# Whats the average age of us dopers **URL:** \ **Category:** In My Humble Opinion\ **Created:** [November 19, 2005, 9:57pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/whats-the-average-age-of-us-dopers/331846 "2005-11-19T21:57:49Z")\ **Posts on this page:** 20\ **Page:** 2
**Author:** ![Angel\_of\_the\_Lord](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/angel_of_the_lord/32/2949_2.png) [@Angel\_of\_the\_Lord](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Angel_of_the_Lord)\ **Post date:** [November 20, 2005, 4:09am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/whats-the-average-age-of-us-dopers/331846/21 "2005-11-20T04:09:01Z")
1. I’m divisible by 11, at least. ---
**Author:** ![LSLGuy](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/lslguy/32/5813_2.png) [@LSLGuy](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/LSLGuy)\ **Post date:** [November 20, 2005, 4:11am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/whats-the-average-age-of-us-dopers/331846/22 "2005-11-20T04:11:23Z")
1. In the Prime so to speak … ---
**Author:** ![ultrafilter](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/u/3d9bf3/32.png) [@ultrafilter](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/ultrafilter)\ **Post date:** [November 20, 2005, 4:13am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/whats-the-average-age-of-us-dopers/331846/23 "2005-11-20T04:13:57Z")
> [@tomndebb](#): > > **Which average were you looking for?** I’m going with the harmonic mean here. Seriously, the average age of US dopers is probably right around thirty or so with a high variance. FWIW, I’m 25. ---
**Author:** ![Johanna](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/johanna/32/8318_2.png) [@Johanna](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Johanna)\ **Post date:** [November 20, 2005, 4:20am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/whats-the-average-age-of-us-dopers/331846/24 "2005-11-20T04:20:51Z")
I’m 46. As the 22nd Doper to post my age in this thread, I just brought the average to about 39.9 and my prediction is 35 plus or minus… something. ---
**Author:** ![Kaotic\_Newtral](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/k/71e660/32.png) [@Kaotic\_Newtral](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Kaotic_Newtral)\ **Post date:** [November 20, 2005, 4:23am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/whats-the-average-age-of-us-dopers/331846/25 "2005-11-20T04:23:06Z")
> [@Johanna](#): > > I’m 46. As the 22nd Doper to post my age in this thread, I just brought the average to about 39.9 and my prediction is 35 plus or minus… something. I’d even think it’s higher…reading this board for the last 6 years I feel pretty close to younger than the median at times. I’d put it around 38. I’ll probably, obviously be wrong though. ---
**Author:** ![ZebraShaSha](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/z/eada6e/32.png) [@ZebraShaSha](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/ZebraShaSha)\ **Post date:** [November 20, 2005, 4:38am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/whats-the-average-age-of-us-dopers/331846/26 "2005-11-20T04:38:02Z")
I was 16 when I started and I am about to be 18, for what it is worth. ---
**Author:** ![Antigen](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/a/848f3c/32.png) [@Antigen](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Antigen)\ **Post date:** [November 20, 2005, 4:41am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/whats-the-average-age-of-us-dopers/331846/27 "2005-11-20T04:41:20Z")
I’m 25 ---
**Author:** ![Rodgers01](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/r/b19c9b/32.png) [@Rodgers01](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Rodgers01)\ **Post date:** [November 20, 2005, 4:47am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/whats-the-average-age-of-us-dopers/331846/28 "2005-11-20T04:47:05Z")
Another 25 year old. (Which still sounds kinda old to me…I guess because I can no longer claim to be in my “early 20s” – it’s like a whole new phase of life… :mad: ) I was going to ask why you were just wondering about American dopers, but then I realized that you didn’t capitalize us for a reason… :smack: Older, but not wiser… ---
**Author:** ![inkleberry](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/i/f17d59/32.png) [@inkleberry](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/inkleberry)\ **Post date:** [November 20, 2005, 5:08am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/whats-the-average-age-of-us-dopers/331846/29 "2005-11-20T05:08:35Z")
I’m 28…29 on 12/4. ---
**Author:** ![Treviathan](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/t/838e76/32.png) [@Treviathan](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Treviathan)\ **Post date:** [November 20, 2005, 5:22am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/whats-the-average-age-of-us-dopers/331846/30 "2005-11-20T05:22:51Z")
I’m 25, but my inner child is an arthritic, cantankerous 65-year-old. Well, at least this non-weekend he is. ---
**Author:** ![Larry\_Borgia](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/larry_borgia/32/156_2.png) [@Larry\_Borgia](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Larry_Borgia)\ **Post date:** [November 20, 2005, 5:36am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/whats-the-average-age-of-us-dopers/331846/31 "2005-11-20T05:36:56Z")
1. I hope this thread bears fruit. I’m curious about the average doper age myself. ---
**Author:** ![Lobot](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/l/ce7236/32.png) [@Lobot](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Lobot)\ **Post date:** [November 20, 2005, 5:42am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/whats-the-average-age-of-us-dopers/331846/32 "2005-11-20T05:42:55Z")
27 here. I’m predicting around 35, too, though I suspect that different age-groups gravitate towards different forums. GD, I think, draws an older crowd than MPSIMS, for example. ---
**Author:** ![soulmurk](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/s/b782af/32.png) [@soulmurk](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/soulmurk)\ **Post date:** [November 20, 2005, 5:44am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/whats-the-average-age-of-us-dopers/331846/33 "2005-11-20T05:44:46Z")
My guess is 32, but that all depends upon who shows up to answer. Which is why I popped in… 30 here, and hoping to bring down the average of the older (and wiser!) Dopers so we can maintain our sleek, sexy, hip public image. ---
**Author:** ![Kaotic\_Newtral](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/k/71e660/32.png) [@Kaotic\_Newtral](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Kaotic_Newtral)\ **Post date:** [November 20, 2005, 5:49am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/whats-the-average-age-of-us-dopers/331846/34 "2005-11-20T05:49:08Z")
> [@soulmurk](#): > > My guess is 32, but that all depends upon who shows up to answer. > > Which is why I popped in… 30 here, and hoping to bring down the average of the older (and wiser!) Dopers so we can maintain our sleek, sexy, hip public image. This would be a GREAT sticky thread. Obviously we’d need a small shell script to peruse the posts and update the ages though. 🙂 ---
**Author:** ![Oregon\_sunshine](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/o/50afbb/32.png) [@Oregon\_sunshine](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Oregon_sunshine)\ **Post date:** [November 20, 2005, 5:51am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/whats-the-average-age-of-us-dopers/331846/35 "2005-11-20T05:51:51Z")
I am 37, for now. ---
**Author:** ![A.R.Cane](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/a/ee7513/32.png) [@A.R.Cane](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/A.R.Cane)\ **Post date:** [November 20, 2005, 5:58am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/whats-the-average-age-of-us-dopers/331846/36 "2005-11-20T05:58:08Z")
We just did this, as jrfranchi has pointed out. I was hoping to see an average come out of the previous thread, but noooo! Maybe this one will bear fruit, although I think it’s going to take several hundred responses to have any hope of accuracy. I turn 67 in Jan. '06. That should give a boost to the median. ---
**Author:** ![eveanyn](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/e/a88e4f/32.png) [@eveanyn](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/eveanyn)\ **Post date:** [November 20, 2005, 6:07am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/whats-the-average-age-of-us-dopers/331846/37 "2005-11-20T06:07:16Z")
I’m 32. ---
**Author:** ![Der\_Trihs](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/der_trihs/32/233_2.png) [@Der\_Trihs](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Der_Trihs)\ **Post date:** [November 20, 2005, 6:56am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/whats-the-average-age-of-us-dopers/331846/38 "2005-11-20T06:56:29Z")
37, 38 in a few weeks. ---
**Author:** ![Happy\_Lendervedder](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/happy_lendervedder/32/8488_2.png) [@Happy\_Lendervedder](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Happy_Lendervedder)\ **Post date:** [November 20, 2005, 7:54am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/whats-the-average-age-of-us-dopers/331846/39 "2005-11-20T07:54:25Z")
1. I like 30. ---
**Author:** ![Idle\_Thoughts](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/i/838e76/32.png) [@Idle\_Thoughts](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Idle_Thoughts)\ **Post date:** [November 20, 2005, 7:56am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/whats-the-average-age-of-us-dopers/331846/40 "2005-11-20T07:56:34Z")
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