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==Other countries== | ==Other countries== | ||
The prevalence of inceldom can possibly estimated by the popularity of the search term "incel" on Google.<ref>https://trends.google.com/trends/explore?q=incel</ref> In the time period from 5/19/20 to 5/19/21, the following popularity values were found. Note that Google produced trend outputs as a fraction of the popularity in the country where the search term is the most popular: | |||
This suggests, as expected, that inceldom is particularly an issue in the most gender progressive countries. | |||
Limitations of this analysis include that . Indeed one finds the mentioned popularity scores to correlate strongly with English proficiency of the respective country (r = .57, p < 0.00001).<ref>https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/List_of_countries_by_English-speaking_population</ref> Accounting for this is difficult due to unreliable data on English proficiency, but the ratio of the popularity score to percentage of English speakers confirms that the term is particularly popular in the Nordic countries with Finland leading, agreeing with the [[#Finland|figures below]]. | |||
Another limitation is that trends may occur with delay in different countries, typically with the U.S. leading and then their satellite states following a few years later, followed by other states. | |||
Another limitation is that countries may have existing terms for the incel phenomenon which they rather use, e.g. [[Hikikomori]] in Japan. | |||
Indeed, a particularly low popularity of the term relative to the fraction of English speakers can be found in Japan and, especially in Israel, possibly also owing to a different search term being more popular. | |||
===Australia=== | ===Australia=== | ||
In 2019 Australia's national broadcaster, the ABC, in conjunction with the University of Melbourne and the private polling company Vox Pop Labs conducted a large survey into the lifestyles, health, political beliefs, values and economic status of Australians. They found that 40% of Australians polled aged 18-24 reported 'never' having sex and 8% reported no sex in the last year, with 16% 'preferring not to say'. The corresponding figures for those aged 25-29 were 21% reporting 'never' having sex, 7% reporting having it less than once a year, with 5% of respondents refusing to answer the question.<ref>https://archive.is/akbdv</ref> | In 2019 Australia's national broadcaster, the ABC, in conjunction with the University of Melbourne and the private polling company Vox Pop Labs conducted a large survey into the lifestyles, health, political beliefs, values and economic status of Australians. They found that 40% of Australians polled aged 18-24 reported 'never' having sex and 8% reported no sex in the last year, with 16% 'preferring not to say'. The corresponding figures for those aged 25-29 were 21% reporting 'never' having sex, 7% reporting having it less than once a year, with 5% of respondents refusing to answer the question.<ref>https://archive.is/akbdv</ref> | ||