Skype users share data about themselves in their profiles. SR Consulting sampled 3.9 million profiles for statistics about age, country and gender. Some of their data from October suggests these findings. 
Skypers are 30 years old, give or take.
- Average age: 29.7 years
- Mode: 25 years (most common age)
- Percent of users 40 years old and Younger: 80%
- The average age of Skype users within countries ranges from 19 in Lithuania and Bulgaria to 40 in Ecuador.
| Oldest countries |
|
| Country | Average Age
|
| Ecuador | 40 |
| Faroe Islands | 39 |
| Kenya | 38 |
| New Zealand (Aotearoa) | 38 |
| India | 37 |
| Sri Lanka | 36 |
| New Caledonia | 36 |
| South Africa | 36 |
| Nigeria | 35 |
| Netherlands | 35 |
| United States | 35 |
| Netherlands Antilles | 35 |
| Youngest countries |
|
| Country | Average Age
|
| Lithuania | 19 |
| Bulgaria | 19 |
| Jamaica | 20 |
| Latvia | 21 |
| American Samoa | 22 |
| Macau | 22 |
| Myanmar | 24 |
| Zimbabwe | 24 |
Some people don't share their age due to perceived age discrimination (too young, too old) and a general sense of privacy.
Europe and Asia beat the Americas.
About 46% of Skypers are in Europe, but Brazil and China have the most Skype users of any country, each with 8.1% of the Skype population.
| Skype users found in survey |
| Continent | Percent in sample |
| Europe | 46% |
| Asia | 28% |
| North America | 10% |
| South America | 10% |
| Oceania | 3% |
| Africa | 2% |
| Other | 1% |
| Most Populous Countries in Survey with at least 2% of overall population |
|
| Country | Percent of Samle |
| Brazil | 8.1% |
| China | 8.1% |
| United States | 7.0% |
| Taiwan | 5.8% |
| France | 5.3% |
| Germany | 5.0% |
| Poland | 4.5% |
| Japan | 4.3% |
| Great Britain (UK) | 3.2% |
| Netherlands | 2.8% |
| Malaysia | 2.5% |
| Italy | 2.4% |
|
| 59.0% |
Men report their sex more than women.
SR Consulting collected sex data, but 52% of users declined to state. We already know that women often "Decline To State" to avoid problems (harassing phone calls, for example) so this data is not worth sharing, IMHO.
More about the survey
Sebastian Ruell, CEO, said "We comply 100% with the Skype EULA and that we do not collect or store personal data of any kind. We take the privacy of skype users very seriously and avoid data like the person's real name, phone numbers or anything else that could connect the data to an individual person."
Comments
"Men report more their sex then women" ... i agree, but there are in my opinion two other reasons:
1. Men are in general more computer minded then women.
2. There are some cultural reasons ...
see my comments on: http://mathaba.net/MNN/www.skype-news.com/x.htm?http://mathaba.net/MNN/www.skype-news.com/item/?x=408348
Perhaps there are more reasons ...
Posted by: Jean Mercier | November 2, 2005 02:26 PM
Do you have any numbers on how many female/male skypers there are in the US? Maybe even by state? Any help would be appreciated. Thanks!
Posted by: Francis Connor | November 2, 2005 02:51 PM
I agree with Jean.
Probably there are just more male Skype users than there are females. I don't quite understand how you come to the conclusion that "Men report more their sex then women"? If users "decline to state" we just don't know their sex and can't assume that there are more women among these unknowns.
I'd really like to see some of the sex data too. 48% out of 3.9 million is quite a lot and still worth to share in my opinion.
Posted by: A. Carson | November 2, 2005 04:25 PM
I think now its time for skype to change the brazilian rates to "SkypeOUT Global rate" :)
Posted by: luizjb | November 3, 2005 03:06 AM
From 276.820 US profiles analyzed, (but there are more users then that in the US), the average age is 35 years old and 76.7% are males according to the consultant who collected the data!
Posted by: Jean Mercier | November 3, 2005 07:38 AM
I just invested a few bucks and downloaded the full report from Sr Consulting. As it appears to me 48% is the number of skypers that "declined to state". That means that 52% of all users actually filled out the gender field.
Maybe you got the numbers wrong in your article??
Posted by: A. Carson | November 4, 2005 08:08 AM
Numbers
Posted by: Martina | April 11, 2006 02:39 AM