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OK, I'm an old dude of 78 but I get the feeling that most of the posters, particularly on Personal Consumer Issues are in their 20's and 30's.
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And *I* get the impression that most posters are in their 60's or 70's.

I am in none of the age ranges mentioned so far, however. :)
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englishgirl wrote:And *I* get the impression that most posters are in their 60's or 70's.

I am in none of the age ranges mentioned so far, however. :)
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I speculate that the average age of "Bogleheads" posters is 59-1/2.
That average is computed weighted by the # of posts over the last six months...
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Being 63 at the present time, I guess the average of all my ages would be 32.
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71 years of age.

I would have said 71 but was advised that:

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englishgirl wrote:And *I* get the impression that most posters are in their 60's or 70's.

I am in none of the age ranges mentioned so far, however. :)
I'm not in those either.
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The late great Satchel Paige asked the only relevant question:

"How old would you be if you didn't know how old you were?"

I'm in my mid 30s. 8-)

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CountryBoy wrote:71 years of age.

I would have said 71 but was advised that:

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I would estimate the "minimum number of characters" on this forum at about 125 :wink: .
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79 years and 13 days and I don't feel a day over 79.

Are you keeping track so you will let us know the average?
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Lon wrote:OK, I'm an old dude of 78 but I get the feeling that most of the posters, particularly on Personal Consumer Issues are in their 20's and 30's.
Hi Lon:

I am 88 and enjoying a comfortable retirement--thanks to Jack Bogle.

Best wishes.
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According to this poll, the median age is between 30 and 39.



http://www.bogleheads.org/forum/viewtopic.php?t=71280
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Taylor Larimore wrote:
Lon wrote:OK, I'm an old dude of 78 but I get the feeling that most of the posters, particularly on Personal Consumer Issues are in their 20's and 30's.
Hi Lon:

I am 88 and enjoying a comfortable retirement--thanks to Jack Bogle.

Best wishes.
Taylor
Taylor,

Don't forget to thank yourself for setting aside money to invest. I am incredibly grateful to have been alerted to Jack Bogle's investment philosophy at a young age, but without the discipline to set aside my hard-earned money and forgo current consumption for the sake of a prosperous retirement the investment philosophy alone will not build wealth.

This 28 year old is glad to have found this forum and benefit from the wisdom of the group.
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mid 30s .. WISH i had found this in my teens .. i can assure you my children will! :twisted:
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mptfan wrote:According to this poll, the median age is between 30 and 39.
It is easy to get a median between 30 and 39 when it is two of the choices and the 50s don't appear at all, although you would think the two different versions of a 20 something would have received more votes.
29 or younger
29 or younger
30 - 39
30 - 39
40 - 49
60 - 69
70 or older
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Is that a cap-weighted average?
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My average age last year was 59 1/2. I expect it to be around 60 1/2 this year.
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I can't speak for posters here, but I have some Boglehead-themed videos on YouTube. About half the hits come from this forum. Here are the stats according to YouTube (how they know, I have no idea). Sorry I cannot get the formatting to stick.

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Top locations by views	Views	13–17 years	18–24 years	25–34 years	35–44 years	45–54 years	55–64 years	65+ years	Gender
1	United States	10171	0.20%	1.20%	8.10%	18.10%	31.10%	35.10%	6.30%
2	Canada	324	3.70%	7.50%	10.10%	6.90%	51.90%	16.30%	3.60%
3	United Kingdom	247	5.00%	5.80%	9.70%	10.30%	69.20%	0.00%	0.00%
4	India	218	0.00%	16.50%	33.30%	33.10%	17.10%	0.00%	0.00%
5	Australia	113	0.00%	0.00%	39.80%	60.20%	0.00%	0.00%	0.00%
6	Israel	34	0.00%	0.00%	45.70%	54.30%	0.00%	0.00%	0.00%

So 45-54 is my main age demographic, followed closely by 55-64.



Here is a sample link:

https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=0Pi3g0g5l3c

I have 86.1% Male and 13.9% Female viewers.
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Levett wrote:The late great Satchel Paige asked the only relevant question:

"How old would you be if you didn't know how old you were?"

I'm in my mid 30s. 8-)

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CountryBoy wrote:71 years of age.

I would have said 71 but was advised that:

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You could've posted it as "Seventy-One". 8-)

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JupiterJones wrote:
CountryBoy wrote:71 years of age.

I would have said 71 but was advised that:

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You could've posted it as "Seventy-One". 8-)

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*EDIT,

I posted my own age (24).

My guess is probably 50-60s.

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fareastwarriors wrote:24.
I don't think the average age is that low. My guess would be somewhere between 20 and 90, let's say 55. Hmm, I wonder how I came up with that number?

The next two questions should be what is the standard deviation of the distribution of ages of boglehead posters and what is the skewness of the distribution of ages of boglehead posters.
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khh wrote:My average age last year was 59 1/2. I expect it to be around 60 1/2 this year.
The daily average of my age last year was 58.416438356

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In the last Post your AA thread, here's a breakdown of reported ages (average age used if a couple listed two ages):

20's: 8
30's: 32
40's: 21
50's: 9
60's: 13
70's: 2
80's: 1
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Boglenaut wrote:I can't speak for posters here, but I have some Boglehead-themed videos on YouTube. About half the hits come from this forum. Here are the stats according to YouTube (how they know, I have no idea). Sorry I cannot get the formatting to stick.

Code: Select all

Top locations by views	Views	13–17 years	18–24 years	25–34 years	35–44 years	45–54 years	55–64 years	65+ years	Gender
1	United States	10171	0.20%	1.20%	8.10%	18.10%	31.10%	35.10%	6.30%
2	Canada	324	3.70%	7.50%	10.10%	6.90%	51.90%	16.30%	3.60%
3	United Kingdom	247	5.00%	5.80%	9.70%	10.30%	69.20%	0.00%	0.00%
4	India	218	0.00%	16.50%	33.30%	33.10%	17.10%	0.00%	0.00%
5	Australia	113	0.00%	0.00%	39.80%	60.20%	0.00%	0.00%	0.00%
6	Israel	34	0.00%	0.00%	45.70%	54.30%	0.00%	0.00%	0.00%

So 45-54 is my main age demographic, followed closely by 55-64.



Here is a sample link:

https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=0Pi3g0g5l3c

I have 86.1% Male and 13.9% Female viewers.
I think that those stats are for those that are registered with youtube. I imaging that there are a large percentage of people like me that do not have an account with youtube. The only time I have seen youtube ask for registration is for "adult/explicit" videos. You can just do a google search for the said video and find probably 10 other sites offering without registration.......I am 29.88.
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70 as of yesterday.
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Taylor Larimore wrote:
Lon wrote:OK, I'm an old dude of 78 but I get the feeling that most of the posters, particularly on Personal Consumer Issues are in their 20's and 30's.
Hi Lon:

I am 88 and enjoying a comfortable retirement--thanks to Jack Bogle.

Best wishes.
Taylor
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I would be pretty confident in saying average age here is late 40s / early 50s
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I've always had the impression that the average age was around mid-50s...call it 55. I'd also guess the median would be in the mid-40s. I'm very surprised at the number of people older than 65. My parents are in their early 60s and would not be able to figure out how to make a post. Maybe I'm just used to technologically challenged older folks.

For whoever is keeping score, I'm 29.
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I was always told I was above average. :D

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since I am above average in every category, I would believe that the average is below my 73 years

I would guess a range of say 45-65 would include a majority of Bogleheads...

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Dave76 wrote:
Taylor Larimore wrote:
Lon wrote:OK, I'm an old dude of 78 but I get the feeling that most of the posters, particularly on Personal Consumer Issues are in their 20's and 30's.
Hi Lon:

I am 88 and enjoying a comfortable retirement--thanks to Jack Bogle.

Best wishes.
Taylor
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Age - a way of keeping score, nothing but a number.

My guess is early 50's - the age, not year born. :)
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1530jesup wrote:since I am above average in every category, I would believe that the average is below my 73 years

I would guess a range of say 45-65 would include a majority of Bogleheads...

PLEASE note I posted my response before I saw the one above me!
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43 I may be average, but average can be a good thing :happy
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Johm221122 wrote:43 I may be average, but average can be a good thing :happy
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chaz wrote:
Johm221122 wrote:43 I may be average, but average can be a good thing :happy
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I think I am above average, but is that bad?
Reading your posts,I think your definitely above average :sharebeer
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I'm 17, so I guess I'm one of the youngest people here, good to start early!
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I'm 30. Discovered it at 29 and I'm glad I only had 2 years of a real job before I discovered the great collective wisdom of this forum! :sharebeer
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I ran the calculation on the Net Worth Survey and it came out to an average age of 44.2 and median age of 42.
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One of the things that I enjoy about this forum is that the posters form a different sort of cross-section of society than they do elsewhere. Yes, there are a disproportionate number of high earners compared with the world at large, but they aren't all doctors or executives or what-have-you...there are a healthy number of entrepreneurs and skilled professionals of all sorts, as well as people changing careers or just looking for their first job.

I enjoy the chance to discuss things with people twice my age and half my age, sometimes in the same thread (ok, maybe half is a bit of a stretch but only a bit). I don't always agree with them, but I appreciate the open exchange, debate and consideration.

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I'm approxximately four months short of my 72nd birthday so I guess my average age is 35.875 give or take a few thousanths. Coincidentally, that's my median too.
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65 here & praying for 66. Thought for today: "The age of a person doesn't matter. The sweetest music is played on the oldest violin." Thought # 2: "When our memories outweight our dreams, we become old".
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LiamLC wrote:I'm 17, so I guess I'm one of the youngest people here, good to start early!
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CountryBoy wrote:71 years of age.

I would have said 71 but was advised that:

Your message contains 2 characters. The minimum number of characters you need to enter is 5.
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cheese_breath wrote:I'm approxximately four months short of my 72nd birthday so I guess my average age is 35.875 give or take a few thousanths. Coincidentally, that's my median too.
33 here, and a fellow engineer based on the above (or perhaps a statistician) ;)
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