.

Twitch and Reddit being that low is unexpected to me, given those platforms are filled with teenagers. I suppose they are not representative of the teen population.

epolanski 4y ago

Twitch has niche-r demographics: - predominantly male, thus you're already capped at more or less 50% - predominantly gamer, thus you already have to cut that 50% by some more - predominantly PC gamer (good reduction in demographics) - of those games, it's mostly competitive online games (yet another reduction in demographics) - speaks the same language and can comprehend his favorite streamer (a huge reduction in demographics) - will choose to watch a longer, unformatted content of his favorite streamer playing his favorite game over watching the same content, edit, with highlights, etc on his Youtube channel Twitch's greatness isn't that 27% is quite a striking number, but it's revenue per user I believe is quite higher than any other social out there.

theoldlove 4y ago

10 years ago Reddit felt like it was full of teens, but today to me it feels like a bunch of twenty somethings (or older). The thing about teens is that they age out of being teens pretty fast.

rchaud 4y ago
I came to the opposite conclusion. 10 years ago, I was in my 20s and Reddit seemed like it was mostly college-aged people. These days I can tell from the comments that people on Reddit skew a lot younger. One quick proxy for age on Reddit is to see how many people are using the official app instead of the third-party, ad-free ones that came first, usually more than a decade ago.
- dagw 4y ago
  One quick proxy for age on Reddit is to see how many people are using the official app instead of the third-party Are teenagers more or less likely to use the official app do you think?
  - rchaud 4y ago
    I'd say they're more likely to use the official app, as that is what is advertised when people land on Reddit on mobile browsers. The unofficial API-based apps also don't have a lot of the "features" of the official app like paid skins/avatars, live streaming and others. The younger gen seems to have adopted these more than the older gen, which consider it a tacked-on thing that doesn't really improve Reddit.
- hammyhavoc 4y ago
  It obviously depends on the subs you frequent. If you frequent subs aimed at intellectual discourse and productive output rather than fandoms or pop culture, of course you're going to get an older crowd. You visit the sub for a specific YouTuber or Twitch streamer, or even a modern and relatively recently released video game, they're going to skew teenage.
- decafninja 4y ago
  Interesting. I remember being disappointed 10 years ago at the immaturity of many discussions on Reddit. Even discussions that were supposed to be serious were riddled with and interrupted by someone going "your mom!", which would then be driven off topic with further discussions about everyone's moms. I don't see that happening as much anymore.

dagw 4y ago

Certainly among my teenage daughter and her friends, implying that someone is active on Reddit is used as an insult. Being on Reddit is even less cool than being on Facebook.