Results of the Audible Hype Survey
Posted by Justin Boland on Nov 17, 2009 | 0 Comments
Since Audible Hype had 333 RSS subscribers when I started the 2009 Survey, our benchmark was 33 responses, or a 10% rate. We got twice what we expected, so thank you for that. All praise due to Ganeshe. I promised I’d share the results, and this is that: for the curious and for the data nerds, let’s dig through the digits…for the casual reader, this is something you can skip.
Audible Hype Readers: 20% International
55% Vinyl Cult Members
It made me happy to see that so many of you have good taste. All music is better on vinyl. Nobody with real moral fiber would dispute this fact.
15% Never Ever Go to Hip Hop Shows
This was actually less grim than I expected. On the World Around survey we did, 33% chose the “Never Ever” option. Maybe I should be pushing more of my product on you guys…but honestly, if I start trying to sell you PDF files…or say that charging you for forum access is “VIP Membership,” please remind me that the real Justin Boland wants his soul back ASAP.
And in other news, SUPPORT LOCAL HIP HOP. If you live in the US, there is good stuff in your area. Timothy Leary’s advice to real emcees: Find the others.
8% Lifelong Slayer Fans
Seriously, I get a LOT of emails from metal heads who dig Audible Hype. That’s fucking awesome. Keep me posted. I actually really do appreciate detailed info about how your band’s career is going. Literally anyone who wants to send me data can feel free. I’ve already got 90% of the industry sending me spam and bullshit music, so you should, too: powerweirdo at gmail dot com
Workflow, Process, Marketing, Promotion
The big winners here: approximately what I was expecting. I’m glad most of my readers are on the same page. As I was remarking to [name drop] the other day, I might not have a very large audience, but I do have a very smart audience. I’m a “Quality Over Quantity” kind of mammal, myself. My readers are 100% awesome, but apparently, you’re also…
100% Greedy Bastards
Podcasts? Video? What in the fuck was I thinking when I gave you people those options?
Actually, I’ve been thinking about the podcast idea for awhile, and that will probably happen after I pick up a fancy, absurdly cheap new 1 TB hard drive. Video is something I have to learn for World Around anyways.
Dear Sweet Christ, though, those are time-intensive mediums for people who care about quality. I’ll let the rest of the amateurs in my niche peddle .mp3 recordings of skype calls. Audible Hype podcasts will be at least 8 hours of work, per slice. However, I do love you people, authentically and insanely, so expect everything you asked for in 2010.
All Human Problems Explained Definitively in One Image
So as it turns out…there really are only three kinds of people. I was skeptical, too, but this has gotta be the most interesting result of the survey, to me. I watched the results grow and it hovered around 33% each the whole time…
I was fascinated enough with this question to create a new form and gather more data. I want to see how that ratio scales up to a 4 digit data set.