Statistics: Geez, I thought there were more females in bitcoin community

[coinycoiny]

Sort of matches the same distribution for cannabis smokers.

I don't think this is a coincidence!

[Kakmakr]

Well, Google does not know who the person on the other side of the keyboard is in 100% of the times they are calculating this. A family might share a computer in the house and the son might login with his Facebook account and then his sister might quickly open up her Bitcoin wallet and then Google analytics might link that to the male statistics.  

People also share accounts on the Internet and I have living proof of that, because my mother use my computer and email address for her private correspondence, because she does not want to be on the Internet. <Some older people are scared of the Internet>  

Some underage Bitcoin users use their parents accounts to bypass age restrictions.  

[Paulinerims]

Men are since ever more interested in technology than women but the trend is changing. Lack of interest shows in studies that women's knowledge about cryptocurrency is lower then that of men. But it all starts with the the fact that many women feel they don't have equal access to finance. With our gendes being more and mroe equal every day we can aspect more women in bitcoin investments

[AppliedOptimal]

Well, Google does not know who the person on the other side of the keyboard is in 100% of the times they are calculating this. A family might share a computer in the house and the son might login with his Facebook account and then his sister might quickly open up her Bitcoin wallet and then Google analytics might link that to the male statistics.  

People also share accounts on the Internet and I have living proof of that, because my mother use my computer and email address for her private correspondence, because she does not want to be on the Internet. <Some older people are scared of the Internet>  

Some underage Bitcoin users use their parents accounts to bypass age restrictions.  

These deviations are exceptions, they are not the rule. All these exceptions contribute to standard error. Because this is biology (gender) the deviations are expected to be random, meaning some females will use male parent accounts while some males will use female parent accounts. You can put the elderly in the place of children and it will be the same At the end, some affect the male ratio positively while some others affect the ratio negatively, so it is not expected to change the result significantly, as in most biology-related data.

[jake zyrus]

This could be inaccurate since they can't really know if it's a real male or female outside the digital world. But I'm not actually surprised at all that the percentage of male is much higher compared to female in bitcoin community. It's kinda obvious though... And as for the age bracket, well it's kinda correct since young ones are most probably into technology but I think the percentage for 18-25 is kinda lower? I don't know. Is it just me who thinks there are more than that?

[drumamat]

In principle, I agree with the statistics.Women are really few.I mean those who are interested in cryptocurrency.From 10%, a large portion women who participate in the bounty.With the development of cryptocurrencies, I think this number will only increase.

[salty]

It seems to me that such a small number of women is due to the fact that many women simply do not understand cryptocurrencies.But it is also unclear on what parameters this percentage was determined?It seems to me that the numeral should look much larger.

[pixie85]

I know some females on Telegram, but then, you can never be sure because it is Telegram

At least half of the people on Telegram and Discord who have females in their avatars are males. It's funny how many girls have animals and stuff in their profile pictures when guys have busty half-naked girls.

Bitcoin falls under investments stocks and companies. There's not many girls in here just like there's not that many female stock brokers or female experts in gold and silver coins or banking.

[rodel caling]

Is that possible after a year crypto begun popular worldwide specially in the year 2017 during the bitcoin all time high, a lot pf people are begin to interested in the crypto currency what is all about, so possibly a lot of girl adopt crypto in that year. But I don't believe there more girl herin crypto than to men.

[Hallmader]

I wonder how Google Analytics did this.

This statistics, as it appears to me, is hardly believable. I mean, really? Women only comprised less than 10% of Bitcoin Community Engagement? Well, first and foremost, how do they measure "Bitcoin Community Engagement?" Or perhaps what is "Bitcoin Community Engagement?" to them?

Telegram is just one of the so many platforms where Bitcoin ideas could be discussed. Bitcoin has been discussed online and offline, in the academe, in seminars, in governments, and so on. How could they be able to measure gender in all these venues?

[rahmatullah9305]

LOL You're making fun, I only often see men in the bitcoin and internet communities, maybe you guessed that number wrong and I'm sure 95% in the bitcoin community are just men who have mastered it, including YouTubers and bloggers in the world.

[AppliedOptimal]

A lot of people here said that the reason for that is because females are more risk-averse compared to males, meaning they avoid large risks.
There might be some truth there, but then some people claim that conceptual metaphors are common in crypto language and the "lingo" on the crypto world is more male-oriented, which drives the female population away.

Here is a good read about the lingo/terminology on the stock market:
http://theconversation.com/is-it-a-surprise-women-arent-keen-on-investing-when-the-stock-market-language-is-so-male-oriented-93578

[JNvak]

It reminds me of the statistics that CoinDeal once shared (source: https://coindeal.com/news/300k-users):

65% of CoinDeal users are women. Surprised?

Yes, I was.

[metallica101]

A common opinion is that there are fewer women in crypto simply because they are encouraged to pursue careers outside of finances, in general. Not to mention that many are encouraged not to pursue careers at all. Things will probably equal themselves out, in time. Crypto is still young, and for a lot of people, it can be intimidating. It is an entirely new industry, after all.

[fullhdpixel]

I am not surprised about the statistics really, but I am surprised about the fact that you personally expect something higher when I am actually expecting something far lower than that because from your community, your environment, from this forum and the number of people that has spoken of bitcoin in publicity, how many of them would you have seen talk about cryptocurrency.

there is this discussion we have actually had about this in this forum as regards the involvement of women in the cryptocurrency space which many of us agree that the emotion that God has given them is what makes them stay away from things like this, as they see most of these risky ventures as the thing of man that can be handled more by them and that is why they always rely on us sometimes, except the stronger ones.

[pjcaruci]

I am not surprised at all, unfortunately you will see similar results everywhere

[BitcoinPanther]

I am not surprised at all, unfortunately you will see similar results everywhere

Well, something that we do not know may prove to be correct.  Though I would say google statistics have a huge error since many onliner fake their gender. others even leave their gender blank.  And it is almost similar because they hold the same data and peole who wanted to create interesting topic get their statistics idea on this data.  Sadly we tend to believe this kind of statistics because we are unable to prove that it is wrong.  In short, I have a doubt regarding those statistics given by google but I have to somehow acknowledge it since I cannot prove that it is wrong.

[Diirtmaan]

According to Google Analytics, calculated by https://coin.dance/stats,
Bitcoin Community Engagement by Gender is 90 percent male, and 10 percent female.

I know some females on Telegram, but then, you can never be sure because it is Telegram



What is your experience like when it comes to gender in this community?

And here is Bitcoin Community Engagement by Age (18+ only)

Mostly 24-35-year-olds (48%), followed by 35-44 (28%). Then 18-24 (9.34%) and 45-54 came (9.6%).
So the age seems to be showing normal distribution around 24-35-year-olds skewed to the right side.
If you are too young or too old, you are one of the extremes.

I know some women who do incredibly powerful market analytics, and have earned millions $ in trading. What difference does it make, whether a woman or a man, in the crypto and blockchain the success determines the presence of analytical abilities and critical thinking, and not the gender of a person

[MetalGear]

According to Google Analytics, calculated by https://coin.dance/stats,
Bitcoin Community Engagement by Gender is 90 percent male, and 10 percent female.

I know some females on Telegram, but then, you can never be sure because it is Telegram



What is your experience like when it comes to gender in this community?

And here is Bitcoin Community Engagement by Age (18+ only)

Mostly 24-35-year-olds (48%), followed by 35-44 (28%). Then 18-24 (9.34%) and 45-54 came (9.6%).
So the age seems to be showing normal distribution around 24-35-year-olds skewed to the right side.
If you are too young or too old, you are one of the extremes.

That's natural because most of the position that is related to business, trading and such are usually held by men. Factors might be, it is natural and is already in the culture to have boys in business field making them have the highest chance of being exposed to bitcoin. But on tbe other hand, statistics doesn't guarantee the reliability of the data they got because they only had few and chosen respondents for the reference of their chart. They might have missed or maybe some have faked their genders for identity anonymity or privacy purposes. The gender doesn't count on what's important in the crypto space tho. At the end of the day it's the strategy, intelligence and practicality that counts.

[dessyhodin97]

i dont think a lot of them can handle the risks involved