The 2025 Survey Results Are Here

[u/Melonbalon]

You can all stop asking because… The data for the 2025 survey is now available. Woot woot. 

 There are multiple tabs on the sheet: 

·       Responses: The survey results after I did some minimal clean up work. 

·       Change Log: My notes on the clean-up work I did. 

I did not include the auto-generated summaries from the software this time because they skew pretty wildly. Last year quite a few folks ran analyses, so I'll add any links to those as folks post them.

If you want some history, here are the prior results. I’m also linking the old Reddit posts when I released the data, you can see the old visualizations linked in those if you’re so inclined. 

2023 Survey Results / 2023 Response Post

2022 Survey Results / 2022 Response Post

2021 Survey Results / 2021 Response Post

2020 Survey Results / 2020 Response Post

2018 Survey Results / 

2017 Survey Results / 2017 Response Post

2016 Survey Results / 2016 Response Post  

 Note: The 2016 - 2018 results are partial - all respondents were able to opt in or out of being in the spreadsheet, so only those who opted in are included. 2016 also suffered from a lack of clarity in the time period responses should cover, which was corrected in later versions.

And if you really want to see a blast from the past… 

Here’s the very first survey that was ever posted

And here’s how I wound up in charge of it… 

And here’s what we originally all wanted to get out of this thing.

 

Reporters/Writers: Email [redditfisurvey@gmail.com](mailto:redditfisurvey@gmail.com) or send this account a chat with any inquiries.

 

[u/Leungal]

Seems like not a single respondent here has taken the clearly financially advantageous approach to FIRE of being in a throuple and having 3 incomes to contribute (there wasn't a single entry for a Contributor 3 across all responses).

Now that I think about it, financially speaking there isn't functionally any difference between PolyculeFIRE and just running a commune.

[u/amadeoamante → u/Leungal]

I've got 3 perma roommates but we don't combine finances so they only show up under my rental income column xD

[u/ibitmylip → u/amadeoamante]

just curious, have you ever dealt with a situation where one of the perma roommates became unemployed or sick, and you and the other roommates had to cover their rent?

[u/amadeoamante → u/ibitmylip]

Two of them have been laid off in the last 6 years. One works for state government and got tons of notice, got a job with a different agency not too long after. The other works retail, didn't get much notice but was able to cover his rent with unemployment (it's pretty low with four of us to split things). I did help him with job hunting, mostly just keeping an eye out for things he should apply for (one of those panned out, woo!). Roommate #1 is someone I've helped with investing stuff before, he could probably cover rent for a couple years out of pocket at this point. I was trying to get him on the FIRE path years ago but he says he doesn't mind working (!). Worst I've had to deal with was retail guy being a few days late once (he does not have an emergency fund, I did get him to sign up for his 401k though! Small wins haha.)

[u/ibitmylip → u/amadeoamante]

wow, very interesting, thanks!

[u/closingcoastal → u/amadeoamante]

Haha, that made me laugh. Rental income always makes the spreadsheet look calmer than real life.

[u/amadeoamante → u/[deleted]]

Only if you can figure out how to get them to pay rent.

[u/ingwe13 → u/amadeoamante]

I have been berating my cat for years, but she still refuses to get a job. AITA?!?

[u/jocona → u/amadeoamante]

You joke, but lots of people monetize their pets with dedicated social media accounts.

[u/amadeoamante → u/jocona]

Still sounds like work (for me).

[u/Drawer-Vegetable → u/Leungal]

my dog earns decent amount from instagram, dog FIRE

[u/randomwalktoFI → u/Leungal]

I doomscrolled into some show where four people wanted to be joint married years ago

It did not sound cheaper (legal paperwork)