# on the ubiquity of 'enby'

posted on September 6, 2024 by Lee Cattarin

- gender

(originally posted on fedi)

update: in gender census' 2025 report the numbers continue to be very similar, sitting at about 62% and 30% respectively.

update: in 2024, ~60% of respondents use "nonbinary." ~29% use "enby."

according to gender census, which surveys "people whose genders are not adequately described, expressed or encompassed by the restrictive gender binary":

- ~64% of respondents use the term "nonbinary"
- ~32% of respondents use the term "enby"

source: gender census - identity words (this was a "choose all that apply" question, not "either/or")

we don't know the overlap - it could be that half of nonbinary people also use enby, or that bunches of people use enby who don't call themselves nonbinary

either way, there's a big chunk of nonbinary folks who don't call themselves enbies - at least half of us

if you're talking about the entire community or the gender category: please consider just saying nonbinary

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