Executive summary: The 2024 EA Survey highlights demographic trends in the Effective Altruism (EA) community, showing a continued gender and racial imbalance, an aging participant base, and shifts in career strategies and approaches to doing good.
Key points:
Gender Composition: The EA community remains predominantly male (68.8%), with a slight increase in male respondents since 2022. However, more recent cohorts show a higher proportion of women.
Racial/Ethnic Identity: White respondents continue to be the majority (75%), though their proportion has slightly declined over time.
Age Trends: The average age of respondents is increasing, with the median rising from 25 in 2014 to 31 in 2024, suggesting an aging EA population.
Career Strategies: The most common impact strategies are research (18.5%) and earning to give (15%), with the latter seeing a notable increase since 2022. Highly engaged EAs are more likely to focus on direct work, while less engaged EAs favor effective giving.
Political Leanings and Diet Choices: The EA community is predominantly left-leaning (70%) but has seen a shift toward center-left over time. Vegan (25.5%) and vegetarian (20.3%) diets remain more common than in the general population.
University Background: Many respondents attended highly ranked universities, with a concentration in English-speaking institutions like Oxford, Cambridge, and Harvard.
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Executive summary: The 2024 EA Survey highlights demographic trends in the Effective Altruism (EA) community, showing a continued gender and racial imbalance, an aging participant base, and shifts in career strategies and approaches to doing good.
Key points:
Gender Composition: The EA community remains predominantly male (68.8%), with a slight increase in male respondents since 2022. However, more recent cohorts show a higher proportion of women.
Racial/Ethnic Identity: White respondents continue to be the majority (75%), though their proportion has slightly declined over time.
Age Trends: The average age of respondents is increasing, with the median rising from 25 in 2014 to 31 in 2024, suggesting an aging EA population.
Career Strategies: The most common impact strategies are research (18.5%) and earning to give (15%), with the latter seeing a notable increase since 2022. Highly engaged EAs are more likely to focus on direct work, while less engaged EAs favor effective giving.
Political Leanings and Diet Choices: The EA community is predominantly left-leaning (70%) but has seen a shift toward center-left over time. Vegan (25.5%) and vegetarian (20.3%) diets remain more common than in the general population.
University Background: Many respondents attended highly ranked universities, with a concentration in English-speaking institutions like Oxford, Cambridge, and Harvard.
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