Gender Census

@gendercensus

An annual survey of the language gender-divergent people use to describe ourselves. Results are made freely available in full. Website:

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Gender Census@gendercensus· 23d

It's day 7, and there have now been over 20,000 responses to the Gender Census! If you laugh in the face of the gender binary, please click here: survey.gendercensus.com #LGBT #LGBTQ #LGBTQIA #survey #pride #gender

Title: 20,000! The 2026 Gender Census survey is now open. Subheading: Do you laugh in the face of the gender binary? Take part before 13th August 2026. survey.gendercensus.com. Background: Six decorative boxes with Mars and Venus symbols on them, tumbling about.

Gender Census@gendercensus· 25d

People on the internet are mad that I'm not including them in the Gender Census sample criteria, so I made this PS: If your gender defies the M/F binary, do this survey: survey.gendercensus.com

Homage to the "just walk out" skeleton meme.
Background: Skeleton running against blue gradient background.
Title: Just do a survey
Subtitle: its allowed!!!
gender
speical interest
names
kidneys
garlic bread
software
clothes shoppi
too fancy pen store
terfs if your quick
spread sheets
If it units... count it!!
real winners =split()
DA SURVEY ZO

Gender Census@gendercensus· 25d

15,000 responses, woohoo! :) If your gender got lost behind the sofa cushions, please click here: survey.gendercensus.com Deadline: 13th August 2026 #LGBT #LGBTQ #LGBTQIA #survey #pride

Title: 15,000! The 2026 Gender Census survey is now open. Subheading: Has your gender got genders? Take part before 13th August 2026. survey.gendercensus.com. Background: Four decorative boxes with Mars and Venus symbols on them, tumbling about.

Gender Census@gendercensus· 26d

Only 60 more participants needed to hit 15,000. :) Does your gender defy all boundaries? Do you confuse the government? Have you walked into a single-sex public restroom and woobled into another dimension? If so, this survey is for you: survey.gendercensus.com #LGBT #LGBTQ #LGBTQIA

Promotional image. Title: Gender Census 2026. Text: If you can't easily put yourself into just one of these two boxes, you are invited to take part. Images: On the left, a box with a Venus/female symbol on it, patterned with tree bark. On the right, a box with a Mars/male symbol on it, patterned with grass.

Gender Census@gendercensus· 26d

Unsure about whether you're invited to take the Gender Census survey? Our opening checkbox asks you to confirm that you're not "always, solely and completely" a woman/man. If you suspect that you're NOT in the middle of this Venn diagram, please head on over to survey.gendercensus.com! #lgbt

Venn diagram.
Title: Why does the Gender Census say "always, solely and completely"?
Subheading: Because we want to hear from everyone except these people in the middle. [Arrow pointing to the centre of the Venn diagram.]
Centre: Only 100% a [woman/man] all the time.
Circle 1: Always a [woman/man]. Partially a [woman/man] and something else, but all the time.
Circle 2: Completely a [woman/man]. Sometimes 100% [woman/man], and something else as well.
Circle 3: Solely a [woman/man]. Sometimes partially a [woman/man], and never anything else.
Circle 1 and 2 overlap: Always 100% [woman/man], and something else as well.
Circle 2 and 3 overlap: 100% and only a [woman/man], but only sometimes.
Circle 3 and 1 overlap: Always and solely a [woman/man], but not completely.
Outside of all three circles: None of the above; Secret third thing.
Disclaimer: Serving suggestion. Your mileage may vary. Genders in the Venn diagram may be larger than they appear.
gendercensus.com

Gender Census@gendercensus· 27d

Unsure about whether you're invited to take the Gender Census survey? Our opening checkbox asks you to confirm that you're not "always, solely and completely" a woman/man. If you suspect that you're not in the middle of this Venn diagram, please head on over to survey.gendercensus.com! #lgbt

Gender Census@gendercensus· Sep 14

The annual Gender Census report is now out for 2025. The report of >43,000 responses details our identity words, titles, pronouns, and some family words. The full report: www.gendercensus.com/results/2025... The summary: www.gendercensus.com/2025-worldwi... #LGBT #LGBTQ #pronouns #gender

Pie chart. Title: Title (with name) popularity.

Title (checkboxes), percentage of participants.
no title at all: 42.6%.
mx: 14.7%.
mr: 11.0%.
non-gendered professional, academic, religious, military or nobility title: 8.9%.
ms: 5.6%.
questioning or unknown: 4.3%.
miss: 3.7%.
a title not listed here: 3.4%.
m: 2.7%.
i choose my title on the day depending on how i'm feeling, even for long-term things like bank accounts: 2.1%.
gendered professional, academic, religious, military or nobility title: 0.9%.
[blank]: 0.0%.

Bar graph. Title: Checkbox pronouns.

They - they/them/their/theirs/themself (for referring to an individual, e.g. "they are a writer"): 75.0%.
He - he/him/his/his/himself: 40.6%.
She - she/her/her/hers/herself: 34.1%.
It - it/it/its/its/itself: 22.8%.
Avoid pronouns / use name as pronoun: 14.4%.
Any: 14.2%.
A pronoun set not listed here: 9.0%.
Xe - xe/xem/xyr/xyrs/xemself: 8.8%.
Fae - fae/faer/faer/faers/faeself: 6.2%.
Ze/zir - ze/zir/zir/zirs/zirself: 5.7%.
Questioning or unknown: 5.0%.
Elverson - ey/em/eir/eirs/emself: 4.4%.
Spivak - e/em/eir/eirs/emself: 3.9%.
Star – star/star/stars/stars/starself: 3.5%.
Thon – thon/thon/thons/thons/thonself: 2.0%.

Bar graph. Title: Title (without name) popularity.

Title, percentage of all participants choosing that title.
No title at all: 66.9%.
Friend: 35.9%.
Sir: 32.4%.
Comrade: 23.5%.
Mx: 18.1%.
Miss: 15.0%.
Ma'am: 12.5%.
Questioning or unknown: 10.5%.

Bar graph. Title: Identity words (2025).

nonbinary: 61.7%.
queer (in relation to gender): 56.1%.
trans: 46.5%.
transgender: 41.1%.
a person / human / [my name] / "I'm just me": 39.7%.
gender non-conforming: 36.0%.
genderqueer: 34.6%.
enby: 30.1%.
transmasculine: 27.7%.
genderfluid/fluid gender: 24.4%.
agender: 24.3%.
fag: 19.6%.
dyke: 14.2%.
questioning or unknown: 12.1%.
transfeminine: 11.7%.
tranny: 11.3%.
autigender: 5.5%.
none / I do not describe myself: 4.5%.
cisgender: 3.6%.
binary: 1.6%.

Gender Census@gendercensus· Aug 30

There's about 12 hours left to participate in the Gender Census survey! survey.gendercensus.com If you've been trying to work out if the gender binary applies to you since the survey opened, this survey is *definitely* for you! #LGBT #LGBTQ #LGBTQIA #gender #survey #pride #GSM

Gender Census 2025 closes at 11:59pm tonight! (UK time) survey.gendercensus.com. Illustration shows a Mars box and a Venus box, tumbling and upside down. A QR code is falling out of one box.

Gender Census@gendercensus· Aug 28

Just quickly dropping in to mention that I have an online shop, which has trans-themed zines, LGBTQ+ handwarmers, and the beginnings of a range of pride flag fidgets: shop.gendercensus.com #trans #LGBTQ #pride #fidgets

Gender Census@gendercensus· Aug 28

There are only 2 days left to do this year's Gender Census survey: survey.gendercensus.com If your gender is neither here nor there, give it a look. It takes most people 5-6 minutes and isn't intrusive. There have now been over 42,000 responses! #LGBT #LGBTQ #LGBTQIA #gender #survey #pride #GSM

Graph showing participation in 2023, 2024 and 2025. All lines rise sharply at the beginning and then the slope flattens a bit more after the first week and towards the end. The 2023 line ends at about 40,000. the 2024 line is much higher, ending at 48,000. 2025 is almost but not quite complete, and the line is a little higher than 2023 but a lot lower than 2024.

Gender Census@gendercensus· Aug 27

The 2025 Gender Census survey closes in 3 days, and there are over 41,000 responses. survey.gendercensus.com It's for anyone whose gender (or lack thereof) isn't described by the M/F binary. It's short and easy, and results are useful in academia, business and self-advocacy. #LGBT #LGBTQ #LGBTQIA

Title: Gender Census 2025.

Text: If you can't easily put yourself into just one of these two boxes, you are invited to take part.

Illustration: Two boxes, each with photos of relevant dictionary pages.

Gender Census@gendercensus· Aug 24

6 days to go, and we just reached 40,000 responses! 🎉🫣 If your gender is a quantum superposition, please consider filling in our annual survey. It takes 5-6 minutes, and just asks for all your gender words like pronouns and whatnot. survey.gendercensus.com #LGBT #LGBTQ #LGBTQIA #gender #survey

Text: 40,000! The 2025 Gender Census survey is now open! survey.gendercensus.com Closes 30th Aug! Background: Many colourful decorated boxes with Mars and Venus symbols on them, tumbling chaotically.

Graph. Title: Day by day comparison of participation 2023-2025. The lines for the 3 years have a similar curve shape, but 2023 is lower, ending at about 40,000, and 2024 is higher, ending at about 48,000. The 2025 line is about 80% complete, and it's a little higher than the 2023 curve.

Gender Census@gendercensus· Aug 21

COOL NUMBER REPORT: 38,000 participants! ✨ We're still getting ~500 per day. 9 days remaining. Did you put your gender on top of your car to get your keys out and then forget and accidentally drive off? THIS SURVEY IS FOR YOU! survey.gendercensus.com #LGBT #LGBTQ #LGBTQIA #gender #pride #survey

Screenshot of survey stats behind the scenes. Completed: 38,000. I have added many silly excited lines and stars for a celebratory effect.

Gender Census@gendercensus· Aug 17

The survey has reached 35,000 participants! 🤩 Does your gender laugh in the face of the binary? Our survey takes 5-6 minutes: survey.gendercensus.com Our goal is to reach many different kinds of people. Can you send the survey link to someone else? #LGBT #LGBTQ #LGBTQIA #gender #pride

Text: 35,000! The 2025 Gender Census survey is now open. survey.gendercensus.com closes 30th Aug! Background: Many colourful tumbling boxes with Mars and Venus symbols on them.

Gender Census@gendercensus· Aug 13

Accidentally caught the survey response count at a cool number!!! YEAH PS: If your gender makes the rules, please do the survey - takes about 5 minutes. survey.gendercensus.com #LGBT #LGBTQ #LGBTQIA #gender

Screenshot of survey response count showing 33,333 - and I have added silly comic book action lines to draw attention to the number and make it look way more exciting than it actually is.

Gender Census@gendercensus· Aug 6

Well done and thank you to Tumblr for making a cat on this "participants per hour" graph for me to wake up to today: docs.google.com/spreadsheets... PS: Over 27,000 participants so far this year! If the gender binary doesn't know what to do with you, please click here: survey.gendercensus.com

A graph where Tumblr contributed lots of survey responses and it has made a cat shape with two pointy ears. I have drawn on cat eyes, nose, mouth, whiskers and tail.

Gender Census@gendercensus· Aug 3

There's a new graph on the public participation spreadsheet. docs.google.com/spreadsheets... I was curious to see if my instinct was correct that the survey is representing more age groups better over time. PS: survey.gendercensus.com if you've got an interesting gender situation going on.

Graph showing that 16-20 year olds and 21-25 year olds are most of the survey respondents since 2020, but over time 11-15 and 16-20 year olds are reducing by percentage, and 26+ age groups are increasing. No change in the 21-25 group.

Gender Census@gendercensus· Jul 31

Some participants were saying in the feedback box that they were finding the family terms questions confusing, so I've added some explanatory paragraphs and some diagrams. Now people are saying in the feedback box that the diagrams were really helpful! Mission: ACCOMPLISHED.

Gender Census@gendercensus· Mar 31

I've also got a public spreadsheet where you can see some statistics as they're coming in: docs.google.com/spreadsheets...

Bar graph of participants' birth months, split by northern/southern hemisphere. The vast majority of responses are from the northern hemisphere. November is inexplicably popular.

Line graph of responses per hour. A small peak in the first couple of hours, and then a day of low rumblings, gradually increasing to a bigger peak earlier this afternoon, and then a BIG jump this evening.

Gender Census@gendercensus· Sep 18

The report for the 2024 Gender Census survey results is now available: www.gendercensus.com/results/2024... There were over 48,000 responses. You can read a summary of the main three questions here: www.gendercensus.com/results/2024... #trans #nonbinary #pronouns #gender #transgender

Graph title: Identity words (2024)
Bar graph.
nonbinary: 60.4%.
queer (in relation to gender): 53.6%.
trans: 44.7%.
a person / human / [my name] / "I'm just me": 39.1%.
transgender: 38.8%.
gender non-conforming: 34.9%.
genderqueer: 32.6%.
enby: 29.4%.
transmasculine: 26.4%.
genderfluid/fluid gender: 24.7%.
agender: 23.1%.
fag: 17.1%.
questioning or unknown: 13.9%.
transfeminine: 11.9%.
butch: 9.8%.
demigirl: 7.1%.
demiboy: 6.0%.
bigender: 5.7%.
none / I do not describe myself: 4.6%.
cisgender: 3.5%.

Graph title: 2024's top ten identity words, 2015-2024.
Nonbinary hovers between 60% and 70% throughout. Queer rockets to second place at between 40% and 50% in 2019, with a gradual upward trend since then. A whole tangled mess of lines between 20% and 40%, for words like trans, gender non-conforming, genderqueer, enby, etc.

Graph title: Checkbox pronouns.
They - they/them/their/theirs/themself (for referring to an individual, e.g. "they are a writer"): 75.5%.
He - he/him/his/his/himself: 42.0%.
She - she/her/her/hers/herself: 36.0%.
It - it/it/its/its/itself: 20.3%.
Any: 14.9%.
Avoid pronouns / use name as pronoun: 13.9%.
Xe - xe/xem/xyr/xyrs/xemself: 8.8%.
A pronoun set not listed here: 7.8%.
Fae - fae/faer/faer/faers/faeself: 6.2%.
Questioning or unknown: 5.4%.
Ze/zir - ze/zir/zir/zirs/zirself: 5.0%.
Elverson - ey/em/eir/eirs/emself: 4.3%.
Ae - ae/aer/aer/aers/aerself: 3.8%.
Spivak - e/em/eir/eirs/emself: 3.6%.
Ze/hir - ze/hir/hir/hirs/hirself: 3.2%.

Graph title: Popularity of titles over time.
"No title at all" starts high at around 50% in 2015, dips to just over 30% in 2016, and then gradually climbs to just over 40% in 2024. Mx starts high at just over 30% but still lower than no title, then Mx and no title are level for 3 years, and then they begin to diverge with Mx gradually dropping to just under 20% in 2024. All other titles such as Mr, Ms, Miss, etc. hover at or below the 10% line throughout.

Gender Census@gendercensus· Jun 20

I have a proper Gender Census online shop now! shop.gendercensus.com So far it only has two #zines in it, but still, I'm chuffed - this will be better than PayPal sell-on-social links! Big thank you to Andréa and Avery for their advice, patience, and sometimes just straight-up doing-it-for-me. 💜

Photo of zine. Title: Letters to Our Parents. Subtitle: A zine for coming out as trans.

Photo of zine. Title: What are your pronouns? Subtitle: A very specific guide to talking about trans people with confidence and respect.

Contents page:
“What do you mean by ‘pronouns’?”
Established pronouns
Pronouns are a closed class
Fun facts about pronouns and language
What do pronouns mean?
What about trans people?
Singular “they”
How to use singular “they” about a nonbinary person
How to mess up
Can I ask about pronouns?
Neopronouns
Thon
Xe
Special mention: It
When someone tells you they use neopronouns

Back cover:
This guide contains everything you need to know to get a handle on pronouns, including:

The five familiar forms of he/him and she/her
Singular “they”
What pronouns mean
What neopronouns are and how to use them
What to do if you slip up

Cassian Lodge (they/them) is nonbinary and lives in Wales. They run the annual Gender Census survey, gathering information about the language preferences of tens of thousands of participants each year. More info: gendercensus.com

Gender Census@gendercensus· Jun 10

Officially, there are 3 days left on the 11th annual international Gender Census 2024. In reality, I'm pretty busy this week so it'll probably stay open a few days longer. survey.gendercensus.com There have been over 47,000 responses so far. #gender #survey #LGBT #LGBTQ

Title: Gender Census 2024.

Text: If you can't easily put yourself into just one of these two boxes, you are invited to take part.

Two boxes, one green malachite with a Venus symbol on it, one pink rhodochrosite with a Mars symbol on it.

Gender Census@gendercensus· Jun 1

We just topped 44,700 participants, which means we've broken the all-time record that was set in 2021! :O You can see some participation statistics here: docs.google.com/spreadsheets... You can take part here: survey.gendercensus.com

Graph showing much higher participation in 2024 compared to 2022 and 2023.

Gender Census@gendercensus· May 30

Here's some comparisons of Twitter, Tumblr, Bluesky and Mastodon/the Fediverse that I just threw together. TL;DR: Tumblr performs best, and Twitter does very badly despite the age of account and the follower count. Mastodon easily beats Twitter in every way.

Gender Census@gendercensus· May 26

I have a new zine for sale! It's a beginner-to-advanced guide to pronouns for allies, with an informative and nerdy tone. 36 sides, A5, 100% recycled paper, handstitch-bound. 1 copy, UK second class, £5.85: py.pl/9YaUf 1 copy, outside UK, £7.20: py.pl/rpIaM More copies: hello@gendercensus.com

Photo of zine. Title: What are your pronouns? Subtitle: A very specific guide to talking about trans people with confidence and respect.

Photo of zine contents page:
“What do you mean by ‘pronouns’?”
Established pronouns
Pronouns are a closed class
Fun facts about pronouns and language
What do pronouns mean?
What about trans people?
Singular “they”
How to use singular “they” about a nonbinary person
How to mess up
Can I ask about pronouns?
Neopronouns
Thon
Xe
Special mention: It
When someone tells you they use neopronouns

Photo of zine back cover:
This guide contains everything you need to know to get a handle on pronouns, including:

The five familiar forms of he/him and she/her
Singular “they”
What pronouns mean
What neopronouns are and how to use them
What to do if you slip up

Cassian Lodge (they/them) is nonbinary and lives in Wales. They run the annual Gender Census survey, gathering information about the language preferences of tens of thousands of participants each year. For more information, visit gendercensus.com.

Gender Census@gendercensus· May 21

There have now been over 37,000 responses to the Gender Census this year so far! That's an annual survey for people whose genders (or lack thereof) aren't adequately described/expressed by the white Western M/F gender binary. Open until 13th June: survey.gendercensus.com

Graph title: Day by day comparison of participation 2022-2024. Lines start on the left at the beginning of the survey with few participants, and gradually increase towards the right. The 2024 line rises further and faster than the 2022 and 2023 lines, and it stops at day 9 as the survey is not yet complete.

Gender Census@gendercensus· May 16

Here's a survey for people whose genders are a bit [mysterious hand-waggling]: survey.gendercensus.com This morning on day 4 I woke up to about 28,000 responses, not bad! Looking at the graphs, it seems like the response rate is much higher than last year. #LGBT #LGBTQ #LGBTQI #survey #gender

Graph title: Day by day comparison of participation 2022-2024. The line for 2024 is much shorter as there's only 4 days of data compared to a month for each previous year, but the line is steeper than the others already.

Graph title: Prediction of final participation count for 2024. Graph shows current data so far, and a projected trend line that ends at just under 60,000 after one month of survey.

Gender Census@gendercensus· May 12

2022 and 2023 promo art featured ungenderable spacey stuff and planty stuff. What cool, colourful and ungenderable thing should 2024 be, d'you reckon?