Sunday, July 27, 2003
blogcount - How many blogs and bloggers? How big the blogosphere?: "Live Journal vs. Xanga demographics.
Haverford psychology student Hat Nim Choi chose to compare demographics of Xanga and LiveJournal users for the Spring 2003 Psychology of Adolescence laboratory. Choi used this survey to collect data from a small sample of both user populations and presented findings in this report. Some observations:
Live Journal users were more likely to identify themselves as whites while Xanga users were more likely to identify as Asians.
Xanga users are about two years younger (Xanga at 18.2, LJ at 20.5).
Xanga users posted less often but averaged almost twice as many comments per post (4.6) than LJ (2.6).
70% of female Xanga users had more than 50 friends in their blogroll while only 40% of males had more than 50.
I'd be happier if more of the behavioral data was observed and measured instead of anecdotal. For example, are young women more likely to exaggerate their connectedness than young men? The server knows for sure. "
Haverford psychology student Hat Nim Choi chose to compare demographics of Xanga and LiveJournal users for the Spring 2003 Psychology of Adolescence laboratory. Choi used this survey to collect data from a small sample of both user populations and presented findings in this report. Some observations:
Live Journal users were more likely to identify themselves as whites while Xanga users were more likely to identify as Asians.
Xanga users are about two years younger (Xanga at 18.2, LJ at 20.5).
Xanga users posted less often but averaged almost twice as many comments per post (4.6) than LJ (2.6).
70% of female Xanga users had more than 50 friends in their blogroll while only 40% of males had more than 50.
I'd be happier if more of the behavioral data was observed and measured instead of anecdotal. For example, are young women more likely to exaggerate their connectedness than young men? The server knows for sure. "
# posted by Mark : 20:30
