I’m a day late with this post, but, the data was pulled at the usual time that I do it, so it really is month to month and not a month and one day extra. You can check out the previous month’s results here.

This information is gathered by looking at over 30 different “like” terms in Facebook. All data is for individuals whose location is the United States. To make this clear if someone says they like “comic books” they are included in this, if they say “Superman” then they are not. Just because someone likes a character doesn’t mean they are a fan of comics, same with movies. So, that’s over 30 terms of comic book terms, publishers, etc.

Facebook Comic Book Fan Population: Over 1,879,340 in the United States

That’s a decrease of almost 18,000 individuals from the previous month, negating the gains of that month. What segments grew gets interesting and we’ll talk more about that below.

Spanish speakers dropped negating the previous month’s fain of 3000 individuals, to 79,360 fans a decrease in the percentage to 4.22%, down 0.13%.

Gender and Age

From the previous month it’s primarily those aged 21 and under that have been lost. 22 and up relatively stayed the same or gained fans. Why the loss of the younger fans? I couldn’t say, but there’s a chance lack of big budget movies might be the cause. We’ll see what patterns hold this summer when movie season begins again.

Women also decreased more than men. They shed 10,000 fans compared to a little over 7000 men. The unknown population as shrank as it did the previous month too.

You can see below the raw numbers and what age ranges gained and lost fans.

Relationship Status

Overall, there’s no major change, just lots of less of everything.

Education

Generally everywhere there were drops, except for women marking themselves down as college grads, that increased.

Gender Interest

Mem interested in men is the only statistic that gained here as well, all the rest saw a drop.

It’s the first of the month (and first of the year!) and that means a new breakdown of who the comic fans on Facebook are. We’ll present the new info as well as compare it to the month before.

This information is gathered by looking at over 30 different “like” terms in Facebook. All data is for individuals whose location is the United States. To make this clear if someone says they like “comic books” they are included in this, if they say “Superman” then they are not. Just because someone likes a character doesn’t mean they are a fan of comics, same with movies. So, that’s over 30 terms of comic book terms, publishers, etc.

Facebook Comic Book Fan Population: Over 1,896,820 in the United States

That’s a gain of about 18,800 individuals from the previous month. What segments grew gets interesting and we’ll talk more about that below.

Spanish speakers continued to grow by a little over 3000, to 82,480 fans an increase in the percentage to 4.35%, up 0.13%.

Gender

Even though though the overall population grew, that growth wasn’t even and wasn’t seen throughout all ages. Men broke 60% and account for 60.12% of fans. Women dropped slightly to 39.77%. The “unknown” population also decreased.

Even though the population grew, it didn’t do so evenly. The under 21 population shrank compared to last month in both raw number and percentage.

The female population in the age breakdown is interesting. They’re still a majority under the age of 17 but made gains percentage wise in ages 18 to 29 and a few other age ranges.

Relationship Status

There’s just more of everything here. More people seem to be putting their relationship status, almost 20,000 more people.

Education

Some went up and some went down. There’s some shifts in percentages and it’s all over the changes.

Gender Interest

Again, I wouldn’t take as to what this means. Some people list interest as to interest in relationships and others have other meanings.

It’s the first of the month and that means a new breakdown of who the comic fans on Facebook are. We’ll present the new info as well as compare it to the month before.

This information is gathered by look at over 30 different “like” terms in Facebook and all information is for individuals in the United States. To make this clear if someone says they like “comic books” they are included in this, if they say “Superman” then they are not. Just because someone likes a character doesn’t mean they are a fan of comics, same with movies. So, that’s over 30 terms of comic book terms, publishers, etc.

Facebook Comic Book Fan Population: Over 1,878,020 in the United States

That’s a gain of about 8,000 individuals from the previous month. What segments grew gets interesting and we’ll talk more about that below.

Spanish speakers rose by a little over 100, to 79,260 fans a drop in the percentage to 4.22%, down 0.01%, not much of a shift.

Gender

Percentage wise, women and men were about the same, with men gaining a small percentage and women losing a small percentage. Not much of a huge shift compared to the previous month. Men account for 59.93% of the fans with women making up 39.95%.

And below we can see exactly who gained and who didn’t from the previous month.  There was a loss of the population under the age of 21. Almost every other age breakdown gained from the previous month.

Again, like the previous month, women make up the majority of fans age 17 and under. This is due to the female Manga fans of that age range. This also shows that the previous month’s results weren’t a fluke. We again ask, does this show a gap in the major publishers attempts of gaining female fans?

Relationship Status

Has it been a rough month for comic fans when it comes to love? The number of engaged and in relationships have dropped, though married has increased. The “single” fans have also increased. Could folks be putting out a sign in hopes they don’t want to spend New Years alone?

Education

There’s not much change here. Most of the raw numbers have increased and the percentages have increased. It’s later into the school year, so not shocked to see this.

Gender Interest

More men are seeking men as well as women and more women are seeking women, while less women are seeking men. It’ll be interesting to see how this matches up with the relationship statuses going forward month to month.

It’s been almost one year since I did the last update of the demographic breakdown of self-identified comic book fans on Facebook. One year and we’ve had some of the biggest comic book movies ever released, the first year of the DC New 52, and now Marvel NOW!. Beginning today a new monthly installment of this series begins. Expect it around the first day of each month and maybe there’ll be some special ones in between.

This information is gathered by look at over 30 different “like” terms in Facebook and all information is for individuals in the United States. To make this clear if someone says they like “comic books” they are included in this, if they say “Superman” then they are not. Just because someone likes a character doesn’t mean they are a fan of comics, same with movies. So, that’s over 30 terms of comic book terms, publishers, etc.

In that year, there’s been a hell of a shift, so lets begin!

Facebook Comic Book Fan Population: Over 1,870,760 in the United States

Since a year ago, that’s a loss of almost 800,000 individuals. But, interesting enough there’s now 79,140 Spanish speakers that are fans. That’s an increase of about 24,000 individuals even with a loss of overall population. That comes out to 4.23% of the total fans.

Gender

The gender gap has decreased. Men now account for 59.85%, down from 63.03%. Women are now 40.06% of the fan base, an increase from 36.5%. This continues the trend we saw one year ago when the female identified fan base was increasing.

But, things get crazier….

For the first time since I began tracking this, women are the majority in one of age breakdowns. Women account for 53.92% of the comic book fans for those age 17 and under. That caught me off guard, so it was run multiple times with the same result. I dug down further to figure out what accounts for this. When looking at just Manga fans (included in this demographics report), women 17 and under were 60.99% and men just 38.97%. When Manga is removed from the greater list of terms, the majority flipped. Men accounted for 59.61% of fans while women were 40.34%, just a little bit higher than the overall percent. Could this blip show a key to getting women interested in comic books? Is Manga the way to sell to women? This would indicate there just might be something there.

Looking at the general age trends, we see the expected dip in age when it comes to their percent of the fan base. Not much has changed over the year and this breakdown is pretty consistent.

Relationship Status

With the massive population drop there was little change in the relationship status of fans. Percentage wise married fans decreased and those in a relationship increased since one year ago.

Education

Education is something I’ve been tracking, but haven’t been including, now for the first time it’ll be added regularly to reports. When it comes to those identifying themselves in high school or in college, women outnumber men as far as percents of their population. However, when it comes to college graduates, men outnumber the women in both percent and raw count.

Gender Interest

The most controversial of information is included again. Gender interest is measured by people’s designation of “interested in.” Some take that as who they’re interest in dating, some think that might be friendship, some might see that as general networking. I wouldn’t read too much into this, though people interested in the same sex have increased percentage wise for both men and women.