Youtaite 2017 Census Results
Hey there! Long time no see~ I’m back again with this year’s census results! Apologies for all the delays, but I’ve been rather busy this summer and I also kept the survey open for longer than last time. I hope that these results are worth the wait! Well at least I’m just in time for the 10th anniversary of Hatsune Miku! Appropriate huh?
This time around, we hit 709 responses! I know for sure that there are more youtaite these days, but I wonder if this is just a metric of my reach on social media... xD For those wondering how many active youtaite we are, I’d say that we’re at least 1000 strong, considering the general participation in CBs and the like.
As always, any comments on the data I’ve aggregated are my own opinions, and don’t reflect the opinions of the community as a whole. Data was analyzed and charted out in excel. I also deleted around 5-6 spoof entries. Telling me you’re pizza gender or 9999 from Antarctica isn’t funny guys.
Questions or suggestions? Contact me on twitter @crunchimochi. My DMs are open~ You can also grab the raw excel analysis file here!
Youtaite Locations Map
This year’s map only includes entries from this census survey, as I finally remembered to add a Canadian province section. xD Looks like we have great representation as usual! Beyond the large American and Canadian communities, there’s also a sizeable French and Indonesian community! Have a look~
Yay time for data!
What’s the Youtaite gender distribution?
Looks like a larger portion of the community is female. Honestly I was expecting for there to be more males now but I guess that’s not really the case... Interestingly enough, there’s a smaller percentage of other genders beyond female/male. That said, it could just be caused by the fact that my data set is larger.
How old are Youtaites?
Honestly, the distribution is rather similar to last year’s but it’s interesting to note that we’re seeing people get older since the age group sizes are shifting more towards maxing out at 18-19, compared to 17-18 last year.
How long have people been in the community?
General distribution essentially hasn’t changed honestly. People just moved up the rungs. Looks like less people joined the community in the past year though.
How many CBs have Youtaites participated in?
Too many... Or actually not enough. Surprise! Most people who answered this survey have never participated in a CB.
Beyond that, I decided to see if there was a correlation between your time in the community and the number of CBs you’ve participated in, as well as the max CBs someone has participated in within each group.
Not surprisingly, the longer you’ve been in the community, the more CBs you’ve been in. Also, to the person who’s only been around for 2-3 years but has been in nearly 20 CBs, you’re a TOTAL MASO. WHY DO YOU DO THIS TO YOURSELF.
What roles do Youtaites take in the community?
Honestly, the distribution hasn’t changed that much compared to last years. Animators are still rather scarce in this community, so treat them well. :) Though, it seems that there are more and more animators cropping up and the ratio of singers to animators isn’t so bad anymore.
Out of curiosity, I decided to see how genders spread out within each role.
Surprise! ... not really. Females super outnumber everyone throughout all of these comparisons.
I’d like to say that a larger proportion of males decide to go into mixing than females. It sorta confirms what I had a hunch about.
I don’t know if I’m supposed to be surprised for artists and animators.
For the rest of the roles, they’ve been laid out in this table. You’re more than welcome to compare this to the gender pie chart I posted earlier!
How do Youtaites interact with each other?
This is where you see the largest amount of change honestly. Last year, Skype was barely edging out on twitter as the winner, with Facebook following, but significantly less. This year, Twitter and Discord are clearly winning over Skype by large margins. I guess my evil plan to get people over to discord with the youtaite server worked I MEAN WHAT?? Honestly, I expect less and less people to use Skype now that Discord is rolling out screenshare and video calling.
Where do Youtaites upload their covers?
Honestly, this hasn’t changed much at all. We’re youtaites after all.
Where do Youtaites upload their art/animations?
A significantly larger portion of artists/animators are now uploading their work on Twitter and Instagram now! Honestly I feel it’s due to the fact that both of the those platforms are better designed to maximize exposure. However, this has led to reposters also getting more views than the original artist. Make sure to RT the original artist’s work when you can, and to not upload work that isn’t yours! You’d think that would be self explanatory but people reposting art without credit is a rather rampant issue.
What types of songs do Youtaites sing?
Not many changes here. Vocaloid, Anisong, and Japanese music in general are still holding strong. The higher percentages you see here are partially caused by the fact that I’ve filtered out those who don’t sing from the numbers this time around.
So, exactly how much has the community changed over the years?
Honestly, not all that much. More and more people join every year, and we’ve changed where we communicate with each other. But honestly, that’s just normal growth of a community, along with the sign of an ever changing technological landscape. Whether or not this is a good thing or not is up to you.
That said, this survey doesn’t cover to how things have changed on a more societal standpoint! Maybe that’s a good topic for another survey in the future.
Anyways, let’s have a look at how y’all design your OCs...
How many Youtaites have OCs?
Surprise! There’s actually a sizeable chunk of people without an OC. Many people simply like to talk to other people in the community and don’t directly participate.
What are the typical OC hair colors?
Brown and black win by a large margin. I’m honestly surprised. I thought people would choose the more out there colors. xD
As an extra, it seems that almost 25% of us have more than one color in our hair! I think it’s probably cause ombre and other multicolored hair dye jobs have become more popular/acceptable in culture lately.
What are the typical OC eye colors?
Most people have blue eyes! The eye colors present in real life are the most common colors.
Interestingly enough, about 17% of us chose to have heterochromia.
AND THAT’S IT!
Thank you so much for reading through another very long write up for the Youtaite census.
I think I’ve gotten way better at data analysis over the years. Think I missed something? Have any ideas for future surveys? Hit me up on twitter @crunchimochi!










