Who is the average nomad?
๐ณ๏ธโ๐ Progressive
๐ปworks as a
Software Dev
๐คis looking for
๐ค Friends
6๏ธโฃ9๏ธโฃand stays for
69 days, nice
n=20,163
Remote work is now on an exponential trajectory and growing fast. With its growth, millions of people who are now newly working remotely from home, a cafe, or coworking space, will realize they’ve become location independent and travel or move to new places. In this report, we try to figure out who these people are, what work do they do, and how they spend their life based on data from tens of thousands of Nomad List members.
This page is build LIVE with data pulled straight from the database every hour, so it’s always up-to-date. Conclusions you can derive from this are always limited and merely indicative but possibly interesting. Nomad List is a paid membership community, which means there’s a selection bias as people who do not or cannot pay are not in the dataset. On the other hand, free digital nomad communities, like on Facebook, require no commitment to join, therefore it’s not clear if these people are merely aspirational or active nomads or not. On Nomad List we can confirm they are active based on their travel logs.
The title of this report is inspired by Buffer’s amazing annual remote work report (and used with permission).
You can freely use this page’s data, please link back and mention us. If you like this, also see the live network graph of all travels on Nomad List and the fastest growing remote work hubs of 2021.
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Age | % |
19 |
0.1% |
21 |
0.4% |
22 |
0.4% |
23 |
1% |
24 |
1% |
25 |
2% |
26 |
3% |
27 |
4% |
28 |
5% |
29 |
7% |
30 |
5% |
31 |
8% |
32 |
9% |
33 |
8% |
34 |
6% |
35 |
5% |
36 |
6% |
37 |
4% |
38 |
3% |
39 |
4% |
40 |
3% |
41 |
3% |
42 |
3% |
43 |
1% |
44 |
1% |
n=989 |
# | Country | % |
1 | ๐บ๐ธ United States | 50% |
2 | ๐ฌ๐ง United Kingdom | 14% |
3 | ๐ท๐บ Russia | 5% |
4 | ๐จ๐ฆ Canada | 4% |
5 | ๐ฉ๐ช Germany | 3% |
6 | ๐ซ๐ท France | 2% |
7 | ๐ฆ๐บ Australia | 2% |
8 | ๐ง๐ท Brazil | 2% |
9 | ๐ณ๐ฑ Netherlands | 2% |
10 | ๐ช๐ธ Spain | 1% |
11 | ๐บ๐ฆ Ukraine | 1% |
12 | ๐ฎ๐ณ India | 1% |
13 | ๐ต๐ฑ Poland | 1% |
14 | ๐ฆ๐น Austria | 1% |
15 | ๐จ๐ญ Switzerland | 1% |
16 | ๐ฎ๐น Italy | 1% |
17 | ๐ธ๐ช Sweden | 1% | n=19,821 |
Gender | % |
๐จโ Men |
79% |
๐ฑโโ๏ธ Women |
20% |
๐ง Other |
1% |
n=11,703 |
Sexuality | % |
๐ Heterosexual |
86% |
๐ฆ Bisexual |
9% |
๐ณ๏ธโ๐ Gay or lesbian |
5% |
n=6,929 |
Religion | % |
๐ซ Not religious |
55% |
๐ Spirituality |
32% |
โช๏ธ Christian |
6% |
๐ Buddhist |
2% |
โจ Astrology |
2% |
๐ Muslim |
1% |
๐ Jewish |
1% |
๐ Hindu |
0% |
n=3,225 |
Ethnicity | % |
โ๐ป White |
62% |
โ๐ผ Asian |
13% |
โ๐ฝ Latin |
11% |
โ๐ฟ Black |
6% |
โ๐ฝ Indian |
4% |
โ๐พ Middle Eastern |
3% |
โ๐ฝ Pacific |
1% |
n=2,554 |
Language | % |
๐ฌ๐ง Speaks English |
93% |
๐ช๐ธ Speaks Spanish |
27% |
๐ซ๐ท Speaks French |
18% |
๐ฉ๐ช Speaks German |
14% |
๐ท๐บ Speaks Russian |
11% |
๐ต๐น Speaks Portuguese |
9% |
๐ณ๐ฑ Speaks Dutch |
4% |
๐ฆ๐ช Speaks Arabic |
3% |
๐จ๐ณ Speaks Mandarin |
3% |
๐ฎ๐ฉ Speaks Indonesian |
1% |
n=235 |
Relationship | % |
๐ Single |
65% |
๐ In a relationship |
35% |
n=2,991 |
Looking for | % |
๐ค Friends |
35% |
๐ Travel buddies |
32% |
๐น Casual dating |
16% |
โค๏ธ Relationship |
13% |
๐ Poly dating |
5% |
n=21,776 |
Income | % |
< $25k / y |
4% |
$25k – $50k / y |
23% |
$50k – $100k / y |
34% |
$100k – $250k / y |
34% |
> $250k / y |
6% |
Average | $107,044 / y |
Median | $75,000 / y | n=181 |
Politics | % |
๐ณ๏ธโ๐ Progressive |
57% |
โ๏ธ Non-progressive |
43% |
โฑ๐ฝ Libertarian |
21% |
โฑโ๏ธ Centrist |
18% |
โฑ๐ด Conservative |
5% |
n=2,337 |
Politics | % |
๐ณ๏ธโ๐ Progressive |
53% |
โ๏ธ Non-progressive |
47% |
โฑ๐ฝ Libertarian |
23% |
โฑโ๏ธ Centrist |
19% |
โฑ๐ด Conservative |
5% |
n=1,879 |
Politics | % |
๐ณ๏ธโ๐ Progressive |
72% |
โ๏ธ Non-progressive |
28% |
โฑโ๏ธ Centrist |
13% |
โฑ๐ฝ Libertarian |
12% |
โฑ๐ด Conservative |
3% |
n=428 |
What do nomads eat?
๐ฅฉ74% of ๐จโ men eat meat
๐ซ47% ๐ฑโโ๏ธwomen don’t eat meat
n=3,411
Diet | % |
๐ฅฉ Eats meat |
70% |
๐ซ Does not eat meat |
30% |
โฑ๐ฅ Vegan |
13% |
โฑ๐ฅ Vegetarian |
12% |
โฑ๐ Pescetarian |
5% |
n=3,411 |
Diet | % |
๐ฅฉ Eats meat |
74% |
๐ซ Does not eat meat |
26% |
โฑ๐ฅ Vegan |
12% |
โฑ๐ฅ Vegetarian |
10% |
โฑ๐ Pescetarian |
4% |
n=2,768 |
Diet | % |
๐ฅฉ Eats meat |
53% |
๐ซ Does not eat meat |
47% |
โฑ๐ฅ Vegetarian |
18% |
โฑ๐ฅ Vegan |
18% |
โฑ๐ Pescetarian |
11% |
n=585 |
How do nomads work out?
Sport | % |
๐ฅพ Hiking |
52% |
๐ช Fitness |
46% |
๐ Running |
30% |
๐คธโโ๏ธ Yoga |
29% |
๐ด Cycling |
27% |
๐ Swimming |
26% |
๐ Surfing |
19% |
๐ Diving |
18% |
โฐ Climbing |
17% |
โท Skiing |
16% |
๐ Snowboarding |
16% |
๐ Motorcycling |
14% |
๐พ Tennis |
13% |
๐ช Fight sports |
10% |
๐ช Crossfit |
8% |
n=5,813 |
Sport | % |
๐ฅพ Hiking |
52% |
๐ช Fitness |
48% |
๐ Running |
31% |
๐ด Cycling |
28% |
๐ Swimming |
26% |
๐คธโโ๏ธ Yoga |
24% |
๐ Surfing |
20% |
๐ Diving |
18% |
โฐ Climbing |
18% |
๐ Snowboarding |
17% |
โท Skiing |
17% |
๐ Motorcycling |
16% |
๐พ Tennis |
14% |
๐ช Fight sports |
11% |
๐ช Crossfit |
9% |
n=4,651 |
Sport | % |
๐ฅพ Hiking |
55% |
๐คธโโ๏ธ Yoga |
51% |
๐ช Fitness |
42% |
๐ Swimming |
27% |
๐ Running |
25% |
๐ด Cycling |
20% |
๐ Diving |
18% |
๐ Surfing |
16% |
โฐ Climbing |
14% |
โท Skiing |
12% |
๐ Snowboarding |
11% |
๐พ Tennis |
9% |
๐ Motorcycling |
7% |
๐ช Crossfit |
6% |
๐ช Fight sports |
5% |
n=1,031 |
Where do nomads like to go?
๐ท๐บ Saint Petersburg
n=148,966
Duration | % |
< 7 days |
48% |
7 – 30 days |
32% |
30 – 90 days |
14% |
90+ days |
7% |
Average | 69 days | n=144,469 |
What do nomads do for work?
# | Work | % |
1 | ๐ป Software Dev | 27% |
2 | ๐ Startup Founder | 26% |
3 | ๐ธ Web Dev | 25% |
4 | ๐ Marketing | 15% |
5 | ๐ฉโ๐จ Creative | 14% |
6 | ๐จ UI/UX Design | 12% |
7 | ๐ค Product Manager | 10% |
8 | ๐ SaaS | 10% |
9 | ๐ฑ Mobile Dev | 10% |
10 | ๐ Data | 9% |
11 | ๐ฐ Crypto | 8% |
12 | ๐ฐ Finance | 8% |
13 | ๐ Ecommerce | 8% |
14 | ๐ Blogging | 8% |
15 | ๐จโ๐ซ Education | 7% | n=11,632 |
# | Work | % | vs. ๐ฑโโ๏ธ |
1 | ๐ป Software Dev | 31% | +242% |
2 | ๐ Startup Founder | 29% | +115% |
3 | ๐ธ Web Dev | 29% | +229% |
4 | ๐ Marketing | 15% | -6% |
5 | ๐ฉโ๐จ Creative | 13% | -22% |
6 | ๐จ UI/UX Design | 13% | +32% |
7 | ๐ SaaS | 12% | +179% |
8 | ๐ฑ Mobile Dev | 12% | +272% |
9 | ๐ค Product Manager | 12% | +91% |
10 | ๐ Data | 10% | +76% |
11 | ๐ฐ Crypto | 10% | +254% |
12 | ๐ฐ Finance | 9% | +113% |
13 | ๐ Ecommerce | 9% | +57% |
14 | ๐ Blogging | 7% | -32% |
15 | ๐จโ๐ซ Education | 7% | -23% | n=9,262 |
# | Work | % | vs. ๐จโ |
1 | ๐ฉโ๐จ Creative | 17% | +28% |
2 | ๐ Marketing | 16% | +6% |
3 | ๐ Startup Founder | 14% | -53% |
4 | ๐ Blogging | 11% | +47% |
5 | ๐จ UI/UX Design | 10% | -24% |
6 | ๐ป Software Dev | 9% | -71% |
7 | ๐ธ Web Dev | 9% | -70% |
8 | ๐จโ๐ซ Education | 9% | +29% |
10 | ๐ Coach | 6% | +17% |
11 | ๐ค Product Manager | 6% | -48% |
12 | ๐ Data | 6% | -43% |
13 | ๐ Ecommerce | 6% | -36% |
14 | ๐ฐ Finance | 4% | -53% |
15 | ๐ SaaS | 4% | -64% | n=2,356 |
# | Like | vs. ๐ฑโโ๏ธ |
1 | ๐พ Game Dev | +379% |
2 | ๐ Dev Ops | +341% |
3 | ๐ฑ Mobile Dev | +272% |
4 | ๐ฐ Crypto | +254% |
5 | ๐ป Software Dev | +242% |
6 | ๐ธ Web Dev | +229% |
7 | ๐ก Sysadmin | +205% |
8 | ๐ SaaS | +179% |
9 | ๐ Startup Founder | +115% |
10 | ๐ Sports | +113% |
11 | ๐ฐ Finance | +113% |
12 | ๐บ Geo | +109% |
13 | ๐ VR Dev | +95% |
14 | ๐ค Product Manager | +91% |
15 | ๐ Data | +76% | n=11,632 |
# | Like | vs. ๐จ |
1 | ๐จโโ๏ธ Medical | +79% |
2 | ๐ฐ Journalism | +73% |
3 | ๐ Hospitality | +53% |
4 | ๐ Blogging | +47% |
5 | ๐ Support | +38% |
7 | ๐ Recruitment | +34% |
8 | ๐จโ๐ซ Education | +29% |
9 | ๐ฉโ๐จ Creative | +28% |
10 | ๐ฉโ๐ผ Law | +25% |
11 | ๐ Coach | +17% |
12 | ๐ธ Model | +11% |
13 | ๐ Marketing | +6% | n=11,632 |
How do nomads describe themselves?
# | Like | % |
1 | โ๏ธ Coffee | 35% |
2 | โฐ Outdoors | 27% |
3 | ๐ Reading | 26% |
4 | ๐ฅพ Hiking | 26% |
5 | ๐ Optimist | 25% |
6 | ๐ถ Dogs | 25% |
7 | โ๏ธ Waking up early | 24% |
8 | ๐ Staying up late | 24% |
9 | ๐ท Wine | 23% |
10 | ๐บ Beer | 23% |
11 | ๐ช Fitness | 23% |
12 | ๐ Right handed | 22% |
13 | ๐ต Tea | 22% |
14 | ๐ Movies | 21% |
15 | ๐ฃ Japanese food | 21% | n=11,632 |
# | Like | % | vs. ๐ฑโโ๏ธ |
1 | โ๏ธ Coffee | 37% | +23% |
2 | โฐ Outdoors | 27% | +5% |
3 | ๐ Optimist | 27% | +25% |
4 | ๐ฅพ Hiking | 26% | +8% |
5 | ๐ Reading | 26% | +2% |
6 | ๐ Staying up late | 26% | +39% |
7 | ๐บ Beer | 26% | +108% |
8 | โ๏ธ Waking up early | 25% | +17% |
9 | ๐ถ Dogs | 25% | +1% |
10 | ๐ Right handed | 24% | +51% |
11 | ๐ช Fitness | 24% | +30% |
12 | ๐ท Wine | 23% | -7% |
13 | ๐ฅฉ Eating meat | 22% | +69% |
14 | ๐ Movies | 22% | +20% |
15 | ๐ฃ Japanese food | 21% | +19% | n=9,262 |
# | Like | % | vs. ๐จโ |
1 | โ๏ธ Coffee | 30% | -18% |
2 | โฐ Outdoors | 26% | -4% |
3 | ๐ Reading | 26% | -2% |
4 | ๐ท Wine | 25% | +7% |
5 | ๐ถ Dogs | 25% | -1% |
6 | ๐ฅพ Hiking | 24% | -7% |
7 | ๐ต Tea | 23% | +7% |
8 | ๐คธโโ๏ธ Yoga | 22% | +87% |
9 | โฑ Beach | 22% | +10% |
10 | โ๏ธ Waking up early | 21% | -15% |
11 | ๐ Optimist | 21% | -20% |
12 | โ๏ธ Writing | 19% | +54% |
13 | ๐ธ Cocktails | 19% | +2% |
14 | ๐ Staying up late | 19% | -28% |
15 | ๐ช Fitness | 18% | -23% | n=2,356 |
# | Like | vs. ๐ฑโโ๏ธ |
1 | โฝ๏ธ Football | +294% |
2 | ๐ Skateboarding | +158% |
3 | ๐พ Gaming | +155% |
4 | โณ๏ธ Golf | +154% |
5 | ๐ Race sports | +153% |
6 | โ๐ฝ Indian | +153% |
7 | ๐ Motorcycling | +152% |
8 | ๐ช Fight sports | +148% |
9 | ๐ฝ Libertarian politics | +122% |
10 | ๐ด Conservative politics | +114% |
11 | ๐ธ Rock music | +113% |
12 | ๐ง Pessimist | +109% |
13 | ๐บ Beer | +108% |
14 | ๐ฌ Daily smoker | +88% |
15 | ๐น Electronic music | +86% | n=11,632 |
# | Like | vs. ๐จ |
1 | โจ Astrology | +247% |
2 | ๐ช Feminism | +233% |
3 | โ๐ฟ Black | +131% |
4 | ๐ Unhappy childhood | +125% |
5 | ๐ Dancing | +109% |
6 | ๐ Dress up | +97% |
7 | ๐ Shopping | +91% |
8 | ๐จ Drawing | +88% |
9 | ๐คธโโ๏ธ Yoga | +87% |
10 | ๐ป Gardening | +77% |
11 | ๐บ Breakdance | +69% |
12 | ๐ณ๏ธโ๐ LGBT | +64% |
13 | ๐ Third Culture Kid | +63% |
14 | ๐ค Singing | +59% |
15 | ๐ Pescetarian | +58% | n=11,632 |
Vaccinated | % |
๐ COVID vaccinated |
96% |
๐ Not COVID vaccinated |
4% |
n=373 |
Relationship | % |
โค๏ธ Close to parents |
77% |
๐ Not close to parents |
23% |
n=73 |
Childhood | % |
๐ Happy childhood |
86% |
๐ Unhappy childhood |
14% |
n=77 |
What are the traits of attractive nomads?
Attractiveness is based on the proportion of people liking or disliking a person based on their photo on Nomad List’s dating app. That does NOT mean people like or dislike specific traits. It’s that people who are rated as attractive are more likely to have selected these traits on their profile. TL;DR hot people have specific traits, but those specific traits don’t necessarily make you hot (you could always try though).
# | Like | Diff |
1 | ๐ฌ Twitter | +179% |
2 | ๐ช๐ธ Speaks Spanish | +179% |
3 | ๐ In a relationship | +176% |
4 | ๐งผ Clean freak | +153% |
5 | โจ Astrology | +126% |
6 | ๐ COVID vaccinated | +103% |
7 | ๐ Running | +102% |
8 | ๐ด Cycling | +97% |
9 | ๐ Surfing | +95% |
10 | ๐ฌ Whatsapp | +92% |
11 | ๐ป Gardening | +90% |
12 | โฐ Climbing | +88% |
13 | ๐ถ Wants kids | +87% |
14 | ๐ค Singing | +86% |
15 | ๐ Pescetarian | +84% | n=11,632 |
# | Like | Diff |
1 | ๐ฌ Twitter | +358% |
2 | ๐ช๐ธ Speaks Spanish | +358% |
3 | ๐๏ธโ Weightlifting | +226% |
4 | ๐ COVID vaccinated | +206% |
5 | ๐ฌ Whatsapp | +184% |
6 | ๐ป Gardening | +181% |
7 | ๐ In a relationship | +142% |
8 | ๐ธ Rock music | +126% |
9 | ๐ง Open-minded | +108% |
10 | ๐ Skateboarding | +86% |
11 | ๐พ Tennis | +85% |
12 | ๐ฌ๐ง Speaks English | +83% |
13 | โณ๏ธ Golf | +80% |
14 | โฐ Climbing | +77% |
15 | โจ Astrology | +73% | n=11,632 |
# | Like | Diff |
1 | ๐งผ Clean freak | +239% |
2 | ๐ In a relationship | +209% |
3 | โจ Astrology | +178% |
4 | ๐ Running | +157% |
5 | ๐ด Cycling | +152% |
6 | ๐ค Singing | +144% |
7 | ๐พ Gaming | +138% |
8 | ๐ Vanlife | +134% |
9 | ๐ Pescetarian | +127% |
10 | ๐ Surfing | +123% |
11 | ๐พ Drinking alcohol | +123% |
12 | ๐ถ Wants kids | +119% |
13 | ๐ Diving | +116% |
14 | ๐ 420 | +115% |
15 | ๐ผ Youngest child | +111% | n=11,632 |
And unattractive traits?
๐ดConservative politics
๐ต๐นSpeaks Portuguese
n=11,632
# | Like | Diff |
1 | ๐ฌ Daily smoker | -1,916% |
2 | ๐บ Breakdance | -1,259% |
3 | ๐ท Blues music | -732% |
4 | ๐ด Conservative politics | -331% |
5 | ๐ท๐บ Speaks Russian | -295% |
6 | ๐ต๐น Speaks Portuguese | -277% |
7 | ๐ง Dubstep music | -241% |
8 | ๐ง Have a beard | -186% |
9 | ๐ Country music | -186% |
10 | ๐ Volleyball | -150% |
11 | ๐ฌ WeChat | -77% |
12 | ๐จ No beard | -77% |
13 | ๐งโ Short hair | -77% |
14 | ๐ธ Indie rock music | -43% |
15 | ๐ Third Culture Kid | -33% | n=11,632 |
# | Like | Diff |
1 | ๐ฌ Daily smoker | -3,391% |
2 | ๐บ Breakdance | -2,518% |
3 | ๐ท Blues music | -1,464% |
4 | ๐ท๐บ Speaks Russian | -591% |
5 | ๐ต๐น Speaks Portuguese | -555% |
6 | ๐ง Dubstep music | -482% |
7 | ๐ง Have a beard | -373% |
8 | ๐ Country music | -373% |
9 | ๐ Volleyball | -300% |
10 | ๐ด Conservative politics | -264% |
11 | ๐ฌ WeChat | -155% |
12 | ๐จ No beard | -155% |
13 | ๐งโ Short hair | -155% |
14 | ๐ธ Indie rock music | -85% |
15 | ๐ Religious | -44% | n=11,632 |
# | Like | Diff |
1 | โ๏ธ Private pilot | -482% |
2 | ๐ฌ Daily smoker | -440% |
3 | ๐ด Conservative politics | -399% |
4 | ๐ง House music | -232% |
5 | ๐ซ๐ท Speaks French | -232% |
6 | ๐ Snowboarding | -131% |
7 | โ๏ธ Centrist politics | -129% |
8 | ๐ช Fight sports | -120% |
9 | ๐ฅ Vegetarian | -49% |
10 | ๐ถ Parent | -33% |
11 | ๐ Third Culture Kid | -29% |
12 | ๐ฅ Messy | -29% |
13 | ๐ช Crossfit | -27% |
14 | ๐ Skateboarding | -25% |
15 | ๐พ Tennis | -23% | n=11,632 |
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