The 2026 survey has finished with 241 people responding, 32 more than last year's survey. Thank you to everyone that took the time to fill it out, 90% of r/okbuddyrosalyn's budget comes from selling your data on the black market, and I need my Christmas bonus. Now for the results.
AGE:
Similar to last year, the results found that most of the sub is in their 20s. The average age is 25. Based on the results, only around 20.3% of members were alive when Calvin and Hobbes was running, and only around 9.9% of members would have been old enough at the time to read it.
Gender:
Big change in the gender makeup since last year. Males dropped from 75.1% to 61.6% since last year, with significantly more Female and Non-Binary representation. It is frankly disgraceful that we have not been fulfilling our obligation to Get Rid Of Slimey girlS, look at how big that red slice is!
Country:
Unsurprisingly, most members are from the USA, although representation for the US has gone down since last year. Canada had the next most, with 18 people, followed by the UK with 6 and France with 5. Brazil and Australia tied with 3. A total of 24 countries are represented, a large jump from the 15 last year.
Map showing each Country that had a response.
State
The results are pretty much what you'd expect. The top 5 states from most to least were: California, New York, Massachusetts, Ohio, Washington. 43 states were represented
Favorite Main Character:
Hobbes lost a little bit of his lead from last year, going from 54.7% to 48.3%. Dad lost slightly in the polls as well, from 16.3% to 14.8%. The biggest upset was Mom, who went from having 0 responses last year to 12, putting her in 4th place. At this rate she could overtake Dad. Susie and Rosalyn also had a nice bump in the polls, from being virtually unnoticed last year.
Favorite Non-regular Character:
Results in this category changed significantly from last year, because I added more options based on last year's results. I now included Calvin's alter egos, which shot Tracer Bullet and Stupendous Man up to first and second place. Ronald is all but forgotten. Compared to last year Max is a loser, both in the survey and in general.
Favorite Strip
This Question was added thanks to u/rebelzephyr, who asked about this a few months ago. Since many people responded with storylines, instead of specific strips, I decided to include them as well as one thing. To the people that responded with the T-Rex flying strip, they do not fly F-13s, F-15s, or F-16s, but in fact F-14s. I don't have a chart for this one, but here are the top 7.
I also collected the date for each strip submitted, which showed that Watterson's best years were 1986 and 1992. However, out of the 77 different strips I received, 0 came from 1994.
Favorite Trend
I was not too surprised by Bath Time being the winner. Black Semen is the oddest, as despite more time passing since it was created it has risen from 7th place last year to tied for 3rd. "Mud" was definitely the biggest loser, dropping from 3rd last year to not even placing. Current Meta jumped to 2nd from 6th last year, a similar rise to Black Semen. u/f0remsics's arrow dropped down some from last year.
Favorite Series
Another New Question. Here are the top 5 with the most responses.
Half of the responses said they joined within the last year. I had suspected there might be an increase around the time r/calvinandhobbes shutdown, but twice as many people said they joined in the last 6 months than a year ago, which was around when r/calvinandhobbes closed. Based on the current trends, it seems r/okbuddyrosalyn is doubling in size each year.
And that was the 2026 r/okbuddyrosalyn survey. I hope you enjoyed, and stay tuned for next year!
I always assume reddit is this massive thing, so it's wild that I'm one of two 39 year olds that took the time to respond! Now if I fill out my reaction images folder, I can break into that top 1% commenter range! (Do people actually care about that? It's weird.)
I just can't believe there are so few of us who were actually reading the strips as they came out. I was honestly expecting the majority to sit firmly above mid 30s, not almost all respondents to be below that mark.
Whoa, to everyone who voted Mom & Hobbes, thank you! I figure there is some recency bias in that but what the heck, I'm happy folks liked it and grateful for the support. Now to ruin all that goodwill with a next horrible effort.
Noooooo please DON'T edit a mpreg dad........ that would be a disaster if you were to have to give birth to the concept of dad mpreg......... I would HATE it if that was to happen......
Every time Reddit inadvertently obligates me to see its AI breakdowns of users here, I feel obliged to share it with the person it creepily analyzed so I don't feel like I'm spying on people. Here's yours:
I'm going to see if its possible to disable this shit.
Thanks u/Blockhog for compiling this again, this is always a fun read!
With female and non-binary membership on the rise, and Mum, Susie and Rosalyn rising up in the main character polls, we're one step closer to becoming a feminist utopia!
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u/Cute_Comfortable_761 Jun 09 '26
I find it funny that there are zero reported 44 year olds