Statistical analysis is confirming something many Google+ users have begun to suspect – it’s a boy’s club. Two companies have released data that indicate men comprise at least 74 percent of Google+ account holders.
This is despite women accounting for slightly more than half (56 percent) of social network users in general, according to Pew Research Center’s Internet & American Life Project.
SocialStatistics found that 86.8 percent of Google+ users are male, Mashable said, based on the beta site’s collection of data gathered from profiles. Another third-party service, FindPeopleOnPlus, determined the Google+ male majority to be 73.7 percent.
FindPeopleOnPlus also found four occupations disproportionately represented, with a quarter of Google+ users saying they were engineers, followed by developer, designer and software engineer. All other occupations combined make up less than half of the 10 million people on Google+.
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Mashable post: http://tinyurl.com/5uxv8dz
Social Statistics: http://www.socialstatistics.com
FindPeopleOnPlus: http://www.findpeopleonplus.com
Isnt that because men are still more often the geekier of the sexes and are more likely to be early adopters of technology?
Traditionally, yes, and the occupational breakout bears out a similar interpretation. The gender divide is still worth noticing, however, because these early adopters are also the most likely to demonstrate a high churn rate.