Talk:My Little Pony: Friendship Is Magic fandom

Size of fandom?

I admit, I didn't read the article in its entirety so maybe it's there and I missed it but do we have any information on how many people watch the show? I'm not even sure how such information would be collected since many bronies watch online and only a fraction become probably become members of Equestriadaily or Bronychan. — Preceding unsigned comment added by 71.9.32.67 (talk) 02:36, 19 November 2012 (UTC)

There's no hard numbers, estimates are made from surveys and ratings. We have a high end (extreme) based on statistical analysis of ~7 million but I suspect its around 100,000-500,000 based on fan involvement. --MASEM (t) 04:00, 19 November 2012 (UTC)

According to a Google Consumer Survey carried out among overage Internet users the United States by the publishers of the "2013 State of the Herd Report", there are between 7 and 12.4 million bronies in the United States.

Furthermore, if you go to page 15 of the aforementioned report, you'll see that in the census these people carried out around 64% of respondents lived in the United States (the census was available in varios languages).

If you divide 1 by 0.60 (instead of 0.64, as I doubt the census is representative of fans of the show outside the anglosphere) and multiply the result, 1.6666…, by the 7–12.4 million estimated bronies in the United States, you get a very rough final estimate of 10 to 21 million fans of the show worldwide.--Mαuri^’96 “...over the Borderline” 01:38, 8 April 2013 (UTC)

I can't prove this so have no grounds to change the article, but I strongly suspect that the multi-millions reported by that census are a substantial overestimate. The survey details suggest that the number of respondents from the UK was a little under 10% of that from the US. In other words, a minimum of 700,000 British bronies. I'm in the UK myself, but I don't think I've ever met someone who thinks that figure is remotely accurate. Evidence is circumstancial -- eg the almost total lack of brony-targeted merchandise (apart from in a few specialist shops) -- but there's very little counter-evidence. My guess would be that the UK fandom is numbers in the tens of thousands. Try as I might, I can't reconcile an estimate of 700,000+ with reality. Loganberry (Talk) 15:02, 28 May 2013 (UTC)

Census 2013

We might need to update information with the latest 2013 Census. Unless that was done already... MarcowyGnom (talk) 17:57, 19 March 2013 (UTC)

Quick question, is ther a section for the fandom memes? Or with this be left off the wiki? Dowa2bp (talk) 19:37, 24 April 2013 (UTC)

They have to be noted in reliable (not fan) sources. So we have the "everypony" and "plot" aspects but other memes, even the "20% cooler", aren't listed, and likely should not be unless they are a major part. --MASEM (t) 23:50, 24 April 2013 (UTC)

Discord

Maybe an internal link for Discord. Discord is mentioned three times in the article. Maybe not just link the first mention in the text, but also the mention under the image of John de Lancie. It says De Lancie voiced Discord; made me want to click Discord at that location. --82.170.113.123 (talk) 01:27, 15 April 2013 (UTC)

 Done I wikilinked it. --Yellow1996 (talk) 23:26, 5 May 2013 (UTC)

Brony Thank You Fund tax-exempted

It looks like the Brony Thank You Fund has achieved the tax exempt status. I doubt there's any sourcing for this other than the usual brony channels (like EQD and DHN). The information is nonetheless relevant, though: first off, it makes our article reporting about the BTYF's application for tax exemption obsolete; second, maybe it's worth mentioning that (at least according to the Fund's own site), this could make the Brony fandom the first media-related fandom to ever "create their own full-fledged tax-exempt charity". I'm unsure about the latter, due to the lack of sources. Any considerations? -- / Kàmina / 16:47, 12 May 2013 (UTC)

We'd need a source to affirm it being the first such except charity , but it would be a good thing to add if we can find that. --MASEM (t) 16:57, 12 May 2013 (UTC)

Thanks for adding the info and retrieving a source. But I noticed that the BTYF is mentioned twice in the article; it's probably redundant, since the brief mention in "Arts and entertainment" (btw, wrong category?) doesn't really add much to the article. I would advocate that we merge the paragraphs. -- / Kàmina / 16:47, 16 May 2013 (UTC)

Good eye , and with a bit more editing, I've pulled out a separate "charity and fundraising" section for all this stuff. --MASEM (t) 17:27, 16 May 2013 (UTC)

Looking to place a section on fandom's negative reaction to show changes

We have enough articles from RS about parts of the fandom reacting negatively to changes (From Derpy, to Twilight Alicorn, to EQG) with a sense of entitlement (along with counterpoints about overreactions). I believe its necessary to add this (both sides) to show that the fandom does react poorly as well (balance) and since we can do that with RS, it avoids it making sound like an internal issue. I'm trying to think where to place this within this article but can't figure out a good section. --MASEM (t) 20:56, 19 May 2013 (UTC)

Good idea. I'd say in between Hasbro and The Hub and In Other Media under the "Reactions" heading. --Yellow1996 (talk) 01:20, 20 May 2013 (UTC)