We asked Two-thousand uk citizens…
Opinium pulse: an innovative LinkedIn campaign for opinium research
We used their omnibus resource to cultivate fascinating and quirky national statistics in response to recent trends and hot topics and turn them into mini articles.
Are you trying for tickets?
📢 If you're getting your parkas on and purses ready for tonight and tomorrow morning's ticket releases then here is who you're up against...
The Oasis reunion tour has sparked unprecedented levels of excitement across the globe. So much so, that they've already added three more tour dates! Opinium wanted to find out the extent of the demand and just how many Brits are trying their luck for tickets. The answer is...
12.4 million.
That's right, 23% of Brits are definitely maybe trying for Oasis tickets in the next 48 hours. With over half of those people (54%) expressing how they NEED to be there.
🗺 Focussing on the cities that will be hosting the 2025 tour, here's how many people there will be in the online queues from each location:
Manchester - 23%
Edinburgh - 27%
Cardiff - 28%
London - 33%
🚻 And if you're wondering what the crowd might look like, half of respondents aged 18-34 will be trying their luck (48%) with the 35-54 category looking less keen (24%) and so few over 55s (5%). Furthermore, the gender split is pretty even: of those trying for tickets, 25% are male and 22% are female.
Wishing the very best of luck to all 12.4 million of you who are trying for tickets! Lets see how this unfolds over the weekend... brace yourselves! 🎟
Would you take part in World Book Day in your workplace?
World book day:
Who else is getting World Book Day FOMO? The Opinium Pulse team certainly are so we asked 2,000 UK adults, via the Opinium Omnibus, whether they would dress up if World Book Day was observed in their workplace.
We are pleased to announce that a solid 41% responded yes! 📚
Londoners are the most keen with a 58% voting for yes. Wales really did not like the idea with 74% voting no, with the South West following suit with 71%.
We also asked what world from a book would they chose to live in and here are the top results:
18% - Hogwarts (Harry Potter) ⚡
11% - England in the 1800s (Pride and Prejudice) 👒
8% - Wonderland (Alice in Wonderland) 🐇
Our favourite open end answers include:
'Heaven from the Bible' 👼
'Great Gatsby' 💎
'The Magic Faraway Tree' 🌳
How far could you throw a pumpkin?
Could you throw a pumpkin a distance of 10 metres? To launch the brand new Opinium Pulse series, we carved out some seriously spooky stats!
We asked the UK population how far they think they could throw an average 3kg pumpkin, on a scale of <1 metre to 40 metres. Here’s what we picked from the patch:
🎃 13% of men claimed 10m, vs 3% of women
🎃 30% of over 65s believe they could not reach 1m
🎃 15% of UK adults answered 2m
The total average distance was 4.7m. However, the average distance of men vs women was quite drastic: 6.6m vs 2.9m.
As for region, Northern Ireland did not feel confident as a quarter (24%) believe they could not achieve 1m. In contrast, Londoners make up the largest percentage (14%) of those who claim they could reach 5m.
How far could you throw a pumpkin?
Leave your estimates in the comments!🎃
