---
"title": "Senior Bloggers"
"description": "Bloggers over the age of 65 are a pretty rare, but interesting, group."
"date": "2005-08-08"
"authors":
  -
    "name": "Susannah Fox"
    "job_title": "Former Researcher"
    "link": "https://alpha.pewresearch.org/pewresearch-org/staff/susannah-fox/"
"url": "https://alpha.pewresearch.org/pewresearch-org/internet/2005/08/08/senior-bloggers/"
"categories":
  - "Older Adults & Aging"
  - "Social Media"
---

# Senior Bloggers

The Washington Post shined a spotlight on senior bloggers last week with a Health section [article](http://www.washingtonpost.com/wp-dyn/content/article/2005/08/01/AR2005080101277.html) and an even more interesting [online discussion](http://www.washingtonpost.com/wp-dyn/content/discussion/2005/08/01/DI2005080101034.html?nav=hcmodule) with Ronni Bennett, author of the blog [“Time Goes By.”](http://www.timegoesby.net/)

Pew Internet Project data suggests that bloggers over the age of 65 are quite rare. According to our January-March 2005 surveys, 27% of Americans age 65+ go online. Just 15% of these wired seniors (or just 4% of all seniors) have read a blog and only 2% of online seniors (or less than 1% of all seniors) say they have created a blog. By comparison, 66% of Americans age 18+ go online. One in four of all adult internet users say they have read a blog and 9% say they have created one.