Who exactly is watching 'Rick and Morty' on Hulu? The answer may surprise you

#Hulu #Millennials #RickandMorty

When people think of Rick and Morty fans, they tend to imagine internet edgelords with "well actually" tattooed on their foreheads.

But new viewer data gathered by Hulu, which recently launched Season 3 of the hit animated show on its platform, proves you shouldn't judge a book by its toxic masculine cover.

According to Hulu's internal data and analytics team, the statistics paint a more diverse picture of the Rick and Morty viewership. One of the most surprising demographic facts found that gender is much more equal than previously assumed, with women making up 40% of the audience.

That number stands in stark contrast to the shitty fan culture Rick and Morty has become known for.

In the past year alone, Rick and Morty fans garnered attention for: 1) Launching a baseless, misogynistic backlash against the show's female writers, 2) Abusing innocent McDonald's employees for running out of Szechuan sauce, and 3) Birthing an entire meme genre around the obnoxious claim that "you have to have a very high IQ to understand Rick and Morty."

That awful, vocal minority of Rick and Morty fans — coupled with gendered assumptions about who would watch a vulgar, science-oriented animated show — warped our perception of its viewers.

Granted, this data is not an accurate assessment of viewer demographics across all platforms, with numbers based only on who's watching Rick and Morty through its exclusive streaming partner, Hulu. A Hulu representative explained to Mashable that the data was gathered over a 6-month period, spanning from January to July of 2018.

The more comprehensive viewer data from Nielsen ratings don't account for gender, either.

But back in October, it found that the initial niche show exploded into mainstream popularity, becoming the #1 comedy for millennials with an average of 2.5 million viewers, out-pacing titans like The Big Bang Theory and Modern Family.

What Hulu's numbers do show, however, is that Rick and Morty is for everyone — despite what online hate mobs want us to believe.

Summer became a much more prominent character in Season 3 of "Rick and Morty"

Another interesting Hulu data trend found that, while Rick and Mortyviewers were (unsurprisingly) fans of similar shows like Family Guy, Bob's Burgers, and South Park, a whopping 40% of them also watch emotional live-action dramas like This Is Us and Handmaid’s Tale.

So maybe you actually also need very high emotional intelligence to get Rick and Morty?

While the data helps dispel some negative connotations and assumptions about who likes Rick and Morty, the Hulu stats confirmed one hypothesis: People who watch Rick and Morty are night goblins, with 11PM to 1AM EST winning the most popular viewing time slot.

Sadly there's still no data for interdimensional cable shows like Gazorpazorpfield or Ball Fondlers, though.

By Jess Joho, mashable.com

July 11th, 2018

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