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By: Over 50% of MySpace users are over 35 - Advertising 2.0

Over 50% of MySpace users are over 35 - Advertising 2.0 — Thu, 03 Apr 2008 09:19:58 +0000

[...] news from comScore that 51.6 percent of MySpace users in August were over 35, subsequently confirmed by Fox Interactive. Published Oct 06 2006, 10:08 PM by Robin Grant Filed under: social networks, key insights, [...]

By: grevutsky

grevutsky — Tue, 25 Dec 2007 23:22:30 +0000

Our media planners are getting confirmations from MySpace reps themselves that a "significant minority" of the ages over 60 are fake (144 year-old cheerleaders, etc.) and this pulls down the demographics.

George Revutsky ROI.works Search Marketing

By: Hitchhiker’s Guide to 650 :: Metcalfe’s Law Redux: Why Web 1.0 Giants Are Screwed and Web 2,0 StartUps Saved :: October :: 2006

Wed, 18 Jul 2007 05:57:14 +0000

[...] - Myspace demo over 35 [...]

By: Jason Liebe

Jason Liebe — Fri, 06 Oct 2006 07:15:16 +0000

I can't believe people are still talking about MySpace. It's like a giant UFO crashing into the ground in slow motion. Unless I was a high school student or promoting a band I would be embarassed and humiliated to have a MySpace page. My girlfriend is in college and uses FaceBook to collaberate with classmates and even her professors and TAs. It's everything good about MySpace without the slow loading, often-crashing, three ring circus web pages.

I think the average/median age claim is an ulterior PR-based loaded figure. Rupert Murdoch is literally a media genius, well at least when it comes to making money -- Thus I'm sure he has something trixy in the works for MySpace.

By: X

Fri, 06 Oct 2006 06:23:25 +0000

Bzzzt. Tons of fake ages in myspace. Hell, mine is listed as 90. Get enough 90s in there and they pull the 14s up to the 30s. I think I'll change mine so it says I'm two years old.

By: Sean

Sean — Fri, 06 Oct 2006 03:56:23 +0000

"Well…another common assumption — that the old people on MySpace are pervs — should probably go down the drain as well, or these figures are a sad comment on human nature."

That's great. This is why I love reading GigaOM.

By: Brent Oesterblad

Brent Oesterblad — Fri, 06 Oct 2006 01:48:27 +0000

And exactly how did MySpace arrive at this average age – by the age submitted for profiles? Like when 95% of all under 14 year olds (have to fudge to meet TOS’s) claim to be 90 years old. Just think the numbers being quoted may be a little skewed – and perhaps not a bad PR move for MySpace in a blogosphere where the adults/parents get their information. Just food for thought.

By: Nitin Borwankar

Nitin Borwankar — Fri, 06 Oct 2006 01:04:41 +0000

I think

a) a number of parents are creating accounts to see what their kids are doing b) a number of young people are faking their age so they don't get stalked

but then again I barely know what MySpace is …

By: Dave Zatz

Dave Zatz — Fri, 06 Oct 2006 00:27:44 +0000

Wow, that's surprising. Among many of my friends and coworkers, it seems a decent percentage of those in their 20s use it and none in their 30s (including me).

By: MySpace Insider

MySpace Insider — Fri, 06 Oct 2006 00:09:41 +0000

Has anybody seen the new report issued by Brad Greenspan, the MySpace founder and Chairman? This is unbelievable stuff! It includes actual emails!!

http://freemyspace.com/

PS make sure to check out the “founding of myspace” section

By: Mario

Mario — Thu, 05 Oct 2006 23:51:51 +0000

It doesn't sound very realistic. It's also not clear from the pr how they got these numbers.

By: dave

dave — Thu, 05 Oct 2006 23:33:30 +0000

…or as blender would call them (errr…i mean 'us'), "aging hipsters"

who even goes on that site anymore? can't we just start our own gigaom sexy web cam group and circulate our own russian bride prospects?