Joe Rogan Experience #2552 - Ehsan Ahmad & Deric Poston · Aired Sep 10, 2026
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There was a direct correlation between the purchase of Twitter and a drop in the number of children identifying as non-binary.
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There is a real, documented decline in the share of young people identifying as nonbinary starting around 2022 to 2023, but researchers who study it attribute it to broader shifts like political polarization and changing social pressures, not specifically to Twitter's ownership change or a new culture of mockery. Framing this as a direct correlation with the Twitter purchase overstates a link the actual research does not draw.
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Is it true that there was a direct correlation between the purchase of Twitter and a drop in the number of children identifying as non-binary?
Partly. The claim stretches what the evidence shows. There is a real, documented decline in the share of young people identifying as nonbinary starting around 2022 to 2023, but researchers who study it attribute it to broader shifts like political polarization and changing social pressures, not specifically to Twitter's ownership change or a new culture of mockery. Joe Rogan said it (matched by voice) on Joe Rogan Experience #2552 - Ehsan Ahmad & Deric Poston, aired Sep 10, 2026, at 1:22:42. The supporting source is vice.com, linked below.
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