The top three sources people in our sample first heard about EA from were
LessWrong, friends, or Giving What We Can. LessWrong, GiveWell, and personal
contact were cited as the top three reasons people continued to get more involved in
EA. (Keep in mind that EAs in our sample might not mean all EAs overall, as discussed in .)
66.9% of the EAs in our sample were from the United States, the United Kingdom, and
Australia, but we have EAs in many countries. You can see the public location
responses visualized on the Map of EAs!
The Bay Area had the most EAs in our sample, followed by London and then Oxford.
New York and Washington DC have surprisingly many EAs and may have flown under
the radar.
The EAs in our sample in total donated over $5.23 million in 2013. The median
donation size was $450 in 2013 donations.
238 EAs in our sample donated 1% of their income or more, and 84 EAs in our sample
give 10% of their income. You can see the past and planned donations that people
have chosen to made public on the EA Donation Registry.
The top three charities donated to by EAs in our sample were GiveWell’s three picks
for 2013 AMF, SCI, and GiveDirectly. MIRI was the fourth largest donation target,
followed by unrestricted donations to GiveWell.
Poverty was the most popular cause among EAs in our sample, followed by
metacharity and then rationality.
33.1% of EAs in our sample were either vegan or vegetarian.
34.1% of EAs in our sample who indicated a career indicated that they were aiming to
earn to give.
For reference, here are the results from last year’s survey, along with Peter’s analysis of them. This includes a link to a Github repository including the raw data, with names and email addresses removed.
Notable findings included:
The top three sources people in our sample first heard about EA from were LessWrong, friends, or Giving What We Can. LessWrong, GiveWell, and personal contact were cited as the top three reasons people continued to get more involved in EA. (Keep in mind that EAs in our sample might not mean all EAs overall, as discussed in .)
66.9% of the EAs in our sample were from the United States, the United Kingdom, and Australia, but we have EAs in many countries. You can see the public location responses visualized on the Map of EAs!
The Bay Area had the most EAs in our sample, followed by London and then Oxford. New York and Washington DC have surprisingly many EAs and may have flown under the radar.
The EAs in our sample in total donated over $5.23 million in 2013. The median donation size was $450 in 2013 donations.
238 EAs in our sample donated 1% of their income or more, and 84 EAs in our sample give 10% of their income. You can see the past and planned donations that people have chosen to made public on the EA Donation Registry.
The top three charities donated to by EAs in our sample were GiveWell’s three picks for 2013 AMF, SCI, and GiveDirectly. MIRI was the fourth largest donation target, followed by unrestricted donations to GiveWell.
Poverty was the most popular cause among EAs in our sample, followed by metacharity and then rationality.
33.1% of EAs in our sample were either vegan or vegetarian.
34.1% of EAs in our sample who indicated a career indicated that they were aiming to earn to give.