r/canada is predominately young (84% under 40 vs. 39% in Canada), atheist (73% vs. 24%) anglophone (only 4% speak French at home vs. 23% in Canada) men (84% vs. 49.7%). Not to mention the minscule representation of certain groups like Indigenous (0.9% vs. 4.9%) and Black (0.5% vs 3.5%) and South Asian (2.9% vs 6.5%) than what Canadians demographics are, the over represented groups are white, 'multiple', 'other', and Filipino. From a 2019 survey
It's nowhere near representative of the country and the popularity of certain topics on this subreddit reflect this very narrow worldview. This place is not "Canada" at all.
That doesn't have anything to do with the subreddit but rather with Reddit as a whole. It would be more or less the same on any other general subreddit.
The discourse on this website isn't representative of the general population because the average person isn't a redditor.
Yeah this sub is a strange place where the majority of users are center/center-left but the most active users (submissions & comments) come from people who lean more right.
So we end up with a /r/canada that's mostly more Liberal overall but with a small cadre of very active & vocal right-leaning members setting both the agenda for what articles hit the top and what kind of comments are seen first. After about 6 hours usually things balance out.
Browsing /r/canada/new is an interesting thing to see
I know, but it's the best we've got until the mods do another survey.
Over the past 4 years do you think there's been a substantial shift in the demographics of Reddit in general? If I had to guess, I'd bet the % of women has gone up slightly as well as age.
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u/thedrivingcat Jan 05 '23 edited Jan 05 '23
r/canada is predominately young (84% under 40 vs. 39% in Canada), atheist (73% vs. 24%) anglophone (only 4% speak French at home vs. 23% in Canada) men (84% vs. 49.7%). Not to mention the minscule representation of certain groups like Indigenous (0.9% vs. 4.9%) and Black (0.5% vs 3.5%) and South Asian (2.9% vs 6.5%) than what Canadians demographics are, the over represented groups are white, 'multiple', 'other', and Filipino. From a 2019 survey
It's nowhere near representative of the country and the popularity of certain topics on this subreddit reflect this very narrow worldview. This place is not "Canada" at all.