Hypothesis: The Fediverse consists almost entirely of adults.

I expect most youths are drawn to the large corporate social networks; but those of us who took the effort to come here have likely experienced the Internet before most of those existed.

Of course, the only way to test this is by collecting data using the most scientifically rigorous method available to me: a Mastodon poll, lol

(I expect this will only reach English-speaking Fedi, but do boost if you're able)

⬇️ What is your age? ⬇️

Less than 18 years old
2.2%
18 to 27 years old
17.3%
28 to 39 years old
35.1%
40 or more years old
45.4%
Poll ended at .
@jsstaedtler Other similar polls have shown fedi trends older. A lot of people here wanted to "go back" to a type of social media the kids never got to experience. They weren't on forums, and they weren't on Twitter in 2013.
@TapiocaPearl @jsstaedtler Was gen Z ever on Twitter in the first place? My impression was gen Z mostly uses Instagram and TikTok . No real reason for them to change platforms
@wh0sthatd0g @TapiocaPearl @jsstaedtler
Im a Gen z whos 17. Where im from (sweden) people my age barley use twitter. No one in my friend group uses it at all. Ive met one or two artists my age who use it to promote their art, but that’s really it. We mainly use tiktok, instagram and snapchat.