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IOM1978 t1_j9grrpk wrote

Reply to comment by Bewaretheicespiders in How good the US will be for living in future for those who will be earning decent?? by [deleted]

> average demographics on Reddit is very very young

That was true back in the day, but currently 18 to 29 and 30 to 62 are almost exactly equal, and account for about 70% of users.

Kinda crazy …

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se7ensquared t1_j9hoay8 wrote

21% of redditors are 10-19 so you missed a big group that are considered Young. 50% of redditors are under 30 with average age being 23

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IOM1978 t1_j9i5czn wrote

I wasn’t arguing the point, just adding to it. Looked up the stats in response to the comment and thought it was interesting.

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[deleted] OP t1_j9koo0w wrote

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IOM1978 t1_j9kpkow wrote

Are there stats?

I have to imagine Reddit has aged — I know I have, lol.

But, also, the how-to content is huge now. It was a lot more niche when it was first rolling.

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se7ensquared t1_j9kq14u wrote

Now that I think about it more, reddit has been around quite a while. I'm sure a lot of the user base aged with it. I think it's been around for 20 years right?

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IOM1978 t1_j9krusw wrote

I had to look it up — 2006 founded by Aaron Schwarz, who they killed for his contributions…

He would shit if he knew what corporate tool its become.

I got on in 2008 when the internet was still wild and free and beautiful…

In 2011 you could find out everything you needed to know to buy <almost> anything you wanted on the darknet via Reddit.

Vendors used to run specials- you could interact w them. Hell, you could still chat w Dread for a few years after come to think of it.

The Establishment just had NO idea

Man, when all that collapsed — when those FBI banners sprang up all over the deepweb, it was like you just knew it was the beginning of the end.

Reddit cracked down shortly after … as usual, they cracked down on stuff that shoulda been locked down long before (underage/sketchy nudes), and used that as an excuse to just shatter all the libertarian communities (small ‘l’, not like Ron Paul).

Ha ha— that little date look up sent me down a memory hole, lol!

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se7ensquared t1_j9n2rex wrote

Yeah my main account was created in 2007 or 08. Sadly I deleted it when I was going through a life transition. Really wish I still had that account would love to look back at some of the things I posted

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