Did you know that non-heterosexual men and women are more likely to be into yuri and yaoi (respectively) than the general population?
>In the 1989-1994 period, 4.53% of men and 3.61% of women self-reported homosexual sex ever, which grew to 8.18% of men and 8.74% of women in the 2010-2014 period.
>Report on the Yuri Fandom Demographic Survey
>The results for gender were roughly as I expected. Out of the 695 respondents, 328 were women, 308 were men, and 59 were non-binary or listed other for another reason.
>23.38% of men marked a sexual orientation other than βheterosexualβ.
>https://floatingintobliss.wordpress.com/2017/10/14/report-on-the-yuri-fandom-demographic-survey/
>Table 1: Basic Demographics
>Female: 89% (n=350)
>Bisexual: n=80
>350*0.23=80
>https://www.participations.org/Volume%205/Issue%202/5_02_pagliassotti.htm
Sadly, I cannot find more yaoi fandom surveys.
There are more surveys on the yuri fandom, mostly from Reddit:
r/yuruyuri, 2017: Out of 74 male voters, 59 identified as straight (79,72%), 10 as bisexual (13,51%); 1 as pansexual, 1 as asexual and 1 as gay (each 1,35%).*
https://old.reddit.com/r/yuruyuri/comments/744f9k/ryuruyuri_demographic_survey_2017_results/dnx8g1p/
* 2 identified as Apache Helicopter and Princessexual.
r/yurimemes, 2021: Out of 1473 male voters, 1115 identified as straight (75,65%), 340 as bisexual (21,38%) and 18 as gay (1,22%)β .
β A later 2022-10-15 survey on the same sub with only monosexual options saw that number increase to 72.
r/yurimemes, 2022-10-01: Out of 914 voters picking specific male options, 717 identified as straight (78,44%), and 197 as bisexual (21,55%).
r/yuri_manga, 2023: Out of 318 male voters, 278 identified as straight (87,42%), and 40 identified as non-straight (12,57%).
A thesis on the Chinese yuri fandom (pic related) had 16 informants, with only 2 of them were male. Curiously, both of them identified as heterosexual, but "did not resist being in relationship with male".
