The CP Army Census 2014 – Results

KLONDIKE, CPA Central Headquarters — In this year’s Census, 60% more turned out to fill out the forms compared to 2011, bringing the number of participants this year to almost 400. We’re here to share the results of what was a very successful Census. 

Some of you may have noticed that the forms came down earlier today; I have been working with many others here at CPA Central to put together the results and release them. A whopping 393 members of the community filled out the Required Form, and 245 went the extra mile and filled out the Optional Form. At almost 400 total participants and almost two-thirds of those participants filling out both forms, I am very happy with the results of the 2014 Census and think army leaders, CPAWM’s staff and the entire community should be as well.

All of your answers were statisticalized, as I stated in the initial posts announcing the Census. One the names on Club Penguin and Xat were removed, statistics from both CPA Central and SM Army Press were but into two separate workbooks, one for the Optional Form and one for the Required Form. A quick shout-out to the folks over at SMAP for being a great help with advertising and sponsoring the Census; many of our participants did fill out forms on S/M Army Press. Also thanks to everyone at CPAC who did the not-too-fun job of soliciting participation — you guys did great.

Graphs were not too hard to make from there on out. The only thing to note before reading below is that for graphs such as the main army/organization and first army, a few changes were made. Those armies who did not have around the number eight did not receive representation on the graphs. If you put two armies or organizations, either a.) the first was selected or b.) the army who was getting represented would be used, i.e. if you put Redemption Force and Ice Warriors, you’d be counted for IW as the Redemption Force was being filed into the “Other” category. Strictly hypothetical example. Without further adieu, the graphs are below.

Required Form Statistics

It’s likely some of those claiming to join in 2005 and 2006 didn’t actually, but there are also some interesting things that can be taken from this first question. If you divide the 10 years of Club Penguin in half, 75% of armies joined Club Penguin before 2011. This has more to do with recruiting, as seen in the graph below.

The year in which people joined Club Penguin Armies is only a little over half in the first five years, with significant contributions to recruiting happening in 2011, 2012 and 2013. Of the three most recent years, 2013 especially had an influx in army recruits, which could be attributed to the introduction of the auto-typer, the rise of the AUSIA community, and people like Elmikey pushing for huge amounts of new recruits in armies.

This graph is also very interesting. Not only are 50% of armies recruited from Club Penguin, but a whopping 91% were brought into this community without the use of newly-argued methods such as chat recruiting. What this seems to suggest is that while chat recruiting works for some time, the members a.) don’t stay and b.) due to our recent bannings on tracker chats, chat recruiting has become much harder.

This graph wasn’t too surprising. The Army of Club Penguin, which reigned unarguably dominant until their fall in 2012, made up for over a quarter of our members’ first army. Also, with ACP’s recently successful AUSIA Division, it is no surprise they make up so much of this list. The Rebel Penguin Federation, known for its recent almost baby boom of recruits, makes up 10%, a statistic they weren’t even close to in 2011. Strong showings are also seen from the Ice Warriors and Nachos.

Comparing this graph to the one above and looking at it alone are both interesting. ACP’s static percentage at 26% seems to argue that many recruits stay with the army, while the changing of the RPF-DW stats from 10-6 to 7-7 give a peek into the migration of some RPF recruits with Elmikey when he was fired from the Rebel Penguin Federation. Notably, CPA Central has its first appearance on this chart and the only news site to make it, with 3% of armies identify with a news site as their main organization.

Not surprisingly, Eastern Standard Time once again reigns supreme by huge margins, thought not as large as before. Between GMT, CET, and IT, the European side of armies makes up about 20% of the community, a similar statistic to the 2011 polling (note some “Other” were European.) Also, the rise of AUSIA is represented here, with IST taking 4% and other Australian and Asian Time Zones making the graph, for a total of 11%.

Optional Form Statistics

This graph only highlights something we, as a community, have failed to do: attract girls. With e-dating in armies always centering around the same females, it isn’t surprising why: according to this chart, 90% of armies are Male. This is a community about warfare and fighting so this makes sense, but this doesn’t mean notable females have not come and gone in this community.

The age chart shows that the average army member is 14, up from 11-12 in 2011 and undoubtedly even younger in the earliest years. Also, ages 13-17 make up over two-thirds of the community, with the youngest ages (8, 9 and 10), as well as 18+, making up the other 25%. It will be interesting to see if the mean age only keeps growing in armies if this census is taking again in another three years.

Unfortunately, this graph isn’t too surprising. Whites make up 68% of armies, with other groups taking a little over a quarter. Notably, Asian and Indian now make up 15% of armies, likely as a result of the rise of AUSIA Divisions.

A whopping 94% of armies identify themselves as Straight, though the percentage of those identify as Gay/Bisexual could be as high as 14%. As an internet community, it’s not unlikely that we attract minorities, so the percentage of Gay/Bisexuals in the community may be much higher than the 5% shown above.

As in the real world, Christianity takes the majority in this poll with 59%. Representative of the new generation, however, Atheist/Agnostic takes a quarter of the overall poll. Other religions make up the other 16%, which may be due to the large influence of CP Armies in countries like the United States and the United Kingdom and its rather new influence in other countries.

This chart also represents a change in the world and a changing generation, with Liberals taking the majority in this poll. Conservatives are falling from influence, with Libertarian and Socialist combined (24%) overtaking the Conservative ranking. Other political parties, most likely in countries where these parties aren’t common, identify as Other.

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The 2014 Census has been very successful, drawing in almost 60% higher participation than 2011’s Census, and all who worked to make it happen here at CPA Central, over at SM Army Press and throughout the community should be proud and deserve our thanks. It is only my hope that this provides important statistics for army leaders to direct their recruiting and event scheduling basis to focus on what they need to improve on. Hopefully, in 2017, we’ll do this again. I don’t know about you, but I’m pulling for armies to last until then. 

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