I had this awesome idea to make Wordles for all of the survey questions you answered 6 months ago, which turned out to be a whole lot of work, and not a very accurate representation of the spread. If you’d like to see the compelte set of data, visit this post and click on “view results” at the bottom of each poll question. There were a lot of other categories that people selected for some of the questions, but not a large enough percentage of answers for Wordle to show it. Just wanted to let readers like my European friends know why they aren’t listed under location, or why those who might be Buddhist or Muslim know why they aren’t represented. 
Sorry about the iffy quality on some of these. It was a nice idea, right?
Gender
Age
Religious Affiliation
Relationship Status
Number of Children/Plans to Have Children
Location (North America)
Education
Household Income
Job Title
Political Leanings
Number of Blog Read/Week
Estimated Number of Hours Reading Said Blogs Each Week
Are You A Blogger?
If you are a:
you’re in good company as I’ve just listed the largest groups in every polling category! If that description fits you, you should comment below and maybe you’ll find a new friend with lots in common.
Whew, that was a lot of work to compile and map out. I hope you enjoyed that visual glimpse into the That Wife readership.
March 16th, 2011 on 8:22 am
This is really awesome data, Jenna! Thanks for sharing the results. I pretty much am your average reader
Too fun!
Were you surprised by any of the responses?
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Jenna Reply:
March 16th, 2011 at 9:10 am
That so few men read (like two responded) and that people who identify as democrat make up the majority.
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March 16th, 2011 on 8:24 am
This is really neat. Aside from the Having a Blog/Blog Related stuff I pretty much am your type
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March 16th, 2011 on 8:26 am
So interesting to read about the fellow readers. I suspected that “Educators” were heavily represented in your followers, because there are often lots of people prefacing their comments with “As an elementary school teacher..” etc. Also interesing that there are so many readers from the northeast. I wonder what drives that?
Does anyone know of other big blogs that post their readership survey results? I’d be curious to compare/contrast other blogs of a similar genre.
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March 16th, 2011 on 8:29 am
I was confused by the Education results so went back to the original post (slow morning over here, people). In case others had a hard time interpreting the Wordle, the results were:
College Graduate 50.95% (564 votes)
Post-college Degree 33.06% (366 votes)
Some College 14.09% (156 votes)
High School Graduate 1.9% (21 votes)
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March 16th, 2011 on 8:30 am
Well with 4 small changes I would be you’re average reader
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March 16th, 2011 on 8:42 am
I like the visuals even if they didn’t turn out to be completely accurate. It sounds like I fit in pretty well with the largest groups too. Interesting.
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March 16th, 2011 on 9:00 am
I would never have guessed so many people would list themselves as Democrats. As a Democrat among a group of Republican friends, I forgot what’s it’s like to be in the majority! And I fit nearly every category of your average reader
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March 16th, 2011 on 9:04 am
Interesting!!! Of the most average readers I match the following:
Female
Plan to have children someday, but don’t have any yet
College grad
Loves baking/cooking and talking about food
Avid commenter on the blogs she reads
have your own blog
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March 16th, 2011 on 9:12 am
I’ve never felt so average before! lol.
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March 16th, 2011 on 9:14 am
Wow, that’s crazy - I fit into most of the categories for your average reader! Thanks for doing this, Jenna…it’s very interesting!
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March 16th, 2011 on 9:23 am
I just need to make a little more money…
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March 16th, 2011 on 9:28 am
Wow, I’m your average reader! Very exciting to see that you have people on here reading and commenting with the same interests and lifestyles as myself.
I also like the visual results, it’s more fun.
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March 16th, 2011 on 9:31 am
This is very cool Jenna! It’s really interesting to see all the info compiled that way. I’m your run of the mill, average That Wife reader
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March 16th, 2011 on 9:36 am
Love this! Pretty funny that you don’t match most of the majority readers - I’d say that makes you well rounded and easy to get along with!
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March 16th, 2011 on 9:46 am
Check, check, and check…yup!
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March 16th, 2011 on 9:48 am
I am not in education but I am a Nanny. Otherwise, I fit right in.
Jenna, I have been looking for that post you did where you asked your readers to tell a few things about themselves and then link to their blogs…I am looking for a few more blogs to follow. Can you please point me in the right direction?
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March 16th, 2011 on 9:48 am
Yes, I was surprised that the majority of your readers are Democrats too! And I’m quite in the minority with having two kids - it’s like I’ve got veteran status in the mom department.
I thought having at least 1 kid was the norm ‘around here’, but that would definatly explain why your baby/pregnancy posts are popular - lots of people curious for the future.
Very interesting results!
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Jenna Reply:
March 16th, 2011 at 9:52 am
Yes!
I need to write more “what I’ve learned” type posts
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March 16th, 2011 on 9:55 am
I fit all but 3 (income, religion and northeast).
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March 16th, 2011 on 9:59 am
Interesting! I thought that a) you’d have more moms reading, b) more LDS than other religions (though it probably is more represented here than in the general public) and c) more republicans. Though I don’t really know why I thought the last one. Having more democrats does correlate with the age/education that you listed as most common, so I guess it makes sense.
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March 16th, 2011 on 10:04 am
This is so cool to see, thanks for sharing!
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March 16th, 2011 on 10:47 am
Not quite average, but close! Change the location, income, political affiliation, and I’m not in education. It was really fun seeing those results, though.
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March 16th, 2011 on 11:10 am
The nerd in me is really interested in what a comparison between location and income would be and driving that further into a standard of living comparison. I can guarantee that my salary in the South is vastly different from someone with the same standard of living in the Northeast or the West Coast would be.
Thanks for sharing all of these!
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March 16th, 2011 on 11:19 am
So Interesting. Other than location and job-I am totally your typical reader. How funny!
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March 16th, 2011 on 11:22 am
Very cool. Thank you for taking the time to put this together.
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March 16th, 2011 on 12:01 pm
I’m more or less inside the Bell curve. It’s nice to be average when your peers are educated, like food and are generally polite.
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March 16th, 2011 on 12:23 pm
I only match with 3. LOL. Im going to keep reading though!
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March 16th, 2011 on 12:56 pm
Wow, talk about the shoe that fits! Except that I’m not married yet, live in Europe and should probably leave more comments on the blogs I love! So Jenna, I love your blog!
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March 16th, 2011 on 1:21 pm
What a fun and informative post - I love facts and figures!
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March 16th, 2011 on 2:07 pm
Surprised there are more Catholics than LDS! I guess we like learning about LDS
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March 16th, 2011 on 2:23 pm
I love this! Never thought to use Wordle to represent information like this… very cool :]
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March 16th, 2011 on 3:37 pm
Jenna - I think this says a lot about your ability to share opinions and grow as a person. I’m in line with most of your readers (excluding a few things like income, profession, religion) and although you and I differ in many, many ways, I keep coming back because I am curious to hear what you think and well, I just like you. In particular, I love people with fight and passion.
From a religion standpoint, I think people just like hearing about other religions (not, because we are still looking, as you previously mentioned, but because we think it is interesting and expands our world view). From a politics standpoint, you don’t frequently touch on your political views (though that may change tomorrow?) but I would expect you to have thought through your positions with the same amount of research and thoughtfulness you give everything else in your life (which frankly, as I biased democrat, would lead me to believe you are more liberal in some areas than I might have expected).
Thanks for sharing this info… super interesting.
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Carrie Reply:
March 16th, 2011 at 3:38 pm
as *a biased Democrat… not 100% today!
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March 17th, 2011 on 7:45 am
You just described me to a tee! Except I’m Jewish
But otherwise, spot on!
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March 17th, 2011 on 1:14 pm
I was a little confused about the religion question… Wasn’t sure whether to go Protestant or Christian. Also, Catholics and LDS could also self-identify as Christian, right? maybe it was your intention to leave it sort of open….
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March 17th, 2011 on 1:19 pm
I was quite surprised to see the majority was Democrats! I am below average in several of the categories, but close to them
Fun to see!
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March 17th, 2011 on 2:39 pm
That’s so awesome! Because I am:
Female
25-40
Christian
Married
NOT Plan to have children someday, but don’t have any yet
NOT Living in the northeast
College grad
$45,000-$75,000
Education industry
NOT Democrat
Loves baking/cooking and talking about food
Avid commenter on the blogs she reads
Reading 11-30 blogs/day, spending 5-10 hours a week doing so
You have your own blog
ALL of those things but three!
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March 17th, 2011 on 3:56 pm
I am not an educator.
& I don’t live in the north east, but I want to some day…does that count? Portland specifically.
♥ Celina
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March 21st, 2011 on 2:16 pm
I’ve pared down my blog reading/commenting a lot since I’m trying to finish my thesis, but otherwise I fit every other category!
Well, the geography one confused me: I said northeast because, as I recall, there wasn’t a “Midwest” option. Chicago isn’t the northeast, right?
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