Bitcoin is a Demographic Mega-Trend: Data Analysis
What follows is data and analysis from a survey of American adults regarding general sentiment toward Bitcoin — the survey was conducted online by The Harris Poll, on behalf of Blockchain Capital, from April 23–25, 2019 among 2,029 American adults. The survey was an augmented version of one we ran in October 2017 (we added a few questions). Methodology can be found at the bottom of this post.
For context and because it’s material in considering the results, the survey in October 2017 was conducted in a bull market — Bitcoin was up over 800% YoY — whereas the most recent survey, in April 2019, was conducted in a bear market — price was down roughly 75% from all-time highs.
We suspect that the difference in market environment between the two surveys would have a negative impact on Bitcoin sentiment in the most recent survey. Despite the bear market, the data shows that Bitcoin awareness, familiarity, perception, conviction, propensity to purchase and ownership all increased/improved significantly — dramatically in many cases.
The results highlight that Bitcoin is a demographic mega-trend led by younger age groups. The only area where older demographics matched younger demographics was awareness: Regardless of age, the vast majority of the American population has heard of Bitcoin.
Awareness
The percentage of people that have heard of Bitcoin rose from 77% in October 2017 to 89% in April 2019.
Awareness of Bitcoin is strong across all age groups — those aged 18–34 have the highest rates of awareness at 90% and those aged 65+ have the lowest at 88%.
Overall, the percentage of people that have not heard of Bitcoin fell by more than half — from 23% in October 2017 to 11% in April 2019.
Familiarity
The percentage of people that are ‘at least somewhat familiar’ with Bitcoin rose by nearly half — from 30% in October 2017 to 43% in April 2019.
Among those aged 18–34, a full 60% described themselves as at least ‘somewhat familiar’ with Bitcoin — up from 42% in October 2017. Relative to older segments of the population, those aged 18–34 are 3x as likely to be at least ‘somewhat familiar’ with Bitcoin as those aged 65 and over.
The natural follow-on question is how perception is affected by rising awareness — as people become more familiar with Bitcoin do they think of it more positively or negatively?
Perception
The percentage of people whom ‘strongly’ or ‘somewhat’ agrees that ‘Bitcoin is a positive innovation in financial technology’ rose 9 percentage points — from 34% in October 2017 to 43% in April 2019.
Younger demographics were most inclined to have a positive view of Bitcoin: 59% of those aged 18–34 ‘strongly’ or ‘somewhat’ agree that ‘ Bitcoin is a positive innovation in financial technology — up 11 percentage points from October 2017.
But even if an increasing percentage of the population has a positive perception of Bitcoin, does that translate to increased conviction in future adoption?
Conviction
The percentage of people that ‘strongly’ or ‘somewhat’ agrees that ‘most people will be using Bitcoin in the next 10 years’ rose 5 percentage points — from 28% in October 2017 to 33% in April 2019.
Younger demographics have the most conviction in adoption over the next 10 years: Nearly half (48%) of those aged 18–34 ‘strongly’ or ‘somewhat’ agree that ‘it’s likely most people will be using Bitcoin in the next 10 years’ — up 6 percentage points from October 2017.
Propensity to Purchase
Despite the bear market, the percentage of people that indicated they are ‘very’ or ‘somewhat’ likely to buy Bitcoin in the next 5 years rose by nearly half — from 19% in October 2017 to 27% in April 2019.
Younger demographics appear most inclined to purchase Bitcoin: 42% of those aged 18–34 said they are ‘very’ or ‘somewhat’ likely to purchase Bitcoin in the next 5 years — up 10 percentage points from 32% in October 2017.
It’s also helpful to consider how people think about Bitcoin relative to other investable assets.
When asked which they’d prefer to own $1k of:
- 21% of people said they would prefer Bitcoin to government bonds — up from 18% in October 2017
- 17% of people said they would prefer Bitcoin to stocks — up from 14% in October 2017
- 14% of people said they would prefer Bitcoin to real estate — up from 12% in October 2017
- 12% of people said they would prefer Bitcoin to gold — up from 8% in October 2017
Focusing on those aged 18–34, when asked which they’d prefer to own $1,000 of:
- 30% said they would prefer Bitcoin to government bonds — flat from October 2017
- 27% said they would prefer Bitcoin to stocks — flat from October 2017
- 24% said they would prefer Bitcoin to real estate — up from 22% in October 2017
- 22% said they would prefer Bitcoin to gold — up from 19% in October 2017
Said differently, among those aged 18–34: Nearly 1 in 3 prefers Bitcoin to government bonds, more than 1 in 4 prefers Bitcoin to stocks, nearly 1 in 4 prefers Bitcoin to real estate and more than 1 in 5 prefers Bitcoin to gold.
The biggest increase in preference rate for Bitcoin was relative to gold — perhaps the byproduct of Bitcoin’s growing acceptance as ‘digital gold’.
Ownership
In total, 9% of the population owns Bitcoin — including 18% of those aged 18–34 and 12% of those aged 35–44.
To help put the millennial proclivity to Bitcoin in perspective: Only 37% of people under 35 are invested in the stock market (source) — so the data point that 20% of those in the same group own Bitcoin is particularly surprising.
Ultimately, Bitcoin is a demographic mega-trend: Younger demographics are leading in terms of Bitcoin awareness, familiarity, perception, conviction, propensity to purchase, and ownership rates.
Survey Methodology:
This survey was conducted online within the United States between April 23–25, 2019 among 2029 adults (aged 18 and over) by The Harris Poll on behalf of Blockchain Capital via its Harris On Demand omnibus product. Figures for age, sex, race/ethnicity, education, region and household income were weighted where necessary to bring them into line with their actual proportions in the population. Propensity score weighting was used to adjust for respondents’ propensity to be online.
All sample surveys and polls, whether or not they use probability sampling, are subject to multiple sources of error which are most often not possible to quantify or estimate, including sampling error, coverage error, error associated with nonresponse, error associated with question wording and response options, and post-survey weighting and adjustments. Therefore, the words “margin of error” are avoided as they are misleading. All that can be calculated are different possible sampling errors with different probabilities for pure, unweighted, random samples with 100% response rates. These are only theoretical because no published polls come close to this ideal.
Respondents for this survey were selected from among those who have agreed to participate in our surveys. The data have been weighted to reflect the composition of the adult population. Because the sample is based on those who agreed to participate in the online panel, no estimates of theoretical sampling error can be calculated.
Blockchain Capital, founded in 2013, is one of the oldest and most active venture investors in the blockchain industry and has financed 75+ companies and projects since its inception. Our mission is to help entrepreneurs build world-class companies and projects based on blockchain technology. We invest in both equity and tokens and are a multi-stage investor. Blockchain Capital also pioneered the world’s first ever tokenized investment fund and the blockchain industry’s very first security token, the BCAP, in April of 2017.
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Die US-Amerikaner glauben an den Bitcoin: „Millennial-Mega-Trend“
Die Kryptoinvestitionsfirma Blockchain Capital führte über das Web-Portal The Harris Poll eine Umfrage zum Thema Bitcoin durch. Die Studie lief zwischen dem 23. und dem 25. April 2019 und erfasste die Angaben von 2.029 volljährigen US-Bürgern. Die Ergebnisse deuten stark darauf hin, dass Kryptowährungen sich in den nächsten Jahren, vor allem unter jüngeren Amerikanern, weiter verbreiten werden.
Bitcoin-Umfragen in Zeiten des Bärenmarkts?
Die Macher der Umfrage führten die Studie erstmals im Oktober 2017 durch. Damals befand sich Bitcoin mitten im Bullenmarkt. Die Forscher glichen die Ergebnisse der ersten Befragung mit den Zahlen ab, die sie im April 2019 sammelten, zu einem Zeitpunkt, an dem der BTC-Kurs nur noch auf 25 Prozent des Höchstpreises kommt.
Positive Ergebnisse trotz Wertverlust
Entgegen den Erwartungen der Forscher, dass der Bärenmarkt sich negativ auf das Bitcoin-Image und die Bekanntheit in der Bevölkerung ausüben würde, sind die Ergebnisse nach dem Vergleich überraschend positiv.
Sowohl das Bewusstsein für die Existenz von Bitcoin, die Berührungspunkte, die Einstellung zu der Kryptowährung als auch die Bereitschaft, Bitcoin zu kaufen und zu besitzen, sind signifikant gestiegen.
Bitcoin auch älteren Amerikanern ein Begriff
Die sogenannte BTC-Awareness ist seit 2017 von 77 auf 89 Prozent rapide gestiegen. In der Altersgruppe der 18- bis 34-Jährigen wussten 90 Prozent der Befragten, was BTC ist, in der Altersgruppe ab 65 Jahren waren es immer noch solide 88 Prozent. Insgesamt haben nur elf Prozent der Befragten noch nie von BTC gehört. 2017 waren es noch 23 Prozent.
Auch im Bereich „Vertrautheit“ mit BTC gibt es erfreuliche Entwicklungen; 43 Prozent der Befragten empfinden sich als „gewissermaßen vertraut“ mit BTC, das sind 13 Prozent mehr als 2017. Weiterhin stimmen 43 Prozent der Teilnehmer der Aussage zu: „Bitcoin ist eine positive Innovation der Finanztechnologie.“
„Millennial-Mega-Trend“ einer verunsicherten Volkswirtschaft
Fast die Hälfte (48 Prozent) der Unter-34-Jährigen glauben, dass „es wahrscheinlich ist, dass die meisten Leute in den nächsten zehn Jahren Bitcoin benutzen werden.“ 42 Prozent der Befragten aus dieser Altersgruppe zeigten eine Bereitschaft zum Kauf von BTC in den nächsten fünf Jahren.
Neun Prozent der befragten US-Amerikaner besitzen BTC, unter den 18- bis 34-Jährigen sind es 18 Prozent, unter den 35- bis 44-Jährigen zwölf Prozent. Diese Zahlen sind besonders interessant, wenn man sie mit dem Investitionsverhalten der jüngeren Bevölkerung in traditionelle Finanzmärkte vergleicht: Nur 37 Prozent beteiligen sich an Börsenspekulationen.
Die Ergebnisse der Umfrage zeigen, dass sich die jüngeren US-Amerikaner zunehmend Kryptowährungen und alternativen Finanzstrukturen zuwenden. In Zeiten höchster ökonomischer Verunsicherung scheint auch der Kryptowinter nichts an dieser Innovationslust zu ändern.
Dieser Artikel erschien zuerst bei BTC Echo.
from: https://t3n.de/news/die-us-amerikaner-glauben-an-den-bitcoin-millennial-mega-trend-1160605/
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