Blogging Demographic Still Skews Young

Posted on August 6, 2010

MediaPost reports that a Sysomos.com analysis of over 100 million blog posts found that the largest blogging demographic is still young people. 20.2% of bloggers are 20 years old or younger. Here is the breakdown:

• 20 years or younger (20.2%)
• 21-35 yrs (53.3)
• 36-50 yrs (19.4)
• 51 yrs or older (7.1)

The most bloggers are located in the U.S., followed the U.K., Japan and Brazil.

• U.S. (29.2%)
• U.K. (6.75%)
• Japan (4.9%)
• Brazil (4.2%)
• Canada (3.9%)
• Germany (3.3%)
• Italy (3.2%)
• Spain (3.1%)
• France (2.9%)
• Russia (2.3%)
• Australia (2.22%)
• India (2.14%)
• Sweden (2.05%)
• Malaysia (1.7%)
• Netherlands (1.69%)

In the U.S., California and New York are the states with the most bloggers.

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