What is the average age of 4chan now?
I assume it's gone up over the years. For example, I started browsing at 14, now 21. There must be many of us here who started off underageb& but are now in adulthood, right?
Somewhere between 13 and 20.
>>557453
15-40
>>557465
I think 13 is pretty low desu, 13 is very few edgey kids who have tired of their social media and lurk on /b/, I w would say the average age is either around 18 or much older (25 or ao) people, just left over from the past
>>557473
I'm basing those ages off of the posts I see. When I see someone act 14 years old, I will assume they are 14 years old.
there are more 30+ year old posters these days, but even more underage b&s. i'd say the average age is about 16.
>>557453
Started when i was 15. 20 now.
it depends on the boards. /b/ has the youngest users.
i remember snacks talking about a guy who started browsing when he was 12.
>>557484
I don't think that's the case. I get the feeling that a lot of underage try to act more mature, so that they don't get pointed out. That's what I did, when I was younger. From what I see, university-aged people (18 to 21) act the worst.
>>557453
>I assume it's gone up over the years
kek
>>557501
Whatever the average age actually is, the majority may as well be underaged due to the way they choose to act.
>>557501
Young people who try to "act mature" always end up making it even more obvious how young they are, in my experience. You see more of those people on /b/ and /pol/ than elsewhere on 4chan.
I think there's some truth to the idea that 4chan's user base has aged, because 4chan is kind of an old-fashioned website in the first place. People unfamiliar with it find it confusing and difficult to navigate, and often don't understand the appeal of it, so it turns them off.
I'm 31, have been posting here since about 2007, and based on the few times I've been in threads where people were saying their age, and based also on the people I've met on 4chan with whom I now communicate outside of 4chan, I would say the average age is about 25.
Of course I'm only basing this on the ones I've met, who are mostly either from /a/ or /vg/. But I meet as many people who are my own age as I meet people who are 20, and very seldom do I meet anyone on 4chan who is underage.
>>557453
Probably early twenties if we don't count the biggest boards, the ones that attract all the newfags who then grow up and move to the slower boards.
20+ probably if you don't count /b/. If you do it's closer to 18 on average.
>>557513
I can't even believe I used to browse without 4chan X before the inline extension came in. So incovenient
>>557513
That 13 year old from /vp/ was exactly like that, trying to act mature but saying cringeworthy things like "Real as Kraft macaroni and cheese" or something. I never did find out if she got a proper ban, but at least there's no way she's coming back from that.
I'm 29 and I can't shake the feeling that the majority of the posters here are between 15 and 20. I can't pin down why.
It's really depressing knowing that I'm 29 and may very well be debatIMG anime or movies with somebody half my age. Shudder.
>>557599
If you still watch anime at 29 then there's your problem
>>557469
this person is probably underage
Overall I would say the average is probably 23 though. 4chan definitely skews older but at the same time its reputation also attracts a lot of kids who come here looking for memes and to be edgy.
>>557620
They must be disappointed surely. I swear all these retards who spew everywhere about how 4chan used to be better are just newfags. As far as I'm concerned it's better than ever now all that stupid meme/raid shit has died
>>557599
Maybe because many middle-aged posters became jaded and passive to not want to argue and rather ironic shitpost or lurk. You could also be having the same argument with a 36 yr old NEET who acts like manchild and refuse to mature mentally, yet given the opportunity will claim seniority. Doesn't matter really, discussion is discussion, regardless of the age.
Often younger people are bad at creative ironic posting, they'll pretend to be ironic but you see right through to their real thinking. Can't blame them, they are merely trying to fit in as easily as possible. It can be cute or obnoxious, depending on how you look at it.
It varies too much by board and even subject on a board so I don't put much stock in it.
Obviously not everyone in a grand strategy thread on /v/ will be older than everyone in a moba thread, but it's a pretty safe bet to make. Boards like /tg/ or /jp/ are quite older as well, maybe /co/ too.
Then you add generals and groups are segregated even further; I'd be curious to see if older or younger anons prefer generals more.
16-20 followed by 28-32 oldfags who never left
>>557624
I think /b/ was better a long time ago when we used to have things like "meme hangman" threads or "oh exploitable" threads, which never happens anymore.
Actually I think Advice Dog spinoffs were what killed the creativity on /b/, because they were so low effort and fucking dominated that board for such a long time. It just never recovered from that and now it's just porn threads and YLYL threads.
Certain boards (/r9k/, /int/, /b/) make surveys every now and then. I usually see it in the bans page when idiots are stupid enough to reveal that they are underageb&. Anyway, most are in their early 20s, some are in their mid-late 20s/ early 30s. You rarely see users older than 35.
I sincerely believe that /pol/'s introduction to this site has played a massive role in increasing the average age of this website, in combination with a lot of underage oldfags continuously getting older.
I'm not saying that these people are mature by any means. Merely that /pol/'s content appeals to an older demographic than the general hobbyist boards.
Not counting /b/? 20-35.
Counting /b/? 14-19.
>>557711
>Merely that /pol/'s content appeals to an older demographic
I don't know, I have the feeling that current /pol/ is full of college freshmen who are excited about their first election.
>general hobbyist boards
What about /k/ or /o/?
>>557719
>I don't know, I have the feeling that current /pol/ is full of college freshmen who are excited about their first election.
That's exactly my feeling as well. They seem approximately first-year-university age.
>>557580
Remember all the "F5" gifs and macros before auto-refreshing threads?
>>557453
15-21
The bottom limit has gotten lower thanks to /pol/.
I started browsing at around 12 or 13 and am 23 now. I'm not sure what the average age is, but I'd guess most posters are between 16 and 26.
>>557711
>/pol/'s content appeals to an older demographic than the general hobbyist boards.
You think so? I don't know. Talking politics seems to be something younger people are more into than older people. Not to mention, all the edgy shit that is posted there certainly appeals to younger people.
Regardless, I'd guess that /out/ and /diy/ would have the oldest average age. Maybe /trv/ as well, as travel requires money which tends to come with age, though I never post there.
/sci/ seems to mostly be people in university, including graduate school, so it's average is probably around 20-22.
>>557580
Set your blue board theme to Burichan and red board theme to Futaba. Disable the inline extension and any add-ons. Then go to 4chan.org/frames for a huge trip down painful nostalgia lane
>>557711
I'm not so sure about this. Years ago, sure, but today /pol/ is more of a /b/ than a politics board.
It's possible that /pol/ seeking attention in the news so much has attracted an older demographic to it, but I can't see them making a dent in the vast amount of young adults/teenagers there for today's equivalent of exploding vans.
I won't believe for a second that /pol/ has an older demographic than /tg/ or /jp/.
>>557711
It doesn't. Older people tend to be more disillusioned with politics. Ideological fanaticism and the desire to talk about that shit 24/7 is the domain of the young going through their political revolutionary phase.
>>557453
>What is the average age of 4chan now?
Eternally twelve years old.
Im 23 now, started lurking when I was like 16, never posted til I was 18. Wish modern newfags would follow suit and lurk, for example at the high school I used to go to there were some brats that posted threats on /b/ this year, whole school was locked down and a shitload of cops showed up and came down on the little faggots hard. This is why theres an underage rule.
>>557513
>/a/
>/vg/
I think your lying about anon, how can a man your age possibly stand to browse the two boards most infamous for shitty fetish posting? Doesnt all the "hurr I wanna sniff X characters armpits" get really fucking old after awhile?
Ive noticed alotta /toy/ anons over the years mention that they have wives and children. Makes sense that theyd be in their 30s or older because its an expensive fucking hobby.
The general age bracket of posters here are usually in their early to mid-20's with 15-18 following behind it.
>>558048
/int/ has seemed pretty old, a lot of people talk about their families and children
i haven't browsed /his/ as much but they seem to be the same
/adv/ and /mu/ are definitely on the younger spectrum
>>558068
Yeah no. Theres no fucking way /int/ has many people over 18. No ones of age is that retarded
>>558068
>/adv/
Kids thinking they have enough wisdom to give someone proper advice.
>/mu/
Speaks for itself.
>>557501
>university-aged people (18 to 21) act the worst.
It's impossible to tell because we don't actually know the ages of people on this site. For all I know you could be 12 years old. For all you know I could only be 13 [spoiler]but I'm not, fuck off mods[/spoiler]
>>558048
/biz/, /trv/, /his/, and /news/, too.
>>557453
Can cereal age?
>>557624
I wouldn't necessarily say it was better, just different. People were younger then and not as critical. The internet was more of a 'secret club' in a way. "Normal" people didn't really use it besides checking email.
So add in growing up, forgetting the bad (i.e. nostalgia) and an influx of people different from you, and you'll have a lot of people saying the old 4chan - the internet in general - used to be a lot better.
>>557580
moot shouldn't have implemented the inline extension. 4chan being a pain in the ass to use on default was a good way to scare off most newfags and keep only the dedicated ones or the ones smart enough to seek scripts. Same applies to idiot-friendly shit like gps data scraping from exif.
>>558068
/int/ is a couple older people in a sea of underage b&. Going by age threads, the average user is between 18-22, with a couple idiots always revealing they're <18. And most of the 18 probably being codeword for "underage" as well.
>>557513
>age 31
>mainly going on /a/ and /vg/
Even if you are a neckbeard, I find that to be highly doubtful.
Not counting /b/, /v/ and /pol/: 18-35
Counting /b/, /v/ and /pol/: 15-18
>>558236
Add /s4s/ and /mlp/ into that bottom estimate for good measure.
Judging from a poll from late 2015 most of the users on /fa/ are 17-20 years old.
These people can't handle anonymity.
>>558271
Nuke them, nuke them all
>>558235
>>558037
Not sure what to tell you guys. I'm not the only one I know from those boards who is around my age, even though I'm a bit on the older side. Adults to do play video games and watch anime, you know. And enthusiasts are less likely to be people who outgrow those interests and just go deeper into them.
Ironically I'd wager that the more "serious" boards probably also have a lower average age (such as /lit/, /his/ and /pol/) because they appeal more to university students. Which is also backed up by the caliber of discussion you see there. Lots of name-dropping and complimenting each other on their taste in authors. Not a lot of discussion of literature, for example, as a living medium.
If you ask anyone on /a/ why there aren't more threads about Cowboy Bebop, the answer isn't because it's not very good, it's just that it's not really relevant and that any discussions you could have like that have already been had by the majority of users. That's one of the signs of age on /a/. If /lit/ were older they would spend more time talking about living authors and the development of the medium because they would be similarly tired of talk of the classics.
>>558288
I just went over there and there's a thread about age on /lit/ right now. Average seems early to mid 20s. And of course statistical outliers that might just be people bullshitting (13 and 57).
>>>/lit/8142318
I still think the average age there is lower than this thread would indicate though. Underage people are obviously not going to state their age.
>>55804
>>557719
Those are all really slow boards and don't impact the overall demographic of this site significantly.
>>557980
>Older people tend to be more disillusioned with politics.
That's /pol/ alright.
>>558293
>Underage people are obviously not going to state their age.
There's always one retard who does. I love age threads, seeing those bright red letters underneath a post gives me that warm, fuzzy feeling.
>>558279
>>557453
It varies from board to board so an overall site average isn't entirely useful.
>>557599
I'm 28 and have basically gotten used to the ebb and flow of it over the past decade. Tend to get better conversation talking about things with people who are obviously closer towards my age or maybe even older but shooting the shit with kids can be interesting from time to time. I've learned a few things about the average lives of the younger generations from candid sources that I would be entirely clueless about otherwise.
>>557580
I stopped using userscrips and extentions a year ago and haven't looked back. Have been using the catalogue less and less over time as well. What I notice that as things because more convenient and routine, the more mindless and boring it became. Scrolling down through the pages and getting little snippets of what the thread is currently discussing in contrast to the OP brings back a little bit of the surprise element which I enjoyed 4chan for in the past.
>>558356
Fuck scrolling past a trillion generals.
>>558288
>I'm not the only one I know from those boards who is around my age
You're not, anon, although I loathe generals so I only visit /vg/ once in a while for its fairly resource-heavy OPs.
I'm almost 32 and I feel like a dinosaur on /v/ sometimes, but for as much as it's reviled /v/ still has good content once you mentally (or literally) filter some of it.
There was a good Morrowind thread a couple days ago >>>/v/340216337
and that highlights part of my hate of generals since it received a few ">>>/vg/" replies from anons that don't realize that the Elder Scrolls general is not the place for anything not related to waifu avatarfagging or tech support.
I don't intend to ever "outgrow" video games or /v/, even if it gets frustrating at times with shitposting.
>>558271
>favorite site
>lereddit is the majority
NUKE IT
>>558403
Yeah, /v/ has its place for sure. It's good for a laugh and for shitstorms and for when things like E3 are happening, or when there's major video game news. But it tends to be that when I'm playing a new video game, I will simply go to /vg/ and find the thread for it and discuss it there.
I disagree about "generals" though, they don't bother me, I like having most discussion of shows/anime confined to single threads so that the conversations are easier to follow. And I think it frees up the board to discuss a greater total number of shows. Right now if you look at /a/'s catalog it looks very organized which I like. I guess it's a matter of taste though.
I don't seem to remember people compaining about "generals" until about 2011 and then it was more of a /v/ thing than /a/. But I could be misremembering, I didn't used to go on /a/ that often back then.
>>558271
Ouch. Still, it's to be expected from the most normal and boring board outside of /soc/.
I'm kind of surprised that the NEET question was there at all. Why would I care about fashion or my appearance at all?
>>557453
I started when I was 14. Luckily, I'm 18 now.
I don't even see what they keep enforcing underageb& as a thing. People can find loopholes around bans anyway, and it's not like 4chan's the deranged asshole of the internet that other people might assume it is.
Besides, there are far worse things online that this site. If anything, this site has helped me in many ways, from expanding my taste in comics to developing my musical tastes during a formative period of my life.
>>558411
It's all about opinion, yeah. I can understand the desire for focused discussion, but I think it's more natural for threads to made when an anon feels like it.
This is going off-topic, however.
>>558424
4chan hosts pornography. Allowing children access to pornography is against US law. Bans for underage keep the feds away.
>>558411
>I don't seem to remember people compaining about "generals" until about 2011 and then it was more of a /v/ thing than /a/.
Well generals weren't really a thing until Katawa Shoujo and LoL threads on /v/, at least as far as I remember.
>>558432
I think the reason they got annoying was because page view was still a thing and the mootalog wasn't invented yet.
>>558412
>Why would I care about fashion or my appearance at all?
1. Self-Improvement
2. Hormones
3. People think they get laid
I always thought /po/ or /gd/ was the most normal and boring board.
