Foursquare Demographics – Age, Gender, Education

June 24, 2010 | By Matt Rogers

Contrary to popular belief, or at least the belief of some people with whom I recently went to a wedding in Los Angeles, Foursquare is not dominated by men seeking to mark their territory, as was intuitively presumed in a recent post.  In fact it’s the opposite.  Here’s the data from Alexa:

Alexa data works by comparing the number of users to the relevant internet population.  So, compared to the overall internet population, females comprise much more of the usage than men.  Quantcast data backs it up.

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

So there you have it.  Ladies love Foursquare.  Though it can still be argued that they love it for different reasons than men.