Ipseity Daily Ipseity Daily

Human selves are fascinating, and not nearly enough is known about them. Therefore, I am on a mission to collect and freely distribute 1 million human identity observations.

This website - Ipseity Daily - documents the progress.

As of 2026-04-25, Ipseity Daily contains
475,949
total observations!

How Ipseity Daily Works

I am Dr. Jason Jeffrey Jones, and I like to ask people Does <signifier> describe you today?.

An identity <signifier> is a word, phrase or emoji that individuals have used to describe themselves. Examples are: dad, American, trusting, Cleveland Browns fan.

Every day, I survey a new random sample of American adults.

So far, I have observations for 707 signifiers from 3,404 respondents.

All my data is freely and openly available.

Sample Results

Signifier Yes % Trend Report Sex Diff Female Male
resilient 82.51 Female +3 84 81
progressive 57.33 Female +8 61 53
tv junkie 37.92 Female +2 39 37
science nerd 35.18 Male +12 29 41
public transit rider 16.90 Male +4 15 19
autodidact 8.84 Female +0 9 9
wealthy 8.30 Male +4 6 10
Los Angeles Chargers fan 4.10 Female +0 4 4
San Diego Padres fan 2.05 Female +0 2 2
Seventh-day Adventist 1.32 Male +1 1 2