How many bronies are there?

[MischiefHowl 37]

There is confirmed 123 bronies in my town alone. And the number is rising.

There needs to be a site where you can sign and add to a Brony count

[SkullcandyPegasus 604]

Combining the conservative guess (7 million) from herd census with an additional million for global fans, there are ~8 million fans of MLP in the world. That is a mere ~0.11% of the world population.

 

http://www.reddit.com/r/theydidthemath/comments/27n5u0/request_how_many_people_will_we_encounter_in_our/

Edited July 22, 2015 by SkullcandyPegasus

[Microghost 39]

You can try this method to get an idea how many bronies there are:

• Go to the comments section of a popular video which isn’t related to MLP.
• Sort comments by “Newest first”.
• Click “Show more” 10 or so times.
• Press Ctrl+F and type reply. It will tell how many comments are visible.
• Count pony related avatars such as ponies, cutie marks, etc.
• brony_percentage=pony_related_avatars/total_comment_count*100.
• Try this on several videos from different YouTubers to get more precision.

I did it back in early 2013 and it turned out that 2% of YouTube users had pony related avatars. In other words each 50th user had a pony related avatar. I repeated the measurements today and it’s 0.6% or each 170th user has a pony related avatar.

 

Addition research is required to explain the drop of appearance of pony related avatars. It might be worth doing these measurements each month or so to get an idea how it changes over time.

 

If you’re interested in my analysis of the fandom dynamics, I suggest checking out analysis and charts.

 

Most fans are secretly fans and don't use pony avatars. I'm a secret fan too. How would you measure secret fans?

7 billion. everyone is secretly a brony.

 

The My Little Pony fandom singularity is unstoppable.

 

*20 years later.

Turns on television to watch The King of Queens.

Sees the characters in the King of Queens episode turned into ponies.

Spits out cereal.

Holy crap! The pony singularity happened already? Everything was normal yesterday. This is the new normal.

[RarityFan01 2,445]

Somewhere between 1 and 7,000,000,000. I'm 100% certain. 

[Oblivion 20,283]

I would actually go even higher and say that their are probably at least 20 or 30 million! I mean think about it, their are fans of the show in MANY different countries and cultures.   

[Envious 12]

1/12 of the world, it has been confirmed

[LegendKitten 25]

I read something online, there are more bronies than Mormons! And I'm part of that religion! And so is basically everyone in my town!

[Luminance 2,188]

I Imagine after the huge movie. There will guarantee be more Bronies.

Edited March 31, 2016 by MiataPony

[Traker 6]

Probably around 20-30 million.

[Foxy Socks 2,605]

About 50. They are just really loud.

 

I actually think there are 10+ million bronies at least. Maybe even around 200 million, but I am not sure.

[Gestum 2,493]

More than I would want there to be.

 

Seriously though I think that it's around 1- 1,5 million.

[Mesme Rize 15,692]

I remember back in 2012, Equestria Daily tried to make some kinda experiment to count all the bronies in the world. They just used like 5000 people or so for a poll and then just said that there are 4 million out there.

 

I don't know, something like that.

[NotInUseAnymore997 204]

THERE ARE OVER 9000!!!!!!!!! XD lol

[Jack_Reaper 1]

Hello Everyone in the formus i'm new brony and i have joined MLP fandom just 11 months ago i like MLP so much No matter wether you are a boy or girl and which are are you in and i think the mlp brony maybe 200000+ 

[SolarComet 26]

Hence Brony = Male, and Pony = Female...

 

There is about 9.7 million bronies and 13 million ponies

Then you have to think of the night children and pegasisters

[Vlazamal 338]

I remember back in 2012, Equestria Daily tried to make some kinda experiment to count all the bronies in the world. They just used like 5000 people or so for a poll and then just said that there are 4 million out there.

 

I don't know, something like that.

 

Could we get a link to that? That's a relatively good sample size.

 

It's worth noting that there are (even at a low estimate) more Brony Americans than Muslim-Americans. We even have brony congressmen and politicans. You are more likely to know a Brony than a Muslim in America; the brony fandom is absolutely massive so you won't really have trouble finding another Brony. Just ask or make MLP references and you will find them

[Concerned Bystander 2,907]

 

 

Could we get a link to that? That's a relatively good sample size.

 

There was a rather comprehensive survey done on this site  http://herdcensus.com/, although the latest report on this site is for 2014.  I'm led to believe there was one done for 2015 as well, the report was presented at a convention and if you search youtube for 'state of the herd 2015' you should find it.

[Untitled Goose Q 5,138]

Hence Brony = Male, and Pony = Female...

 

There is about 9.7 million bronies and 13 million ponies

Then you have to think of the night children and pegasisters

Since when has pony=female?

[SolarComet 26]

Since when has pony=female?

Since the word "Brony" was made

[GrimGrimoire 4,973]

A whole hell of a lot. Enough to make our own country and the best damn amusement park the world has ever seen.

[Untitled Goose Q 5,138]

Since the word "Brony" was made

This is the first I've ever heard of it. Generally, Pegasister is used as the feminine form of Brony, although some prefer to just use Brony anyway.

[yeet 2,027]

There's like 9 of us, but we just keep making alt accounts. I'm actually an admin. 

[Miles 2,514]

Turns on television to watch The King of Queens.

 

Oh my goodness...

 

I used to freaking love that show!  Thanks for the reminder, I had almost forgotten about it  ...

 

~ Miles

[Lightning Pixel 34]

Near 200 million, wich even i think is too low amount...

[KiraTakahashi 748]

I'm thinking about 3 to 4 million.