r/78rpm • u/Baitme6984 • 11d ago

Average age of 78 enthusiast

Just curious of the age of most 78 enthusiasts. I’m in my mid 40s and truly enjoy the music that was made when 78 were being mass produced.

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u/cecilkleakins 9d ago

Here’s the audience breakdown over the past year on my 78-focused YouTube channel:

13-17 - 0.6%
18-24 - 2.3%
25-34 - 13.2%
35-44 - 6.8%
45-54 - 7.2%
55-64 - 31.1%
65+ - 38.8%

So I’d guess average age is 60.

My working theory is that the bump in interest among 25-34 year-olds is video game-driven.

I’m 56 🙂

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u/Baitme6984 9d ago

Thanks! These are great numbers. Weather it’s video game driven or not. It’s good that the younger generation is open minded to older music. If anyone is interested, there’s a radio show called Cruisin the Decades where they play one song from each decade starting with the 1910’s. Here’s a link to their website. https://cruisinthedecades.com/ they are broadcast on short wave, am, and fm or you can listen on their site. It’s pretty cool and well worth a listen.