Who Reads BP
Who reads Brown Pundits: reader surveys, traffic reports and audience numbers since 2014.
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2019 Brown Pundits Reader survey
Announces the 2019 reader survey, noting that comments suggest more South Asian readers than the audience really contains, and urging quieter readers to take part.
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Brown Pundits 2018 Reader Survey
Razib Khan announces the 2018 Brown Pundits reader survey on SurveyMonkey, with results viewable after completing it.
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Open Thread: BP Survey
The opening post of the 2026 reader survey: nineteen anonymous questions, about five minutes. Later updates collect reading recommendations and links from the comment thread.
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📊 Brown Pundits Hits 63,094 Visits in August (+156% Surge)
Open thread marking 63,094 site visits in August. Topics include a commenter’s tone, Indian media reaction to the India–Pakistan cricket match, viral social media items, and whether Buddhism’s decline in…
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Brown Pundits Reader Survey #3
Link to the third Brown Pundits reader survey, with results available in a shared spreadsheet.
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3 questions about BP readers
X.T.M asks readers and commenters about gender, education, ethnic origin, caste background and privilege, prompted by a commenter’s bio.
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Who Is Reading Brown Pundits? (And Why Pakistan Just Became Our Biggest Audience)
X.T.M reports February traffic steady at 41,000 views, with Pakistan now 28 percent of readership and the top source. The post discusses the commentariat’s recovery after last autumn’s split and…
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Results of 2018 Reader Survey
Razib Khan reports the 2018 reader survey: among 104 respondents the modal South Asian reader is an Indian, Hindus are modal but non-religious readers are common, about 95 per cent…
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{{{Brown Pundits}}} 2020 survey results
Preliminary results of the 2020 reader survey from 260 responses: 95 per cent male, 55 per cent South Asian and 35 per cent white, mostly in the USA, mixed on…
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Where readers come from
Lists the top 30 cities for Brown Pundits readers since January 2018, led by Bengaluru, London and Mumbai, notes that San Jose readers stay longest, and invites readers to say…
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Brown Pundits Reader Survey – 2020
Results of the 2020 reader survey: 329 respondents, mostly male, mainly subcontinental but almost 40 per cent white, largely secular, with a plurality of mixed views on Hindu nationalism.
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Where readers come from….
A little surprised.
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The Pandits who read Brown Pundits
X.T.M reports on the 2026 reader survey: thirty respondents, a May audience of about 61,000 visits, and a readership described as bound by shared interests but almost entirely male, forward-caste…
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📯 Back at Peak: 22,453 Monthly Readers and Rising
Brown Pundits reports 22,453 monthly readers, its highest in about fifteen years, with 100-plus comments on most new posts.
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June Readership Numbers
X.T.M reports June 2026 traffic of just under 54,000 visits, down about twelve per cent: mostly phone and direct readers, a third from search, 0.4 per cent from AI answer…
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Brown Pundits: Traffic Report, March 2026
March 2026 traffic was 43,417 visits, up 3.5 per cent, with Omar Ali’s Dhurandhar review the top page at 37 per cent of traffic. The site estimates a core of…
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May-day(s) were quite the Pay-day(s)
A jocular editorial note that May was a good month, with over 200 posts for a third month running, welcoming a new young contributor and asking readers to write for…
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The Brahmins behind April’s Traffic
April 2026 traffic report: one 2019 post on Brahmin castes brings 16 per cent of organic traffic, readers come mainly from Canada, India and the US, and the authors read…
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November Update (Traffic & Activity)
November traffic report: 76 posts and one podcast, with traffic down from about 55-65k to 33k but comments steady at 819, plus top posts, search terms and evergreen pages to…
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Tensions and BP Readership
The poster says readership is running at about eight times the daily average, five times the previous record, and that the cause is unclear but it is a tense day.
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The Demise of Brown Pundits Is Much Exaggerated
X.T.M says reports of the site’s decline are exaggerated: monthly readers fell from roughly 55-65k to 33k, then recovered to about 53k, with Bangladesh a surprise growth market, and he…
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📊 Estimated Audience Size & Profile
An estimate of Brown Pundits’ audience: roughly 20,000 monthly readers, 100 or more comments on recent posts, and a readership led by the United States and India.
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Results of 2018 Reader Survey
Presents results from the 2018 reader survey, noting that commenters are not representative of readers, with separate cuts for US nationals and for South Asians.
