Science fiction readers are a motley crew that defies easy definition—ranging from the unassuming librarian with a penchant for wormhole theories to the tech bro who insists Dune is a future business manual. They’re engineers who believe their day jobs as software developers are just practice for when the machines rise, and art students who read Philip K. Dick to feel deep at parties. They're also the escapist accountants who dream of far-off galaxies while filling out spreadsheets and the conspiracy theorists convinced aliens already live among us and are just biding their time.
Then there are the hardcore sci-fi junkies who won’t shut up about the details of warp drives or space-time fabric (don’t ask unless you want a 45-minute monologue), and the casual readers who think sci-fi begins and ends with whatever is currently streaming. Sci-fi fans read for the thrill of what-ifs and might-bes, for the mind-bending theories about time travel that make them question whether they've already lived this day before. In short, if reality just doesn’t cut it for you, welcome to the club—you're exactly who reads science fiction.
But maybe you want to know who usually reads SF? If so here's a breakdown by Sex. Remember Sex? Well it still exists, despite what very non-technical humanities academics stuck in their university ivory towers might tell you. 🦾🤖