The Higher Education Demographics Poll (First Edition): Statistics Report
Introduction
The first Higher Education Demographics Poll of the MCYT fandom was conducted on a whim between approximately 6-12 February, 2023 HKT, with the poll open for a week. The poll was conducted on our main MCYT community blog, @minecraftrelatedrandomness.
Tumblr polls allow for a maximum of 10 options per poll, and all 10 were utilized in the Higher Education Demographics Poll. The options are listed as follows:
Arts and Humanities
Business Administration
Communication and Media
Education
Law
Medical and Health Sciences
STEM (Science, Technology, Engineering, and Mathematics)
Social Science
I am not in higher education and do not plan on entering higher education
Interdisciplinary field(s)
Results
The poll received 632 responses over its week-long run time. The results are as follows:
The discipline-field which the most respondents reported themselves to be in or be interested in was Arts and Humanities, taking up ~35% of the total votes. This is followed by the STEM (Science, Technology, Engineering, and Mathematics) field, with ~27% of respondents stating themselves to be involved or interested in such a field.
All of the other options received under 10% of the vote, of which Business Administration received the fewest votes, taking up only ~2% of the total.
Fans with a background in law or interdisciplinary fields took up ~3% of the vote, while Communication and Media and Education respectively received ~4% of the vote each. The Medical and Health Sciences option was selected by ~6% of the respondents. Finally, ~8% are reportedly in Social Sciences, and another ~8% expressed that they are not in higher education and do not intend to enter it.
Limitations
In spite of the results, there were several factors which we did not consider during the making of the original poll.
As criticized by multiple respondents of the poll, the wording of the original question was written with undergraduate university students and secondary school students in mind, or those around this age range. As a result, it neglects postgraduate students and university graduates who have already entered the workforce.
Several of the categories were not clearly defined. There were several unexpected degrees and disciplines which were not mentioned in the annotations, such as criminology and culinary arts. This led to miscommunication where respondents chose options which did not reflect their degree programme as intended by the creator of the poll.
Individuals with double majors in different disciplines were not taken into account. While they technically fall under the Interdisciplinary Field(s) section, it caused some brief misunderstandings during the proceedings of the poll.
The original poll also neglects university students who have not yet decided on their degree programmes, former students who dropped out of higher education, or those with associate degrees or diplomas due to the question’s specification for a major programme.
The original poll was made on our main account, which has many prominent members of the fandom blocked or vice versa due to various past disagreements. As a result, the outreach of the poll is limited to those who are able and willing to access our main MCYT blog.
The original poll mostly ran concurrent with the MCYTblr Sexymen Poll. As a result, the poll was mostly buried under sexyman voting propaganda and therefore likely received less exposure than it otherwise would have.
As a result, the statistics shown is not necessarily an accurate reflection of the demographics of the MCYT fandom. The reason this separate blog and account was made is to combat limitation #4 stated above, and future iterations of the poll will be conducted with a more inclusive audience in mind.
It is likely that a Second Edition of the Higher Education Demographics Poll will be conducted in the near future to ensure a more thorough understanding of the MCYT fandom and their preferred fields of study in tertiary education. The poll will also include options for education at tertiary institutes other than universities, to take those in say, vocational education into account.
It is also considered for STEM as a field to be split into Science and Engineering, though this may cause complications in terms of how disciplines like Computer Science and Engineering would be classified, as different institutes may have different classifications on the matter. Alternatively, the Medical and Health Sciences option may be merged with the STEM option as they are fundamentally a form of applied science.
HELLO hi sorry i vanished lol i busted the fuck outta my phone !! and as ive stated i simply do not want to do anything on desktop lol so in the spontaneous hiatus please have this poll
What 'fandom' got you into Minecraft?
stampy-adjacent (lovely world, squid's sky island, Amy's land of love, etc)
hermitcraft-adjacent (hermitcraft & any old series ran by hermits like evo)
yogscast-adjacent (blackrock, etc)
aphmau-adjacent (mystreet, pheonix drop high, etc)
Most Voted matches: Round One: Dream v CPK, 11,605 votes. Round Two, Schlatt v Zedaph, 16,548 votes. Round Three, MythicalSausage v Quackity, 21,018 votes. Round Four, GoodTimesWithScar v Technoblade, 46,459 votes. Round Five, Joe Hills v Quackity, 61,775 votes. Round Six, ZombieCleo v Joe Hills, 24,964 votes. Round Seven, GoodTimesWithScar v Joe Hills, 38,119 votes.]
[ID: Infographic. Average Votes per Poll, By Round: Round One: ~8,000. Round Two, ~12,000. Round Three, ~16,000. Round Four, ~25,000. Round Five, ~33,000. Round Six, ~23,000. Round Seven, ~38,000.
Closest Races: Round One: ClownPierce v Tubbo, 50 - 50. Round Two, Martyn InTheLittleWood v Charlie Slimecicle, 49 - 51, and Jschlatt v Zedaph, 51 - 49. Round Three: Pixlriffs v Charlie Slimecicle, 49-51, and BDoubleO100 v LDShadowlady, 51 - 49. Round Four: Joe Hills v Wilbur Soot, 50 - 50, and Grian v Quackity, 50 - 50, and GoodTimesWithScar v Technoblade, 51 - 49. Round Five: Joe Hills v Quackity, 50 - 50, and Ethoslab v MumboJumbo, 51 - 49. Round Six: Zombiecleo v Joe Hills, 48 - 52. Round Seven, GoodTimesWithScar v Joe Hills, 50 - 50.
[ID: Infographic titled Average Votes Per Contestant Vs Youtube Subscriber Count. A scatter graph. Dream: 31,400,000 subscribers and 3,598 votes. Technoblade: 15,900,000 subscribers and 15,184 votes. CaptainSparklez: 11,400,000 subscribers and 6,914 votes. Stampy*: 10,700,000 subscribers and 2,402 votes. MumboJumbo: 8,580,000 subscribers and 11,984 votes. Grian: 8,080,000 subscribers and 11,358 votes. LDShadowLady: 7,010,000 subscribers and 7,264 votes. WilburSoot: 6,330,000 subscribers and 10,815 votes. Quackity: 6,320,000 subscribers and 16,303 votes. Sapnap: 4,680,000 subscribers and 3,483 votes. Fundy: 4,340,000 subscribers and 3,181 votes. Karl Jacobs: 3,940,000 subscribers and 2,491 votes. Ranboo: 3,910,000 subscribers and 7,009 votes. Jschlatt: 3,840,000 subscribers and 6,624 votes. BadBoyHalo: 3,670,000 subscribers and 3,745 votes. Joel SmallishBeans: 3,550,000 subscribers and 8,632 votes. Charlie Slimecicle: 3,240,000 subscribers and 7,652 votes. Philza: 3,050,000 subscribers and 7,035 votes. Tubbo: 3,020,000 subscribers and 4,926 votes. Joey Graceffa: 2,840,000 subscribers and 3,505 votes. RTGame: 2,770,000 subscribers and 3,973 votes. Ethoslab: 2,420,000 subscribers and 10,793 votes. Keralis: 2,370,000 subscribers and 5,169 votes.
There is a note that this graph does not include NPCs or Contestants without Youtube Channels, and a lower segment of the graph with more contstants expanded on the next page]
[ID: Infographic titled Average Votes per contestant vs Youtube Subscriber Count* Expanded view. A scatter graph.
GoodTimesWithScar: 1,990,000 subscribers and 16,173 votes. Jack Manifold: 1,930,000 subscribers and 2,165 votes. BDoubleO100: 1,860,000 subscribers and 8,038 votes. Xisuma: 1,820,000 subscribers and 5,959 votes. Iskall85: 1,640,000 subscribers and 6,248 votes. VintageBeef: 1,570,000 subscribers and 3,978 votes. GeminiTay: 1,550,000 subscribers and 5,512 votes. Katherine Elizabeth: 1,450,000 subscribers and 3,149 votes. ScottSMajor: 1,410,000 vs 8,974 votes. Niki Nihachu: 1,400,000 subscribers and 5,350 votes. fWhip: 1,340,000 subscribers and 5,483 votes. ImpulseSV: 1,190,000 subscribers and 4,550 votes. MythicalSausage: 1,130,000 subscribers and 8,845 votes. TangoTek: 1,090,000 subscribers and 7,531 votes. Docm77: 1,000,000 subscribers and 7,656 votes. Shubble: 958,000 subscribers and 8,270 votes. Pixlriffs: 917,000 subscribers and 8,186 votes. PeteZahHutt: 883,000 subscribers and 3,051 votes. Cubfan135: 827,000 subscribers and 5,428 votes. Ashswag: 756,000 subscribers and 723 votes. Renthedog: 686,000 subscribers and 8,339 votes. SeaPeeKay: 682,000 subscribers and 5,798 votes. Oli Orionsound: 665,000 subscribers and 7,356 votes. PearlescentMoon: 662,000 subscribers and 9,135 votes. Illumina: 631,000 subscribers and 3526 votes. Branzycraft: 621,000 subscribers and 2,633 votes. Fruitberries: 596,000 subscribers and 2,219 votes. Rythian: 576,000 subscribers and 1,794 votes. Clownpierce: 576,000 subscribers and 4,752 votes. F1nn5ter: 552,000 subscribers and 4,570 votes. Jimmy Solidarity: 550,000 subscribers and 7,210 votes. Welsknight: 546,000 subscribers and 3490 votes. Hbomb94: 513,000 subscribers and 4,413 votes. FalseSymmetry: 456,000 subscribers and 6,485 votes. FoolishGamers: 448,000 subscribers and 4,894 votes. Legundo: 435,000 subscribers and 1,545 votes. Hypnotizd: 390,000 subscribers and 2,531 votes. XBcrafted: 381,000 subscribers and 3,041 votes. Eret: 372,000 subscribers and 6,193 votes. Punz: 357,000 subscribers and 4,199 votes. Stressmonster: 339,000 subscribers and 3,759 votes. ZombieCleo: 308,000 subscribers and 11,749 votes. Zedaph: 304,000 subscribers and 7,409 votes. Sneegsnag: 278,000 subscribers and 4,865 votes. CaptainPuffy: 245,000 subscribers and 3,858 votes. ConnorEatsPants: 240,000 subscribers and 5,094 votes. AimseyTV: 192,000 subscribers and 5,759 votes. Reddoons: 191,000 subscribers and 2,187 votes. Joe Hills: 159,000 subscribers and 16,118 votes. Martyn InTheLittleWood: 154,000 subscribers and 7,161 votes. TinFoilChef: 125,000 subscribers and 4,309 votes. BigBSt4tz: 106,000 subscribers and 2,306 votes. OwengeJuiceTV: 80,500 subscribers and 4,378 votes. ItzSubz_: 69,300 subscribers and 2,025 votes. ZloyXP: 61,700 subscribers and 2,815 votes. Skizzleman: 45,300 subscribers and 3,219 votes. JoJoSolos: 36,200 subscribers and 3,409 votes. Reignex: 12,100 subscribers and 1,321 votes. Bekyamon: 9,270 subscribers and 3,038 votes. Laurance Zvahl: 9,260 subscribers and 2,125 votes. VikingPilot: 6,180 subscribers and 2136 votes]
Voter* Ages, a bar graph: 32 or higher: 3%. 30-31: 1%. 28-29: 2%. 26-27: 4%. 24-25: 6%. 22-23: 12%. 20-21: 19%. 18-19: 23%. 16-17: 19%. 15 or under: 11%.
Percentages of Voters* on each Continent, a map graph: North America: 64%. South America: 3%. Europe: 23%. Africa: 0%. Asia: 4% Australia & Oceania: 5%. Antartica or At Sea: 1%.
*From a demographic survey size of approximately 6,000 people]
Welcome to the Old MCYT Sillymen Bracket of 2023! Want to watch a bunch of nostalgic Minecrafters compete in a Silly Shenanigan Bracket? This is your place to be! My name is Jax of @jaxwhacks and I’ll be the host of this event!!
Here is our sillyman bracket!! A transcript & link to the poll masterlist can be found below the cut at the bottom of this post!!
Updated rules and regulations:
Voter fraud is generally discouraged, but I can’t exactly stop you. Just be respectful about it and don’t spam unrelated blogs.
Voting will begin Friday, February 17th, at 4pm CST, with Round A1. That’s everybody in red in the provided transcript, or everybody on the left up until IBallisticSquid in the image above. Round A2 voting will begin Saturday, so on and so forth. Every round will last 24 hours.
This staggering is done because there are a LOT of candidates, and I don’t want to overwhelm anybody, myself included. (This may change as time goes on; if during the first round I think it’s going too slowly I may stop the in-round grouping. We’ll see!! Stay on your toes, and remember to check back here or send me an ask if you have questions!!)
The bracket will have 64 members, and will be seeded worst-against-best, with the exclusion of one matchup because it’s simply too hilarious to pass up.
I’ll post propaganda!! Just submit it to the ask box or tag this blog in the post!!
Please don’t take this contest seriously! Campaign for your sillies, create content for your sillies, but please be kind to other people and their sillies!!
[ID: infographic titled Round Two At A Glance. Average Votes Per Match: 5,991. Total Votes Cast: 383,455. Most Voted Match: Schlatt v Zedaph: 16,548 votes. Closest Race: Martyn InTheLittleWood v Charlie Slimecicle, 49 - 51, and Schlatt v Zedaph, 51 - 49. Bigest Sweep: ZombieCleo, 90 - 10. Most Total Votes: rounds 1 & 2, Zedpah, ~14,800 votes.
All vote totals are listed in order from greatest to least, which is: Technoblade, GoodTimesWithScar, ZombieCleo, Joe Hills, BDoubleO100, PearlescentMoon, MumboJumbo, ScottSMajor, Ethoslab, CaptainSparklez, Docm77, Renthedog, Jschlatt, Oli Orionsound, Joel SmallishBeans, Zedaph, Grian, MythicalSausage, Quackity, WilburSoot, Philza, Charlie Slimecicle, Pixlriffs, LDShadowLady, Eret, Martyn InTheLittleWood, TangoTek, FalseSymmetry, Xisuma, Iskall85, AimseyTV, Ranboo, Keralis, Jimmy Solidarity, ImpulseSV, Xornoth, Cubfan135, GeminiTay, fWhip, Sneegsnag, FoolishGamers, Clownpierce, Niki Nihachu, ConnorEatsPants, TinFoilChef, Hbomb94, Shubble, OwengeJuiceTV, RTGame, SeaPeeKay, Katherine Elizabeth, F1nn5ter, MissTrixtin, Grumbot, JoJoSolos, Illumina, VintageBeef, Awesamdude, Eddie the Rabbit, PeteZahHutt, Skizzleman, VikingPilot, ItzSubz_, ZloyXP]
[ID: infographic titled Round Five At A Glance. Total Votes Cast: 131,996. Average Votes Per MCYT: 16,495. Average Votes Per Poll: 32,992. Most Voted Match: Joe Hills v Quackity: 61,775 votes. Closest Race: Ethoslab v MumboJumbo, 51 - 49, Joe Hills v Quackity, 50 - 50. Bigest Sweep: GoodTimesWithScar, 80 - 20. Most Total Votes: rounds 1 - 5, Quackity, ~65,200 votes.
MCYTers are listed in order of votes received. In order, they are: Joe Hills, Quackity, GoodTimesWithScar, ZombieCleo, Ethoslab, MumboJumbo, BdoubleO100, Docm77]
[ID: infographic titled Round Four At A Glance. Total Votes Cast: 203,383. Average Votes Per MCYT: 12,711. Average Votes Per Poll: 25,423. Most Voted Match: GoodTimesWithScar v Technoblade: 46.459 votes. Closest Race: Joe HIlls v WilburSoot, 50 - 50, Grian v Quackity, 50 - 50, and GoodTimesWithScar v Technoblade, 51 - 49. Bigest Sweep: MumboJumbo, 63 - 37. Most Total Votes: rounds 1 - 4, GoodTimesWithScar, ~47,800 votes.
MCYTers are listed in order of votes received. In order, they are: GoodTimesWithScar, Technoblade, Quackity, Grian, Joe Hills, WilburSoot, MumboJumbo, Ethoslab, ZombieCleo, BDoubleO100, Docm77, Joel SmallishBeans, Renthedog, PearlescentMoon, Charlie Slimecicle, ScottSMajor.]
ID: infographic titled Round Three At A Glance. Total Votes Cast: 259,428. Average Votes Per MCYT: 8,107. Most Voted Match: Mythical Sausage v Quackity: 21,018 votes. Closest Race: Pixlriffs v Charlie Slimecicle, 49 - 51, and BdoubleO100 v LDShadowlady, 51 - 49. Bigest Sweep: MumboJumbo, 78 - 22. Most Total Votes: rounds 1 - 3, GoodTimesWithScar, ~24,100 votes.
MCYTers are listed in order of votes received. In order, they are: GoodTimesWithScar, Technoblade, MumboJumbo, Quackity, Ethoslab, Grian, ZombieCleo, MythicalSausage, PearlescentMoon, WilburSoot, Charlie Slimecicle, ScottSMajor, Pixlriffs, Joel SmallishBeans, Joe Hills, Renthedog, Jimmy Solidarity, Docm77, TangoTek, BDoubleO100, Ranboo, LDShadowLady, Philza, Oli Orionsound, FalseSymmetry, Eret, Xisuma, Jschlatt, AimseyTV, CaptainSparklez, Keralis, ImpulseSV.]
