This Blog and Its Readers

Total Readers Surveyed

Let’s start getting nerdy with how fast people filled out this survey.

• In 20 mins of posting on Tumblr, at 10pm on a Tuesday night, I got 20 responses. Very impressive Tumblr, very impressive.
• In 24 hours it passed 260 responses, which is the total for the previous survey two years ago.
• I closed the survey after a week, with 528 total responses.

Since this survey was targeted only at my readers, I didn’t promote it outside of my direct social media channels. I honestly did not expect to get this many responses!

Where do you follow NN?

• 66% Tumblr
• 38% WordPress
• 36% Facebook
• 7% Twitter

I appreciate that 5 non-regular readers took the time to fill out the survey. And the 3 of you who follow me on Instagram are either: very close personal friends who follow my private account, or SURVEY TROLLS! Or both.

Time Following NN

• 16% less than 3 months
• 26% quite a few months
• 26% about a year
• 25% over two years
• 5% or 25 people following almost all 5 years (loyal troopers!)

If you add it up, over 50% have been following me for over a year. I was pleasantly surprised to find how many of you have stuck around for longer!

Number of followers

It’s time to disclose some numbers of my own, as a reward for making it through this data-dripping post thus far.

• 1600+ subscribers on my main blog (neutrois.me)
• 2600+ likes on FB Page
• 1000+ followers on Twitter
• 10.3K+ followers on Tumblr

Roughly 5% of total followers completed the survey.

• 1M total all time views on main blog
• 193 blog posts (this one is 194)
• 4,000 Tumblr posts
• 5 years blogging
• 8 trans conferences
• 1 inimitable Micah

Have you ever emailed me (for advice, a question, or a hug)?

Yes, 66 or 13% of respondents have personally gotten in touch. Those who requested a hug, I hope I delivered.

I’ve answered an estimated 1,000+ emails over five years. It’s evident that most inquiries are not from regular engaged followers like yourselves.

How/Where did you find my blog?

The most frequent answer was “I don’t remember” followed by Tumblr (30%) then Google (25%).

• Everyday Feminism
• Met me in person at Gender Odyssey or PTHC
• Facebook group
• YouTube
• Reddit
• WordPress
• Word of mouth / Direct referral

• nonbinary transition
• genderqueer resources
• genderqueer hormone therapy
• low dose testosterone
• gender neutral top surgery
• top surgery without testosterone
• neutrois
• agender
• “gender that isn’t man or woman”
• “I don’t feel like I have a gender”
• asexuality

What other trans related blogs/sites do you read?

By a landslide, “too many to list.” Such an informed bunch!

In no particular order, with a stamp of pre-approval, the most Frequently Mentioned Blogs and Sites (FMBandS ®):

• Let’s Queer Things Up / Sam Dylan Finch (many, many mentions)
• Gendermom (I ❤ Marlo)
• Raising My Rainbow
• A Boy and Her Dog / Jamie
• Janitorqueer / Kameron
• Art of Transliness / Zak and Adrian
• CN Lester
• Beyond the Binary UK
• AssignedMale comic
• Assorted Tumblrs: gendercube, queerbookclub, lifeoutsidethebinary, mtfconfessions, nonbinarysafespace
• YouTube vloggers (especially skylark11, uppercasechase1)
• Various trans artists, trans people in the media

• Everyday Feminism
• Autostraddle (while lesbian oriented, they actually do a great job of covering trans masculine and trans feminine identities)
• reddit: /r/ftm, /r/genderqueer, /r/ask_transgender, /r/asktransgender
• Buzzfeed LGBT

What topics are you most interested in reading about?

• 88% want to read more about Non-Binary Identity
• 70% seek info on Social Transition, with 36% specifically about Coming Out
• 45% would like to know more about Testosterone and/or Top Surgery
• 25% are interested in Non-Binary MAAB medical transition resources
• 37% ask for info for Partners, Parents, Family, or Friends
• and nearly half want to read more of Micah’s personal story

Continue to pg3: About You —>