# What is the average age of Dopers? **URL:** \ **Category:** About This Message Board\ **Created:** [March 2, 2010, 10:21pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/what-is-the-average-age-of-dopers/531047 "2010-03-02T22:21:39Z")\ **Posts on this page:** 19\ **Page:** 1
**Author:** ![middleman](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/m/e9a140/32.png) [@middleman](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/middleman)\ **Post date:** [March 2, 2010, 10:21pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/what-is-the-average-age-of-dopers/531047/1 "2010-03-02T22:21:39Z")
Has Cecil et. al. ever done any marketing research (and released it on the boards) of the average age of the people who post on the Straight Dope Message Boards? I ask this because of a thread in CS that ask where were you when John Lennon was murdered. I was five years old when it happened, so I had no real memory of the event. Feel free to add opinions, but I am looking for the existence of any data that has been confirmed (thus, I post this in GQ instead of IMHO). For the record, my guess was 35-40. ---
**Author:** ![ZenBeam](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/z/3ab097/32.png) [@ZenBeam](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/ZenBeam)\ **Post date:** [March 2, 2010, 10:23pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/what-is-the-average-age-of-dopers/531047/2 "2010-03-02T22:23:31Z")
You could start a poll in IMHO. Not as accurate as you’re asking for, but it would give you a ballpark. ---
**Author:** ![janeslogin](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/j/df788c/32.png) [@janeslogin](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/janeslogin)\ **Post date:** [March 2, 2010, 10:41pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/what-is-the-average-age-of-dopers/531047/3 "2010-03-02T22:41:35Z")
There is an archived poll “Approximately how old are you?” [http://boards.straightdope.com/sdmb/showthread.php?t=218601](http://boards.straightdope.com/sdmb/showthread.php?t=218601) ---
**Author:** ![Zeldar](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/z/b77776/32.png) [@Zeldar](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Zeldar)\ **Post date:** [March 2, 2010, 10:54pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/what-is-the-average-age-of-dopers/531047/4 "2010-03-02T22:54:23Z")
> [@ZenBeam](#): > > You could start a poll in IMHO. Not as accurate as you’re asking for, but it would give you a ballpark. I’d vote for way more accurate that having to tally the letter scores in a 7-year-old thread. No offense to **janeslogin**. That ought to be easy enough to set up. Only real issue would be the ranges to use. I’d suggest five year spans starting with 10-14. Assuming you get at least 50 to reply, that ought to be a decent approximation for its uses here. ---
**Author:** ![Giles](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/giles/32/60_2.png) [@Giles](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Giles)\ **Post date:** [March 2, 2010, 10:59pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/what-is-the-average-age-of-dopers/531047/5 "2010-03-02T22:59:24Z")
I’ve just created a poll in IMHO, in [this thread](http://boards.straightdope.com/sdmb/showthread.php?t=554352). ---
**Author:** ![Colibri](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/colibri/32/1841_2.png) [@Colibri](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Colibri)\ **Post date:** [March 2, 2010, 11:21pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/what-is-the-average-age-of-dopers/531047/6 "2010-03-02T23:21:17Z")
Since this is specifically about this message board, it’s better suited for ATMB than GQ. Colibri General Questions Moderator ---
**Author:** ![Omar\_Little](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/omar_little/32/269_2.png) [@Omar\_Little](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Omar_Little)\ **Post date:** [March 2, 2010, 11:32pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/what-is-the-average-age-of-dopers/531047/7 "2010-03-02T23:32:56Z")
> [@Colibri](#): > > Since this is specifically about this message board, it’s better suited for ATMB than GQ. 😕 The poll should be placed where the largest number of dopers will respond. I would believe that more people peruse IMHO than ATMB. Based upon the logic that a poll about demographic information about Dopers should be in ATMB, then every poll in IMHO, should be moved to ATMB. ---
**Author:** ![Czarcasm](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/czarcasm/32/4050_2.png) [@Czarcasm](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Czarcasm)\ **Post date:** [March 3, 2010, 12:45am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/what-is-the-average-age-of-dopers/531047/8 "2010-03-03T00:45:34Z")
> [@Wilbo523](#): > > 😕 The poll should be placed where the largest number of dopers will respond. I would believe that more people peruse IMHO than ATMB. Based upon the logic that a poll about demographic information about Dopers should be in ATMB, then every poll in IMHO, should be moved to ATMB. _This thread_ was moved to ATMB-the poll is still in IMHO. ---
**Author:** ![NinetyWt](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/n/cc9497/32.png) [@NinetyWt](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/NinetyWt)\ **Post date:** [March 3, 2010, 1:16am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/what-is-the-average-age-of-dopers/531047/9 "2010-03-03T01:16:44Z")
2008 thread on year Dopers were born: > **[What Dopers were born in the same year?](https://boards.straightdope.com/sdmb/showthread.php?t=458574)** > > I realize this thread probably won’t fly with people who don’t care to share their age, but I was inspired by this thread on knowing people very close to you in age, so I figured I’d give it a shot. Just post your year of birth and find out who else... ---
**Author:** ![Zeldar](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/z/b77776/32.png) [@Zeldar](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Zeldar)\ **Post date:** [March 3, 2010, 7:05pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/what-is-the-average-age-of-dopers/531047/10 "2010-03-03T19:05:50Z")
> [@Giles](#): > > I’ve just created a poll in IMHO, in [this thread](http://boards.straightdope.com/sdmb/showthread.php?t=554352). Based on this poll I feel comfortable with the idea that the “average age” of Dopers is between 20 and 50 with the middle of that range being 35 as a good “plus-or-minus 10 years” sort of thing. Another similar poll with 5-year brackets, assuming at least as many Dopers respond, ought to pin it down better. Just as long as things don’t go in such a way as to exclude us old farts, I’m content with letting the younger crowd dictate the threads and topics of conversation. I don’t expect a whole lot of response to mine these days. ---
**Author:** ![notfrommensa](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/n/f14d63/32.png) [@notfrommensa](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/notfrommensa)\ **Post date:** [March 4, 2010, 12:22am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/what-is-the-average-age-of-dopers/531047/11 "2010-03-04T00:22:31Z")
48…just a couple days from being 49. ---
**Author:** ![janeslogin](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/j/df788c/32.png) [@janeslogin](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/janeslogin)\ **Post date:** [March 6, 2010, 7:49pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/what-is-the-average-age-of-dopers/531047/12 "2010-03-06T19:49:39Z")
I thought that a few days ago this thread linked to a graphic of results that I no longer see. Am I missing something? What happens to the result of polls like this? ---
**Author:** ![janeslogin](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/j/df788c/32.png) [@janeslogin](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/janeslogin)\ **Post date:** [March 9, 2010, 9:33pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/what-is-the-average-age-of-dopers/531047/13 "2010-03-09T21:33:36Z")
I looked again and cannot find the graph representing the results of the original poll. ---
**Author:** ![Zeldar](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/z/b77776/32.png) [@Zeldar](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Zeldar)\ **Post date:** [March 9, 2010, 9:35pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/what-is-the-average-age-of-dopers/531047/14 "2010-03-09T21:35:49Z")
> [@janeslogin](#): > > I looked again and cannot find the graph representing the results of the original poll. Is [this](http://boards.straightdope.com/sdmb/showthread.php?t=554352) not showing the graph? ---
**Author:** ![Giraffe](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/giraffe/32/129_2.png) [@Giraffe](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Giraffe)\ **Post date:** [March 9, 2010, 10:42pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/what-is-the-average-age-of-dopers/531047/15 "2010-03-09T22:42:52Z")
Most dopers are around 20-30. I, however, am 650, which brings the average age up to around 43. Hope that helps. ---
**Author:** ![Giles](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/giles/32/60_2.png) [@Giles](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Giles)\ **Post date:** [March 9, 2010, 10:49pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/what-is-the-average-age-of-dopers/531047/16 "2010-03-09T22:49:02Z")
> [@Giraffe](#): > > Most dopers are around 20-30. I, however, am 650, which brings the average age up to around 43. Hope that helps. Is that 650 in giraffe years? How many is that in dog years? In cat years? ---
**Author:** ![Folly](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/folly/32/3219_2.png) [@Folly](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Folly)\ **Post date:** [March 9, 2010, 10:56pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/what-is-the-average-age-of-dopers/531047/17 "2010-03-09T22:56:09Z")
> [@Giraffe](#): > > Most dopers are around 20-30. I, however, am 650, which brings the average age up to around 43. Hope that helps. Aw man! I missed anothe sesquisexcentennial\* party. - Is that right? ---
**Author:** ![Giraffe](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/giraffe/32/129_2.png) [@Giraffe](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Giraffe)\ **Post date:** [March 10, 2010, 1:00am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/what-is-the-average-age-of-dopers/531047/18 "2010-03-10T01:00:54Z")
> [@Folly](#): > > - Is that right? If you’re asking if I had sex with a Sasquatch on my birthday, the answer is: none of your business. (But, yes.) ---
**Author:** ![TubaDiva](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/tubadiva/32/507_2.png) [@TubaDiva](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/TubaDiva)\ **Post date:** [March 10, 2010, 5:51am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/what-is-the-average-age-of-dopers/531047/19 "2010-03-10T05:51:15Z")
I think the average Doper age is somewhere between the age of consent and the age of regret. (On average.)