To think most women are on Mumsnet?

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I often wonder how many people I know are on here. I’ve been on here 7 years now but have never told anyone. When I first joined, I thought it probably wasn’t that popular and I could easily post without anyone recognising me however now I often see and hear it mentioned in the media, even endorsements on food packaging.

I think the majority of people have issues and problems with their lives and whilst talking to friends about these issues is okay, it’s not always impartial and if you have a real dilemma of a sensitive nature for instance, a good canvas of impartial opinions is surely valuable.

Also, sometimes you just need a bitch/ moan about friends and family members and to know whether you’re being unreasonable and it’s nice to know that you can anonymously vent!

AIBU to think that due to all the above, and the fact that there’s so much parenting, lifestyle, health, beauty advice etc that MOST women must be on here, browsing these forums?

I don't know anybody who has mentioned being on here

Don't agree, unless people purposely don't post about places/things close to them. There was a post on a school near me recently asking for info on it and hardly anyone commented, so I have concluded there aren't many people near me posting - I suppose they could be looking though....

Of course not.
I know one woman who doesn't even use the internet. I'm pretty sure other people don't use forums, let alone mumsnet.

When I was 14 I said I loved looking on Mumsnet to my friends. Most of them did too!

Meh, just me then 🤷‍♀️

Yes I think YABU to thinkMOST women are on mumsnet. Nowhere near most.

I imagine a lot browse but maybe not sign up, I browse Reddit MSE and Digital Spy but have not registered with them but they are there with MN on Google searches

I have a couple of mostly online friends, as in I know them in rl but most of our contact is via SM, and they at least lurk if not post here. Nobody else, though.

I suspect most of my friends use their time more productively than me

I wonder about this too.

I read this site to get a broader overview of lots of current issues from a broader female spectrum than my peer group who are mostly at least 20 years younger than me, and who, often, when I mention I've seen an interesting debate on here roll their eyes, and then get quite interested when I've relayed information that hasn't made it to the mainstream or social media. None of them are members as far as I know or won't admit to it anyway.

Be interesting to find out just how many women are on Mumsnet though......

Most women? You realise there are billions of women in the world? MN does not have billions of members.

I am 32 and the only one out of my two close circles of friends einds (around 8 ladies in each group) and work colleagues that actually use it. They make fun of me for how much I talk about things I have read on here lol. However most are aware of it and have read threads led from google.

You also must account for the countless women MN have banned for stating men are not women. That’s going to make a hefty dent in the “most women” assertion.

No idea, but if someone irl mentions MN to me I pretend I'm only vaguely aware of what it is, and to be safe I change my username every few weeks because I've posted about some personal things, which might not identify me from just one or two threads, but over a few months/years it would be quite outing. A couple of times I've thought I recognised people from real life, and a few surprising people have mentioned they're on here, like a female friend in her 70s and a teenage friend of my dcs, both without children.

Seven million UK subscribers in the UK, 34 million women live in the UK.

So no, not most. 20% of UK women.

www.mumsnet.com/info/about-us#:~:text=Mumsnet%20is%20now%20the%20UK's,around%20100%20million%20page%20views.

My friends laugh at me for being on here, it really isn’t their thing (most of them are mums too). I believe them, they just aren’t the types, like I wasn’t pre-children. I got sucked in when I was up all night breastfeeding my children with no one to talk to, it was something to read.

Quite a few of my friends are professionals in various fields, I think the amount of misinformation on here completely puts them off. They have patients/clients quote/ask about things they’ve read on here, it annoys them a lot!

Heh. Of my RL female friends and family in the UK, I only know of 3 who have used MN. More than that have been on Netmums instead, although I don't know about now.

I now have many more friends who are on MN, because I "met" them through MN and some I have met in RL too!

I know that's only anecdotal, but it definitely doesn't add up to "most women I know" so probably not most women in general.

@speakout isn't that the female population rather than adult women?

Pretty sure no one I know is on it. Lots of blank looks if I ever (very rarely) mention it.

It'd be interesting to know how MN define unique users as if it's by username, we all know that will be wildly inaccurate as being representative of actual users.

Mumsnet is mentioned on dailymail online, similar to Reddit. There are articles based around mn threads lazy journalism

If anyone asks if I am on mn, I would not admit to more than just lurking, rather than posting. I'd prefer to be private and not want online and RL to mix.

There was a post on here a while ago that I was absolutely certain my SIL must have written - it was very freaky. But I checked the history and other details didn't match so it seemed it wasn't her, and I was relieved. But even if it was I wouldn't be worried about things I post - I'm not someone who asks for life advice on Mumsnet or uses it as emotional support or to slag off friends, family or colleagues or whatever, so even if someone did recognise me I wouldn't have anything to be embarassed about.

I'm always wanging on about MN to friends and colleagues, but have so far only found one person I know who also uses it. And I would think that so many of the women I know would love it and get such a lot from MN.

You might be nearer the mark if you'd said that most women may have, at some point over the last 10 years or so, come across Mumsnet whilst searching on the internet for something, and opened up the page to have a look.

I only found it when I was searching for some advice about dance shoes, and then started an account so I could ask a question in the extra-curricular section. That was years ago, and I've been hanging around ever since.

My sister isn't, though I recommended it to her.

Unless she has joined without telling me.

I know one person irl who said they like AIBU.

For some reason I wouldn't say I'm on mumsnet irl. It's the anonymity of it that appeals and the face you can name change to preserve that.

I'm in different Facebook's groups for parenting but would be more guarded in them as I know people in them- even if they are likeminded, I'd still be more cautious.