It’s the first of the month, and first of the year, and that means a new look at the demographics of people who “like” comics on Facebook. This data is compiled using demographic data from Facebook, and is limited to the United States.

This data is compiled using key terms, “likes,” users have as part of their profiles. Primarily terms are focused on generic ones such as “comics” or “graphic novels” or publishers. I stay away from specific characters, creators or series, because this does not indicate they are a comic book fan. Over 100 terms are used for this report.

Facebook Population: Over 32,000,000 in the United States

The total population increased by 4 million. This is likely due to the massive jump in Marvel’s page due to their consolidating various pages into one. The Spanish-speaking population last month was 15%, and this month is 14.38%.

Gender and Age

Last month women accounted for 47.14% and men were 53.57%. Even with the population increase, the results this month as far as percent the results are close to last month. Women now account for 48.13% and men account for 50.63%.

We’ll next look at how the percentage of women and men break down through age.

Compared to last month, the gains were generally across ages. Percentage wise, those 33 and under dipped, while over increased. Also of note, women age 17 and under are the majority.

Relationship Status

Compared to last month, the results are almost exactly the same. Even with the vast increase, percentages haven’t shifted all that much.

And for those that like pie charts.

Education

Generally, these stats are similar to last month’s.

Gender Interest

Compared to last month these stats are very similar.

Ethnicity

It’s the second month we’ve had data on ethnicity. Facebook compiles the data based on “behavior that aligns with people of that race.” It’s unknown the specifics of what that entails.

African Americans account for 3.4 million, about 10.63% of the comic fandom, while all Hispanics account for 7.4 million, around 23.13%.

I’ve presented the data in raw form for this first report, but will do graphs as this data progresses.

And that wraps up this month’s report. Later today we’ll explore this data as its evolved over the year.