Millennials are by far most likely to identify as avid Harry Potter fans, more than doubling the share of Gen Xers, the generation with the second highest representation. Millennials were raised with Rowling's books, the first of which hit U.S. stores in 1998, while the film series based on those books began in 2001.
In fact, research has shown that the average age bracket for avid Harry Potter fans are millennials (those currently aged between 28 and 43 years old), according to Morning Consult Pro.
A central reason for the decline in Harry Potter's popularity, particularly among millennial and Gen Z readers, is the controversies surrounding its author. In the last few years, J. K. Rowling has received heavy backlash for her comments regarding transgender people.
Of all the respondents, 44 percent identified as avid fans, while 53 percent said they were casual fans of the Harry Potter film franchise. Interestingly, three percent of U.S. adults who participated in the survey said they did not like the popular movie franchise.
Millennials are by far most likely to identify as avid Harry Potter fans, more than doubling the share of Gen Xers, the generation with the second highest representation. Millennials were raised with Rowling's books, the first of which hit U.S. stores in 1998, while the film series based on those books began in 2001.
Newzoo's report covering the broader media and entertainment landscape found that among US gamers aged 10-50 54% of Harry Potter fans identified as female and 42% as male.
Like most milestones, there is no “right age.” It all depends on the kid—and the parents. But there are a few age-related guidelines to take into consideration: From a technical standpoint, Harry Potter is categorized as a middle-grade read, which typically encompasses 9–to–12-year-olds.
As he slowly grew into adulthood, Draco fell in love with a fellow Slytherin Astoria Greengrass, who also witnessed the carnage and horrors which the war and the old beliefs brought about (though lesser than Draco).
I sure do! But the Wizengamot of Harry Potter fans have spoken...and decreed that Steve Petrick is the World's Biggest Harry Potter fan. How exactly did he get this honor? Well he did just enter a simple online contest with a video, but Petrick really does have the goods to back it up.
Ever since that moment I've always referred to myself and every other Harry Potter fan as a scar head. Even though Harry Potter is the only character in the books and movies with an actual scar on his head. Well, I'll try my best. Potterhead: Most commonly-used term for HP fans as far as I know.
Then on 2 May 1998, he was killed after his own killing curse backfired and slain him once and for all. Calculating this duration, Voldemort was 71 years 4 months 2 days when he died. Given the average age of a wizard is about 100 years, Voldemort died pretty early.
Australia and New Zealand made up one of the biggest overseas markets for Harry Potter: the books have sold a total of 5.5m copies in the two countries. Most bestsellers are lucky to breach the 300,000 barrier in the same market.
Harry Potter had a few love interests during his time at Hogwarts. Though he eventually settled down with Ginny Weasley, he also had a thing for Cho Chang in his earlier school years. Then, of course, there's his secret love for Draco Malfoy… Wait, what?
Draco Lucius Malfoy (b. June 5, 1980) was a pure-blood wizard and the only son of Lucius and Narcissa Malfoy (née Black). The son of a Death Eater, Draco was raised to believe strongly in the importance of blood purity.
Luna married fellow naturalist Rolf Scamander, grandson of Fantastic Beasts and Where to Find Them author Newt Scamander, considerably later in life than Harry, Ron, Hermione, and Ginny, who all married and started families in their early-to-mid twenties.
Examples of middle grade fiction include Charlotte's Web by E. B. White, the Percy Jackson and the Olympians series by Rick Riordan, and the early Harry Potter books.
Harry, Ron, Draco, and Hermione were all in the Sorting when they arrived at Hogwarts in the Sorcerers Stone which means they were all eleven years old. They of course would age up one year each book meaning that they would all turn 18 in book 7 The Deathly Hallows.
While the Harry Potter series does have two canon LGBT characters, many fans have felt like other characters would have been better choices for representation. While Dumbledore and Grindlewald were gay, this wasn't actually revealed in the books themselves.
It was originally aimed at kids, mainly British ones, most likely tweens from Harry's initial age, but it turned out to appeal to many more ages and demographics than they probably assumed it would from the first book. There is not a particular audience that is targetted by Harry Potter.
With 35% of Americans having read at least one Harry Potter book, among the biggest fans are men aged 18-34 (44%), women aged 18-34 (61%) and women aged 35-54 (41%).
