Reader Survey Results (2023)

Or how most of Boring Money's readers have come from Reddit

Dec 19, 2023

Here are the results of the first Boring Money reader survey!

Boring Money has a bit more than 2400 subscribers at the moment. 171 took the survey. That’s around 7%. Not bad! Though I did keep the form open for more than 2 months.

Forms response chart. Question title: Are you subscribed to Boring Money on WhatsApp?. Number of responses: 170 responses.

Boring Money has 290 subscribers on WhatsApp (link here to join) which is about 12% of overall subscribers. But these readers form 26% of the survey takers.

Forms response chart. Question title: Age?. Number of responses: 168 responses.

I was pleasantly surprised! I was somehow expecting a lot of 18 to 22 folks—excited youngsters and what not—but I prefer this more mature demographic better.

Forms response chart. Question title: Sex. Number of responses: 166 responses.

If you know any women that you think would like reading Boring Money, please share my posts with them.

Forms response chart. Question title: Country (current). Number of responses: 168 responses.

Whoever took my survey from Armenia, I hope you’re real.

Forms response chart. Question title: If you're not based in India, do you think my posts have enough context for you to understand the nuances?. Number of responses: 158 responses.

If you’re missing context, regardless of whether or not you’re based in India, just comment below the posts. I have a lots of time on hand to respond to every comment.

Forms response chart. Question title: Work Status. Number of responses: 171 responses.

Considering the age bracket of my readers, this makes sense. (The maroon chunk on the right is “Founder/Business Owner/Self-Employed”.)

Forms response chart. Question title: Domain. Number of responses: 169 responses.

I’m not surprised that software engineers are the largest chunk of readers. But I am surprised that finance folks are are a decently sized chunk too. I’d love to get more finance professionals to read Boring Money, just in case I end up writing some BS that needs to be corrected.

Forms response chart. Question title: At what point in your career are you?. Number of responses: 170 responses.

Not a surprise again considering the age bracket of folks reading Boring Money.

Forms response chart. Question title: Is there enough value in Boring Money for you to consider paying to read it?. Number of responses: 171 responses.

If you’re part of the motivated 7% that took this survey but still feel that Boring Money doesn’t have enough value..

Forms response chart. Question title: If you answered Yes in the last question, of the top of your mind, what would be an annual subscription amount that you'd be willing to pay to read Boring Money?. Number of responses: 49 responses.

42 people gave me an actual numerical figure here and the average amount was ₹1028 ($12). The median was ₹550 ($6.5) and the most common amount was close at ₹500. The lowest someone was willing to pay was ₹501 and the highest ₹5000.

To the couple of people suggesting that I just bring in advertisements instead. Even assuming that my posts would be of any interest to advertisers—ad money, more so in a country like India, comes with strings attached. I’d rather not write than write and beholden myself to advertisers. Life is short.

Forms response chart. Question title: Would you want to read the occasional non-finance post on Boring Money?. Number of responses: 170 responses.

The 85% will get what they’ve asked for. If only I’m able to spare the time.

Okay, too much commentary. Here are the rest of the charts:

Forms response chart. Question title: How financially aware do you consider yourself to be?. Number of responses: 171 responses.

Forms response chart. Question title: How did you discover Boring Money?. Number of responses: 171 responses.

Forms response chart. Question title: Which of these publications do you read on a regular basis?. Number of responses: 169 responses.

Forms response chart. Question title: Now select which of these publications you're a paying subscriber of
. Number of responses: 156 responses.

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Reader Survey Results (2023)

Or how most of Boring Money's readers have come from Reddit

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