Shipper's Census 2006 - Preliminary Polling Data

[Swifty]

I'd like to thank everyone who participated in the Census! Here are the results so far.

In-Depth Analysis:
ContestShipping Support - Statistical Breakdown
PokeShipping Support - Statistical Breakdown
RocketShipping Support - Statistical Breakdown
AdvanceShipping Support - Statistical Breakdown

Global Statistical Breakdown:

Ships supported (Results will not add up to 100%)

Results (Responses with over 3 votes counted):

(4) 05.0% .No Name (Ash x Drew)
(4) 05.0% LeagueShipping (Ash x Richie)
(4) 05.0% OriginShipping (Steven x Wallace)
(4) 05.0% WinstrateShipping (Max x Vivi)
(5) 06.4% ElderShipping (Delia x Professor Oak)
(5) 06.4% FranticShipping (Ruby x Sapphire)
(5) 06.4% KrazyShipping (Meowth x Pikachu)
(7) 08.9% .No Name (Brock x Lucy)
(7) 08.9% 3PShipping (Ash x Misty x May)
(7) 08.9% BreederShipping (Brock x Suzie)
(7) 08.9% GymShipping (Brock x Misty)
(7) 08.9% MasumiShipping (Max x Misty)
(7) 08.9% TensionShipping (Drew x Harley)
(8) 10.3% ImageShipping (Misty x May)
(9) 11.5% MinamoShipping (May/Kelly)
(10) 12.8% ColosseumShipping (Wes x Rui)
(11) 14.1% AltoShipping (Ash x Latias)
(13) 16.6% HandymanShipping (Tracey x Daisy)
(14) 17.9% OrangeShipping (Tracey x Misty)
(19) 24.4% HoennShipping (Brendan x May)
(20) 25.6% QuestShipping (Kenta x Marina)
(25) 32.1% AdvanceShipping (Ash x May)
(33) 42.3% RocketShipping (Jessie x James)
(42) 53.8% PokeShipping (Ash x Misty)
(51) 65.4% ContestShipping (Drew x May)

Favorite characters (Results will not add up to 100%)

Results (Responses with over 2 votes counted):

(3) 03.8% Brendan
(3) 03.8% Clair
(3) 03.8% Kelly
(3) 03.8% Latias
(3) 03.8% Mewtwo
(3) 03.8% Pikachu
(3) 03.8% Steven
(3) 03.8% Wes
(3) 03.8% Will
(4) 05.1% Kenta
(4) 05.1% Lance
(4) 05.1% Richie
(5) 06.4% Marina
(5) 06.4% Sabrina
(11) 14.1% Max
(11) 14.1% Meowth
(13) 16.6% Harley
(13) 16.6% Jessie
(13) 16.6% Tracey
(14) 17.9% Gary
(17) 21.8% Brock
(18) 23.1% James
(25) 32.1% Drew
(42) 53.8% May
(42) 53.8% Misty
(49) 62.8% Ash

Gender

Results:

(48) 61.5% Female
(30) 38.4% Male

Year when starting to watch the TV series

Results:

(1) 01.3% 1997
(44) 56.4% 1998
(27) 34.6% 1999
(2) 02.6% 2000
(3) 03.8% 2003
(1) 01.3% 2004

Age

Results:

(2) 02.6% 11
(3) 03.8% 12
(8) 10.3% 13
(9) 11.5% 14
(9) 11.5% 15
(11) 14.1% 16
(7) 08.9% 17
(8) 10.3% 18
(5) 06.4% 19
(4) 05.1% 20
(3) 03.8% 21
(4) 05.1% 22
(1) 01.3% 24
(1) 01.3% 25
(1) 01.3% 26
(1) 01.3% 36

Mean Age: 16.7
Median Age: 16

Ships considered canon or will be canon regardless of ship affiliation (Results will not add up to 100%)

Results (Responses with over 1 vote counted):

(2) 02.6% .No Name (Red x Misty)
(2) 02.6% ElderShipping
(2) 02.6% ElderShipping
(2) 02.6% KissShipping
(2) 02.6% MasumiShipping
(2) 02.6% WinstrateShipping
(3) 03.8% AltoShipping
(4) 05.1% .No Name (Brock x Lucy)
(4) 05.1% FranticShipping
(4) 05.1% HoennShipping
(5) 06.4% CarnivalShipping
(7) 08.9% BalanceShipping
(7) 08.9% ColosseumShipping
(7) 08.9% None
(8) 10.3% HandymanShipping
(10) 12.8% OrangeShipping
(12) 15.4% AdvanceShipping
(24) 31.4% QuestShipping
(28) 35.8% RocketShipping
(41) 52.6% PokeShipping
(46) 58.9% ContestShipping

Ship most passionate for

Results:

(1) 01.3% AltoShipping
(1) 01.3% ColosseumShipping
(1) 01.3% ElderShipping
(1) 01.3% EliteFourShipping
(1) 01.3% GymShipping
(1) 01.3% HonorShipping
(1) 01.3% KissShipping
(1) 01.3% KrazyShipping
(1) 01.3% MinamoShipping
(1) 01.3% NeoShipping
(1) 01.3% None
(1) 01.3% QuestShipping
(1) 01.3% TensionShipping
(2) 02.6% OrangeShipping
(3) 03.8% HoennShipping
(3) 03.8% RocketShipping
(11) 14.1% ContestShipping
(16) 20.5% AdvanceShipping.
(30) 38.5% PokeShipping

 

[Jo-Jo]

Ships supported (Results will not add up to 100%)

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(22) 31% Advanceshipping (Ash x May)
(29) 42% Rocketshipping (Jessie x James)
(39) 56% Pokéshipping (Ash x Misty)
(46) 66% ContestShipping (Drew x May)

Now that's a shocker. Contestshipping is usually slightly below Advance and Hoennshipping in the polls, and it's WAY below Pokeshipping as far as popularity goes.

 

[CyberCubed]

I guess with the upcoming Wakana episode and the dubbed Wynaut and Grand Festival episodes approaching, Contestshipping has been getting a lot of excitement lately.

Although it'll be interesting to see if this support from people lasts in the next few months, or if it was a "just in the moment" type of thing.

 

[Jo-Jo]

It did gain a lot of temporary support when the Grand Festival first aired in Japan. For a while, more than half the voters were clicking it in whichever 'best for May' poll was up at the time.

 

[PokeProphet]

Hey Swifty, would you mind if I put up the results of my analyses concerning the 'safe circles' here? It's based on the results of your census, so it would make sense (simply used them as input in SPSS, and calculated the correlations).

 

[Shego]

(2) 3% Kissshipping

This is how to show the results? That's so unfair.;101;

 

[Swifty]

(simply used them as input in SPSS, and calculated the correlations).

lol, SPSS. Real men use the R programming language.

(DISCLAIMER: My statistics professor was one of the developers at Bell Labs that created R )

But anyway, I'd rather you PM the results to me first, Prophet.

 

[cold_katanagirl]

Contestshipping has become... Oddly popular. Can't believe Rocketshipping beat Advanceshipping out.

 

[CyberCubed]

Rocketshipping has always been insanely popular, oddly enough. Hell, even the anti-Rocketshipping hints in AG doesn't stop people from still liking the ship.

I mean, it's hard to expect Jessie and James to be paired up with anyone else isn't it?

 

[Heracross]

Still, I'm very surprised. It always appeared that its popularity had been sharply decreasing lately. Hell, there hasn't been an active Rocketshipping thread around here for months, even in fanfiction.

 

[Kiori]

So.. I'm assuming that the census poll thread can come down from the stickies, since it's proven useless now. =B

Though, I would like to ask a question for you. What did you use to gather the percentage part of the statistics for the favorite ships and favorite characters, since you said that all the percentages won't add up to 100%?

 

[Swifty]

All of these percentages are calculated out of the number of people who participated. Because people can support more than one ship, have more than one favorite character, believe more than one ship is canon, etc, percentages will not add up to 100%.

 

[Swifty]

ContestShipping Support - Statistical Breakdown

ContestShippers support these following ships:

(3) 5.8% .No Name (Drew x Ash)
(4) 7.8% 3PShipping (Ash x Misty x May)
(4) 7.8% AltoShipping (Ash x Latias)
(4) 7.8% FranticShipping (Ruby x Sapphire)
(4) 7.8% GymShipping (Brock x Misty)
(4) 7.8% Masumishipping (Max x Misty)
(4) 7.8% WinstrateShipping (Max x Vivi)
(5) 9.8% ImageShipping (Misty x May)
(5) 9.8% TensionShipping (Drew x Harley)
(6) 11.8% .No Name Yet (Brock x Lucy)
(6) 11.8% BreederShipping (Brock x Suzie)
(8) 15.9% Orangeshipping (Tracey x Misty)
(9) 17.6% ColosseumShipping(Wes x Rui)
(12) 23.5% AdvanceShipping (Ash x May)
(12) 23.5% HandyManShipping (Tracey x Daisy)
(14) 27.5% QuestShipping (Kenta x Marina)
(16) 31.4% HoennShipping (May x Brendan)
(19) 37.3% RocketShipping (Jessie x James)
(37) 72.5% PokeShipping (Ash x Misty)

ContestShippers consider the following as their favorite characters:

(3) 5.8% Marina
(3) 5.8% Pikachu
(4) 7.8% Sabrina
(6) 7.8% Max
(6) 11.7% Meowth
(7) 13.7% Harley
(7) 13.7% Jessie
(9) 17.6% James
(9) 17.6% Tracey
(10) 19.6% Gary
(11) 21.5% Brock
(25) 49.0% Drew
(29) 56.8% May
(35) 68.6% Ash
(35) 68.6% Misty

ContestShippers by gender:

(19) 37.2% Male
(32) 62.7% Female

ContestShippers by starting year of watching the television program:

(1) 01.9% 1997
(29) 56.8% 1998
(16) 31.3% 1999
(2) 03.9% 2000
(2) 03.9% 2003
(1) 01.9% 2004

ContestShippers by age:

(2) 03.9% 11
(2) 03.9% 12
(4) 07.8% 13
(8) 15.6% 14
(7) 13.7% 15
(8) 15.6% 16
(3) 05.8% 17
(6) 11.7% 18
(3) 05.8% 19
(1) 01.9% 20
(3) 05.8% 21
(3) 05.8% 22
(1) 01.9% 26

Average age: 16.4
Median age: 15

ContestShippers consider the following ships as canon or will be canon:

(2) 03.9% BalanceShipping
(2) 03.9% CarnivalShipping
(2) 03.9% FranticShipping
(2) 03.9% HoennShipping
(2) 03.9% WinstrateShipping
(3) 05.8% None
(4) 07.8% .No Name Yet (Brock x Lucy)
(6) 11.7% AdvanceShipping
(6) 11.7% OrangeShipping
(7) 13.7% ColosseumShipping
(8) 15.6% HandyManShipping
(15) 29.4% RocketShipping
(20) 39.2% QuestShipping
(31) 60.7% ContestShipping
(32) 62.7% PokeShipping

ContestShippers are the most passionate for these ships:

(1) 1.9% NeoShipping
(2) 3.9% HoennShipping
(2) 3.9% OrangeShipping
(7) 13.7% AdvanceShipping
(11) 21.5% ContestShipping
(27) 52.9% PokeShipping

 

[cold_katanagirl]

Are you doing that for other ships too or just Contest?

 

[Swifty]

Any ship that got over three votes. Then I'm going to move on to the statistical breakdown of canon beliefs. After that, statistical breakdown of by gender, breakdown by character, and breakdown by passion.

 

[♥~Darkness Within~♥]

Swifty, Brock X Lucy Is pikeshipping & It's shocking that contestshipping beat
pokeshipping even know i support both & it's pretty Obvious That most of the contestshippers are pokeshippers too.

 

[Kiori]

All of these percentages are calculated out of the number of people who participated. Because people can support more than one ship, have more than one favorite character, believe more than one ship is canon, etc, percentages will not add up to 100%.

Then how did Drew get 67% on the favorite character part? XD

 

[Swifty]

I did a recount of the results. These new results are more accurate than the previous ones.

Then how did Drew get 67% on the favorite character part? XD

A typo most likely. It's fixed now.

 

[Swifty]

PokeShipping Support - Statistical Breakdown

PokeShippers support these following ships:

2 04.7% AdultShipping (Professor Oak x Delia)
2 04.7% AshOrgyShipping (Ash x Misty x May x Macey x Melody x Latias)
2 04.7% CarnivalShipping (Butler x Diane)
2 04.7% ElderShipping (Samuel Oak x Delia Ketchum)
2 04.7% GymShipping (Brock x Misty)
2 04.7% KimonoShipping (Jeannette x Erika)
2 04.7% KissShipping (Ash x Melody)
2 04.7% LeagueShipping (Ash x Richie)
2 04.7% MasumiShipping (Max x Misty)
2 04.7% PerfumeShipping (Brock x Erika)
2 04.7% TensionShipping (Drew x Harley)
3 07.1% OrangeShipping (Misty x Tracey)
3 07.1% WinstrateShipping (Max x Vivi)
4 09.5% .No Name Yet (Brock x Lucy)
4 09.5% 3PShipping (Ash x Misty x May)
4 09.5% AdvanceShipping (Ash x May)
4 09.5% FranticShipping (Saphire x Ruby)
4 09.5% ImageShipping (Misty x May)
5 11.9% AltoShipping (Ash x Latias)
5 11.9% BreederShipping (Brock x Susie)
5 11.9% ColosseumShipping (Wes x Rui)
12 28.5% HandymanShipping (Tracey x Daisy)
12 28.5% HoennShipping (Brendan x May)
13 30.9% QuestShipping (Kenta x Marina)
21 50.0% RocketShipping (Jessie x James)
38 90.4% ContestShipping (May x Drew)

PokeShippers consider the following as their favorite characters:

2 04.7% Brendan
2 04.7% Casey
2 04.7% Erika
2 04.7% Marina
2 04.7% Mewtwo
2 04.7% Morty
2 04.7% Richie
3 07.1% Harley
3 07.1% Pikachu
3 07.1% Sabrina
4 09.5% Jessie
4 09.5% Meowth
5 11.9% James
5 11.9% Max
6 14.2% Tracey
8 19.1% Gary
12 28.5% Brock
18 42.8% Drew
20 47.6% May
33 78.5% Ash
34 80.9% Misty

PokeShippers by gender:

25 59.5% Female
17 40.5% Male

PokeShippers by starting year of watching the television program:

1 02.4% 1997
21 50.0% 1998
15 35.7% 1999
2 04.7% 2000
2 04.7% 2003
1 02.3% 2004

PokeShippers by age:

2 04.7% 11
2 04.7% 12
3 07.1% 13
5 11.9% 14
6 14.2% 15
4 09.5% 16
5 11.9% 17
4 09.5% 18
3 07.1% 19
1 02.3% 20
3 07.1% 21
2 04.7% 22
1 02.3% 26
1 02.3% 36

Median Age: 16
Mean Age: 16.9

PokeShippers consider the following ships as canon or will be canon:

2 04.7% .No Name (Brock x Lucy)
2 04.7% AltoShipping
2 04.7% BalanceShipping
2 04.7% HoennShipping
3 07.1% AdvancedShipping
3 07.1% CarnivalShipping
3 07.1% FranticShipping
5 11.9% ColosseumShipping
5 11.9% OrangeShipping
8 19.1% HandymanShipping
16 38.1% QuestShipping
16 38.1% RocketShipping
34 80.9% ContestShipping
34 80.9% PokeShipping

PokeShippers are the most passionate for these ships:

1 02.3% AdvanceShipping
1 02.3% NeoShipping
1 02.3% OrangeShipping
1 02.3% RocketShipping
2 04.7% HoennShipping
6 14.2% ContestShipping
30 71.4% PokeShipping

 

[Swifty]

Added in-depth statistical data concerning PokeShippers.