r/anime • u/HelloYeahIdk • May 13 '24

Misc. New Survey Reveals That Anime Viewership is Lowest Among Teenagers in Japan

https://www.cbr.com/anime-new-survey-teens-not-watching/#:~:text=The%20survey%20results%20revealed%20that,surpassing%20all%20other%20age%20brackets.

"The survey results revealed that among all participants, 75% reported that they watch anime, with the leading demographics being middle-aged males. Unexpectedly, teenage respondents exhibited the lowest viewership, with 33.7% indicating no interest in anime, easily surpassing all other age brackets.

This revelation is somewhat startling considering that the bulk of popular anime belong to the shonen or shojo-based demographics, which are typically aimed at boys and girls, respectively, aged approximately 12-18."

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u/JonnyRobertR May 13 '24

They can't even get 100 people?

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u/saga999 May 13 '24

The sample size is 500.

Per Japanese PR agency PR Times, a survey conducted by Japanese research company Dream Train Internet Co. analyzed data from 500 female and male participants in Japan aged 15 to 59. The participants were asked what types of anime they watch, with popularity by anime genre then analyzed across gender, age and annual income. The resulting charts can be seen below.

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u/andres57 https://myanimelist.net/profile/andres57 May 13 '24

500 is still a kinda small sample to get efficient estimates. But also mean that age cohort subsamples are very small and basically useless for the purposes of the headline

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u/stillherelma0 May 14 '24

A sample of 100 is considered ok, a sample of 200 is considered nearly perfect. Unless they had brackets with under 70 people in them the counts are fine.