{"id":62933,"date":"2018-03-28T00:00:00","date_gmt":"2018-03-28T00:00:00","guid":{"rendered":"http:\/\/blog.mozilla.org\/foxtail\/2018\/03\/28\/survey-says-firefox-loves-oddballs\/"},"modified":"2018-03-28T00:00:00","modified_gmt":"2018-03-28T00:00:00","slug":"survey-says-firefox-loves-oddballs","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/blog.mozilla.org\/en\/firefox\/survey-says-firefox-loves-oddballs\/","title":{"rendered":"Survey Says, Firefox Loves Oddballs"},"content":{"rendered":"

For the second year in a row, we did a bit of informal censusing last month to get to know our users in the best way possible: anonymously and collectively. Maybe you saw and took the survey, which we shared through email<\/a>, our about:home page, and social media<\/a>. There were some important questions and some not quite as important questions on it, but what was important was that it was totally voluntary and\u2014like everything we do\u2014about openness and transparency. Well, and having at least some fun on the internet.<\/p>\n

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So without further drumroll, here are the results! In looking at this year\u2019s results, we\u2019re also going to look at how they compared in some ways to last year\u2019s results! DATA.<\/p>\n

Demographics + Lifestyle <\/b><\/h3>\n

This year we had 95,204 responses. 98% of the respondents were Firefox users, but it\u2019s also important to note that a good chunk of these users also use other browsers (which is totally fine. Browser monogamy is not required). In fact, 17% use another browser as their primary browser (less fine, but we\u2019ll let it slide).<\/p>\n

58% of census takers were either between 19-22 or over 55, so we\u2019re kind of starting to wonder if Firefox is something passed down through the generations? Boomers and Gen-Xers, did you pass Firefox down to your millennial children as your most prized possession? If so, thanks. Otherwise, we\u2019ll just assume the demographics turned out that way because of the channels we promoted it in (social was a big driver for 19-24 and email was a big driver for 55+).<\/p>\n

We\u2019d be lying if we said the next stats didn\u2019t warm our hearts a bit. Turns out Firefox users are smart *and* considerate. It\u2019s something we\u2019ve always known, but it\u2019s nice to see some stats to back that up. Here\u2019s a quick tl;dr of what we mean:<\/p>\n

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  • 52% either donate their time or money regularly to give back to the community<\/li>\n
  • 84% recycle at least most of the time<\/li>\n
  • 48% are fluent in 2 or more languages<\/li>\n
  • 32% have a graduate degree (but somehow only 28% are Ravenclaws?)<\/li>\n
  • 27% have an undergraduate degree<\/li>\n
  • 17% are professional developers<\/li>\n
  • 67% of them have won a game of chess<\/li>\n<\/ul>\n

    And this might be splitting hairs, but the people who said they use Chrome as their primary browser? 1.4% more of them were more likely to say \u201cI am the gift\u201d when it comes to giving back instead of, you know, actually giving back. Take from that what you will.<\/p>\n

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    Online Life is Real Life<\/b><\/h3>\n

    Unsurprisingly, Firefox users are spending even more time online than they were last census. At the end of 2016, 21.1% spent more than 8 hours online a day, where at the end of last year that number was up to 30%.<\/p>\n

    The good news is that somehow even though they\u2019re spending more time online, they\u2019re also spending more time outside of work. In 2016, around 40% took more than 11 days off \u00a0and in 2017 that rose to 47%.<\/p>\n

    Even though they\u2019re spending more time online, it seems like they\u2019re organizing that time. Just 2% of users had more than 100 tabs open, which we find soothing somehow.<\/p>\n

    It might not seem like this is related to online life, but the overwhelming majority of respondents said that they don\u2019t know what we\u2019re talking about when we asked \u201cIs Bran the Night King?\u201d and honestly we\u2019re kind of disappointed in all of them. That\u2019s all we\u2019re going to say about that.<\/p>\n

    How the stars aligned<\/b><\/h3>\n

    Okay so whatever you think about astrology, we accidentally created a self-fulfilling prophecy with our question about the zodiac.<\/p>\n

    We asked whether Firefox users were more likely to be Leos or Libras because it has a nice ring to it. Well, Leos and Libras apparently saw that as a call to arms because they came out stronger than any other sign with over 10% of users being represented by each of these signs.<\/p>\n

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    That said, there were some interesting breakdowns when looking at each sign\u2019s answers. 51% of Leos spend 5 hours or less online, less time online than any other sign. 45% of Leos also identify as Gryffindors, which is to be expected. Slytherin is the least represented house amongst Firefox users, but interesting tidbit: Scorpios are most likely to be Slytherins by a long shot.<\/p>\n

    However we sliced the data, one thing was clear: y\u2019all are some clever, cool, opinionated people who generally agree that a hot dog is not a sandwich. Oh, and that you all have chosen to use a browser that\u2019s for people, not profit, and that makes a difference. You keep being you and we\u2019ll be right here making your way around the web the best it can be.<\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"

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