Scott Jarkoff recently alerted me to the fact that deviantART.com was recently listed (1st) in a demographic research study of top websites visited by teens between the ages of 13-17 years old.
“deviantART is an online art community for artists and art lovers to interact in a variety of ways, ranging from the submission of art to conversations on a number of topics. In its purest form, deviantART is a means for expressing yourself in a variety of ways. deviantART was started by Scott Jarkoff (Jark), Angelo Sotira (Spyed) and Matt Stephens (Matteo), who launched the site on August 7, 2000. If you are interested in reading the full story behind deviantART, click here.”
Top Web properties visited by audience 13-17 years old Audience, 000 % of teenagers Composition index Total Internet Population,
ages 13-1714,243 8.8 100 Deviantart.Com 276 29.5 335 Purevolume.Com 254 29.2 333 Freetranslation.Com 387 28.8 328 Buddyprofile.Com 623 26.5 302 Xanga.Com 1,693 25.4 289 Funnyjunk.Com 347 23.8 271 Quizyourfriends.Com 412 23.7 269 Picturetrail.Com 433 22.8 260 Sparknotes.Com 473 22.7 258 Bolt 574 22.5 257 Alloy 585 22.4 255 Neopets.Com 805 22.3 254 Limewire 885 21.8 248 Lyrics.Com 648 20.2 230 Livejournal.Com 1112 20.1 229 Source: comScore Media Metrix
From August 2000 to March 2003 (after which I took a 15 month hiatus from the Internet), I have volunteered a lot of my time at deviantART, Inc., as the Assistant Marketing Director. This particular job necessitated; advanced computer operational skills, excellent communication, salesmanship, and marketing ability. I was also responsible fascilitating healthy relationships between software developers, other website owners, community leaders, and deviantART, Inc., for the purpose of providing mutually beneficial services to all parties.
More of deviantART in the news:
deviantART: A Website Review @ BlogCritics.org
An iMac, a dream, a camera @ News-Leader.com
Top Web sites visted by US teenagers @ Blogs.ZDNet.com
Dress Up Your Desktop With Deviant Art @ NBC4li.com
DeviantART – “70.5% intellect, 29.5% angst!“
More like 70.5% angst, 29.5% intellect.
The word ‘angst’ is way overused. It isn’t even the major issue with teens on the internet. The real problem is when you give them any authority. They start thinking they know what’s best for everyone else on the planet. It’s ugly. Responsibility and social insecurity just don’t mix.
… and on that note, really, devart is a good example.
This is incorrect. deviantART is listed first, it is not ranked first. Technically in terms of unique audience on this chart we would be the 14th largest out of 15.
We do, however, have the highest % of users in that demographic overall.
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