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This article discusses the '''demographics of [[inceldom]]'''. It sheds light on the number of [[incel|incels]] in modern societies and provides evidence that in many societies among adults older than thirty there are around twice as many male incels than [[femcel|female incels]], and that inceldom and sexual frustration have ceased to be marginal phenomena.
This article discusses the '''demographics of [[inceldom]]'''. It sheds light on the number of [[incel|incels]] in modern societies and provides evidence that in many societies among adults older than thirty there are around twice as many male incels than [[femcel|female incels]], and that inceldom and sexual frustration have ceased to be marginal phenomena.


==Economic status and education==
==Status==
{{see_also|[[IQ#IQ_and_sexual_success|IQ and sexual success]]}}


Incels appear to have diverse economic backgrounds. A survey from [[incels.co]] reports 59% middle class, 34% lower class, and 7% upper class.<ref name="oct">https://incels.co/threads/survey-results-for-october-2019.147774/</ref>
Incels appear to have diverse economic backgrounds. A survey from [[incels.co]] reports 59% middle class, 34% lower class, and 7% upper class.<ref name="oct">https://incels.co/threads/survey-results-for-october-2019.147774/</ref>
Further, 50% had a high school degree (or are in high school), 39% college and 11% graduate school.<ref name="oct"></ref> Incels.co is, however, not necessarily representative of incels overall. [[#Germany|Data from Germany]] suggest that university students are around twice as likely to never have had sex compared to others of similar age, and further supports the notion that incels have diverse socioeconomic backgrounds. The hard university courses seem to be [[IQ#IQ_and_sexual_success|affected more]] by inceldom.
Further, 50% had a high school degree (or are in high school), 39% college and 11% graduate school.<ref name="oct"></ref> Incels.co is, however, not necessarily representative of incels overall. [[#Germany|Data from Germany]] suggest that university students are around twice as likely to never have had sex compared to others of similar age, and further supports the notion that incels have diverse socioeconomic backgrounds. The hard university courses seem to be affected more by inceldom (see [[IQ#IQ_and_sexual_success|IQ and sexual success]]).
 
==Race==
 
{| class="wikitable" style="margin: 0.5em 0 1.3em 1.4em; float:right; clear: right; max-width: 410px" id="sexless"
|+ Never kissed, U.S. college students<ref name="kissed"></ref>
|-
! Group
! N
! Never kissed (%, 95% CI)
|-
| African-American/Black
| 161
| 11 (6.2-15.8)
|-
| Asian-American
| 209
| 28 (21.9-34.1)
|-
| Hispanic/Latino
| 186
| 9 (4.9-13.1)
|-
| European American
| 330
| 7 (4.2-9.8)
|}
{{see_also|[[Racepill]], [[Currycel]], [[Ricecel]], [[Redcel]], [[Arabcel]] and [[Black Incelosphere]]}}
 
Male incels are often stereotyped as "angry white males", however large polls on [[incels.co]] and [[Braincels]] showed that only around 52% of its U.S. members are/were White.<ref name="sbdemo">https://incels.wiki/w/Scientific_Blackpill#Incel_forums_are_disproportionately_populated_by_suicidal.2C_disabled.2C_autistic.2C_and_ethnic_men</ref><ref>https://www.pressreader.com/uk/the-daily-telegraph-telegraph-magazine/20180818/282213716666395</ref> Overall, Reddit's U.S. userbase is around 71% White<ref name="sbdemo"></ref> which suggests Whites are underrepresented in incel forums.<ref name="sbdemo"></ref> A peer-reviewed study came to the same conclusion.<ref>http://www.organisms.be/downloads/incels.pdf</ref>
Asian Americans seem to be the most affected by inceldom<ref name="sbdemo"></ref> which agrees with findings that among U.S. college students where "being an Asian male" was the best predictor of never having kissed among various demographic variables (see table),<ref name="kissed">https://incels.wiki/w/Scientific_Blackpill#Being_an_Asian_male_in_the_USA_is_a_primary_predictor_of_.27never_being_kissed.27</ref> and East-Asian men being perceived as less masculine.<ref>https://incels.wiki/w/Scientific_Blackpill#Black_men_and_women_appear_.27more_masculine.27_than_whites.3B_Asian_men_appear_.27less_masculine.27</ref>
There is no evidence of Blacks or Hispanics/Latinos having higher incel rates compared to Whites (differences in the table are non-significant).
One should keep in mind that among college students, incel rates are higher and East Asians also have a slower [[life history|life history speed]].<ref>http://philipperushton.net/wp-content/uploads/2017/02/Race-Evolution-and-Behavior-ocr.pdf</ref>
Particularly in case of young, solitary, male immigrants incel rates are presumably high due to the lack of communal integration, which seems to be important of relationship formation.
 
As one can see in the table below, U.S. Whites are somewhat underrepresented on Braincels compared to U.S. Adults on Reddit overall, which has a 95% CI difference of 13-24 per cent points (P < 0.0001).
The "other" races make up 8.8% of Reddit overall, but 33% on Braincels, which has a 95% CI difference of 13-24 per cent points (P < 0.0001).
The most overrepresented races seem to be East-Asians and South-Asians, making up around 6% of the U.S. population, but around 19% on Braincels and around 13% on incels.co. This agrees with findings above about kissless Asians. There is no evidence of Blacks or Latinos/Hispanics being overrepresented.
Note: Braincels is nearly exclusively male different from the Pew Research samples, which may limit the accuracy of these estimates a bit.
 
Little is known about the racial demographics of female incels ([[femcel]]s).
 
{| class="wikitable"
|+ Demographics of the U.S., Reddit and subreddit [[/r/braincels]], %
|-
! rowspan=2 | Race
! rowspan=2 | U.S.<br />adults
! rowspan=1 colspan=3 | Reddit, U.S, Pew Research
! rowspan=1 colspan=4 | Reddit, [http://archive.is/e9pTT /r/Braincels&nbsp;2019]
<!--! rowspan=2 | Incels.co, [https://incels.co/threads/survey-results-for-october-2019.147774/ Oct.&nbsp;2019], N&nbsp;=&nbsp;550
! rowspan=2 | Incels.co, [https://incels.co/threads/survey-results-for-may-2019.123987/ May&nbsp;2019], N&nbsp;=&nbsp;400-->
|-
! [https://www.journalism.org/2016/02/25/reddit-news-users-more-likely-to-be-male-young-and-digital-in-their-news-preferences/ 2016],<br />[https://www.pewinternet.org/wp-content/uploads/sites/9/media/Files/Reports/2013/PIP_reddit_usage_2013.pdf N&nbsp;=&nbsp;288]
! [https://www.pewresearch.org/fact-tank/2019/04/10/share-of-u-s-adults-using-social-media-including-facebook-is-mostly-unchanged-since-2018/ 2019],<br />[https://www.pewresearch.org/wp-content/uploads/2019/04/FT_19.04.10_SocialMedia2019_topline_methodology.pdf N&nbsp;=&nbsp;165]
! combined<br />N&nbsp;=&nbsp;453
! colspan=2 | all, N&nbsp;=&nbsp;1,267
! colspan=2 | U.S., N&nbsp;=&nbsp;632
|-
| White
| 65
| 70
| 73.4
| 71.2
| colspan=2 | 54.8
| colspan=2 | 52.4
|-
| Black
| 12
| 7
| 3.4
| 5.7
| colspan=2 | 6.4
| colspan=2 | 7.0
|-
| Hispanic
| 15
| 12
| 18.0
| 14.2
| colspan=2 | 5.7 (Latino)
| colspan=2 | 7.0 (Latino)
|-
| East Asian
| rowspan=6 | 8
| rowspan=6 | 11
| rowspan=6 | 5.1
| rowspan=6 | 8.9
| 7.3
| rowspan=6 | 33.2
| 10.3
| rowspan=6 | 33.8
|-
| South Asian/Indian
| 9.9
| 9.7
|-
| Middle Eastern
| 5.3
| 4.3
|-
| White-Asian
| 2.8
| 3.0
|-
| White-Black
| 2.4
| 2.7
|-
| Other
| 5.5
| 3.8
|}


==High school inceldom in the U.S.==
==High school inceldom in the U.S.==
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The rate of U.K. incels has also risen considerably. Among 26-year-old millennials (born 1989-1990), i.e. in 2016, 12.5% had no sexual experience, but in previous generations it was only 5% at the same age.<ref>https://www.dailymail.co.uk/news/article-5696417/Virgin-numbers-rise-UK-fear-intimacy.html</ref>
The rate of U.K. incels has also risen considerably. Among 26-year-old millennials (born 1989-1990), i.e. in 2016, 12.5% had no sexual experience, but in previous generations it was only 5% at the same age.<ref>https://www.dailymail.co.uk/news/article-5696417/Virgin-numbers-rise-UK-fear-intimacy.html</ref>
In a survey by YouGov from 2019, around 18% of men said they had no close friends. Only 12% of women said the same.<ref>https://news.ycombinator.com/item?id=21041784</ref><ref>https://www.dailymail.co.uk/news/article-7488709/One-five-men-no-friends-loneliness-epidemic-leaves-thousands-living-isolation.html</ref>
In a survey by YouGov from 2019, around 18% of men said they had no close friends. Only 12% of women said the same.<ref>https://news.ycombinator.com/item?id=21041784</ref><ref>https://www.dailymail.co.uk/news/article-7488709/One-five-men-no-friends-loneliness-epidemic-leaves-thousands-living-isolation.html</ref>
==Race==
{| class="wikitable" style="margin: 0.5em 0 1.3em 1.4em; float:right; clear: right; max-width: 410px" id="sexless"
|+ Never kissed, U.S. college students<ref name="kissed"></ref>
|-
! Group
! N
! Never kissed (%, 95% CI)
|-
| African-American/Black
| 161
| 11 (6.2-15.8)
|-
| Asian-American
| 209
| 28 (21.9-34.1)
|-
| Hispanic/Latino
| 186
| 9 (4.9-13.1)
|-
| European American
| 330
| 7 (4.2-9.8)
|}
{{see_also|[[Racepill]], [[Currycel]], [[Ricecel]], [[Redcel]], [[Arabcel]] and [[Black Incelosphere]]}}
Male incels are often stereotyped as "angry white males", however large polls on [[incels.co]] and [[Braincels]] showed that only around 52% of its U.S. members are/were White.<ref name="sbdemo">https://incels.wiki/w/Scientific_Blackpill#Incel_forums_are_disproportionately_populated_by_suicidal.2C_disabled.2C_autistic.2C_and_ethnic_men</ref><ref>https://www.pressreader.com/uk/the-daily-telegraph-telegraph-magazine/20180818/282213716666395</ref> Overall, Reddit's U.S. userbase is around 71% White<ref name="sbdemo"></ref> which suggests Whites are underrepresented in incel forums.<ref name="sbdemo"></ref> A peer-reviewed study came to the same conclusion.<ref>http://www.organisms.be/downloads/incels.pdf</ref>
Asian Americans seem to be the most affected by inceldom<ref name="sbdemo"></ref> which agrees with findings that among U.S. college students where "being an Asian male" was the best predictor of never having kissed among various demographic variables (see table),<ref name="kissed">https://incels.wiki/w/Scientific_Blackpill#Being_an_Asian_male_in_the_USA_is_a_primary_predictor_of_.27never_being_kissed.27</ref> and East-Asian men being perceived as less masculine.<ref>https://incels.wiki/w/Scientific_Blackpill#Black_men_and_women_appear_.27more_masculine.27_than_whites.3B_Asian_men_appear_.27less_masculine.27</ref>
There is no evidence of Blacks or Hispanics/Latinos having higher incel rates compared to Whites (differences in the table are non-significant).
One should keep in mind that among college students, incel rates are higher and East Asians also have a slower [[life history|life history speed]].<ref>http://philipperushton.net/wp-content/uploads/2017/02/Race-Evolution-and-Behavior-ocr.pdf</ref>
Particularly in case of young, solitary, male immigrants incel rates are presumably high due to the lack of communal integration, which seems to be important of relationship formation.
As one can see in the table below, U.S. Whites are somewhat underrepresented on Braincels compared to U.S. Adults on Reddit overall, which has a 95% CI difference of 13-24 per cent points (P < 0.0001).
The "other" races make up 8.8% of Reddit overall, but 33% on Braincels, which has a 95% CI difference of 13-24 per cent points (P < 0.0001).
The most overrepresented races seem to be East-Asians and South-Asians, making up around 6% of the U.S. population, but around 19% on Braincels and around 13% on incels.co. This agrees with findings above about kissless Asians. There is no evidence of Blacks or Latinos/Hispanics being overrepresented.
Note: Braincels is nearly exclusively male different from the Pew Research samples, which may limit the accuracy of these estimates a bit.
Little is known about the racial demographics of female incels ([[femcel]]s).
{| class="wikitable"
|+ Demographics of the U.S., Reddit and subreddit [[/r/braincels]], %
|-
! rowspan=2 | Race
! rowspan=2 | U.S.<br />adults
! rowspan=1 colspan=3 | Reddit, U.S, Pew Research
! rowspan=1 colspan=4 | Reddit, [http://archive.is/e9pTT /r/Braincels&nbsp;2019]
<!--! rowspan=2 | Incels.co, [https://incels.co/threads/survey-results-for-october-2019.147774/ Oct.&nbsp;2019], N&nbsp;=&nbsp;550
! rowspan=2 | Incels.co, [https://incels.co/threads/survey-results-for-may-2019.123987/ May&nbsp;2019], N&nbsp;=&nbsp;400-->
|-
! [https://www.journalism.org/2016/02/25/reddit-news-users-more-likely-to-be-male-young-and-digital-in-their-news-preferences/ 2016],<br />[https://www.pewinternet.org/wp-content/uploads/sites/9/media/Files/Reports/2013/PIP_reddit_usage_2013.pdf N&nbsp;=&nbsp;288]
! [https://www.pewresearch.org/fact-tank/2019/04/10/share-of-u-s-adults-using-social-media-including-facebook-is-mostly-unchanged-since-2018/ 2019],<br />[https://www.pewresearch.org/wp-content/uploads/2019/04/FT_19.04.10_SocialMedia2019_topline_methodology.pdf N&nbsp;=&nbsp;165]
! combined<br />N&nbsp;=&nbsp;453
! colspan=2 | all, N&nbsp;=&nbsp;1,267
! colspan=2 | U.S., N&nbsp;=&nbsp;632
|-
| White
| 65
| 70
| 73.4
| 71.2
| colspan=2 | 54.8
| colspan=2 | 52.4
|-
| Black
| 12
| 7
| 3.4
| 5.7
| colspan=2 | 6.4
| colspan=2 | 7.0
|-
| Hispanic
| 15
| 12
| 18.0
| 14.2
| colspan=2 | 5.7 (Latino)
| colspan=2 | 7.0 (Latino)
|-
| East Asian
| rowspan=6 | 8
| rowspan=6 | 11
| rowspan=6 | 5.1
| rowspan=6 | 8.9
| 7.3
| rowspan=6 | 33.2
| 10.3
| rowspan=6 | 33.8
|-
| South Asian/Indian
| 9.9
| 9.7
|-
| Middle Eastern
| 5.3
| 4.3
|-
| White-Asian
| 2.8
| 3.0
|-
| White-Black
| 2.4
| 2.7
|-
| Other
| 5.5
| 3.8
|}


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