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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 2026-09-17, Ipseity Daily contains
703,140
total observations!

Overall statistics include all valid Yes/No responses, including those with unavailable demographics. Demographic comparisons use the relevant available values; N counts observations, not unique people.

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 4,997 respondents.

All my data is freely and openly available.

Sample Results

Signifier Yes % Trend Report Sex Diff Female Male
compassionate 88.70 Female +9 (Female N=680; Male N=619) 93 (N=680) 84 (N=619)
fan 55.42 Female -5 (Female N=223; Male N=191) 53 (N=223) 58 (N=191)
trauma survivor 40.91 Female +20 (Female N=246; Male N=192) 50 (N=246) 30 (N=192)
gardener 26.12 Female +8 (Female N=249; Male N=213) 30 (N=249) 22 (N=213)
urbane 15.82 Female -11 (Female N=197; Male N=167) 11 (N=197) 22 (N=167)
swing voter 10.40 Female -3 (Female N=220; Male N=198) 9 (N=220) 12 (N=198)
finsta user 5.30 Female +4 (Female N=215; Male N=176) 7 (N=215) 3 (N=176)
Pentecostal 3.94 Female -2 (Female N=238; Male N=214) 3 (N=238) 5 (N=214)
drone operator 2.06 Female -2 (Female N=648; Male N=602) 1 (N=648) 3 (N=602)
security guard 1.45 Female +1 (Female N=218; Male N=193) 2 (N=218) 1 (N=193)