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Nerdfighteria Census 2015 edition

project history · status: completed · last event: outcome (2015-09-04)

Hank opened the third annual Nerdfighteria Census in August 2015, with a few questions added by researchers. In September he reported that Nerdfighteria had grown three years older and gone from 24% to 33% college graduates.

Parts: Hank asks viewers to fill out the 2015 Nerdfighteria Census survey (2015) · Hank: analyse the full 2015 Nerdfighteria Census results (2015)

Other editions: Nerdfighteria Census 2013 edition · Nerdfighteria Census 2014 edition · Nerdfighteria Census 2016 edition · Nerdfighteria Census 2017 edition · Nerdfighteria Census 2018 edition · Nerdfighteria Census 2020 edition · Nerdfighteria Census 2021 edition · Nerdfighteria Census 2022 edition · Nerdfighteria Census 2024 edition · Nerdfighteria Census 2025 edition

About: Nerdfighteria Census

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2015-08-14 launched Hank opens the third annual Nerdfighteria Census, this year (2015) with a few questions added by researchers. Corndog Ghost Attack, Book Towers, and Census 00:02:59
2015-09-04 outcome Hank reports 2015 Census results: Nerdfighteria three years older, college graduates up from 24% to 33%, Crash Course widely recommended, and many wanting a news show. Addicted to Outrage 00:03:15

What is said about it

6 statements, by date (the events above are the turns of the thread; these are the details).

  • 2015-08-14 · Corndog Ghost Attack, Book Towers, and Census — announcement: Hank launches the third annual Nerdfighteria Census, run since 2013, so the community can know itself, Hank can analyse it, and future tours can be planned around where people are. — 00:02:59
  • 2015-08-14 · Corndog Ghost Attack, Book Towers, and Census — announcement: Hank: For the first time, the brothers had researchers doing science add a few questions to the Census to help them understand the world and its people. — 00:03:13
  • 2015-08-18 · The Cold War of Nerdfighteria — John says he took the Nerdfighter Census yesterday and it was a great survey, but jokes that some questions weren't inclusive of him, such as whether he follows John on Twitter. (playful) — 00:00:49
  • 2015-08-18 · The Cold War of Nerdfighteria — John says the brothers use the Census every year to choose Crash Course topics and Vlogbrothers videos and to understand Nerdfighteria's interests, and thanks everyone who fills it out. — 00:01:37
  • 2015-08-18 · The Cold War of Nerdfighteria — John says early Census responses imply an 85 percent unemployment rate in Nerdfighteria, and he can't tell whether that is selection bias. (playful, hedged) — 00:03:24
  • 2015-08-21 · Book Towers for Miles — announcement: Hank says he hasn't had time to analyse the whole Census yet but will, and is excited to. — 00:00:01