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Bloggers are younger and higher percentages are Hispanic & African American than the general population. A higher percentage of Democrats than of Republicans are blogging.
Now that Blogging might better be called a market segment rather than a market niche, it's useful with regard to positioning the marketing message to understand what a Blogger looks like, as distinguished from the rest of the population. According to the BIGresearch Simultaneous Media Survey, 26% of all adults say they regularly or occasionally blog. Of those:
- 53.7% are male
- 44.7% are married
- 28.4% hold a professional or managerial position
- 10.4% are students.
Bloggers tend to be younger, averaging 37.6 years old, compared to 44.8 for adults 18+ (the "general population"). Ethnically:
- 69.7% of Bloggers are White/Caucasian (vs. 76.1%)
- 12.2% are African American/Black (vs. 11.4%)
- 3.7% are Asian (vs. 2.0%)
- 20% of Bloggers are Hispanic, compared to 14.8% of adults 18+
In addition, Bloggers report a lower income ($55,819 vs. $56,811) and are better educated (14.3 years of education vs. 14.2).
Political blogs are becoming increasingly common, especially in this election year, where 24.6% of registered voters say they regularly or occasionally blog. Political affiliation of regular/occasional Bloggers look like this in 2008:
- 37.6% of Libertarians regularly/occasionally blog
- 26.9% of Democrats
- 25.7% of Independents
- 22.9% Republicans
Analysis of Bloggers shows that they are using most forms of new media significantly more than the average market.
| Regular/Occasional New Media Usage (Top 5) | ||
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| % of Regular/Occasional Bloggers | % of Adults 18+ |
| Cell Phone | 93.0% | 87.5% |
| Instant Messaging | 75.3% | 49.3% |
| Download/Access Video/TV Content | 72.2% | 45.0% |
| Video Gaming | 66.9% | 47.5% |
| Text Messaging | 65.5% | 45.2% |
| Source: BIGresearch, January 2008, N=15,727 | ||
Although Bloggers are more likely to use new media, the analysis finds that more conventional forms of media trigger their Internet searches. Magazines, at 51.6%, rank highest, followed by:
- 48.8% reading an article
- 46.1% broadcast TV
- 44.5% cable TV
- 42.5% face-to-face communication
- 39.7% newspaper
Gary Drenik, President of BIGresearch, concludes ?"Bloggers are a diverse group and not who you would expect..."
For more information, please visit BIGresearch here.
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Interesting statistics.. and I would examine them further because I feel that based on the chunk of the blogosphere I see which is pretty expansive, there's a lot more women out there than one thinks. I do agree that the education is higher.
Are these casual or professional bloggers?
All of those variances are pretty much within the ranges of statistical error.
Next you are goign to say that 32% of bloggers have blue eyes (apparently this is the figure for the global population - though not sure how much credence I'd place in the source, but you get my point).
Talk about trying to get published on a report that pretty much says nothing.
How about just saing, "blogger are us" and be done with it, or alternatively talk about what drives a blogger and how to leverage this.
Cheers, Dean Collins www.collins.net.pr/blog (i dont normally sign off with my blog but couldn't help myself :) - happy friday.