Hackspaces, coworkers and antikafe - how many are there, where are they, who goes there?

In preparation for the autumn conference " Garages, Kitchens, and Hackerspaces: Spaces and Narratives of the New Innovation ", the number of Russian institutions of the corresponding type — hackspaces, coworkers and other anti-cafes — were also counted.



By the way, antikafe is one of the few successful Russian inventions in recent years.

Details, graphics and some history - under the cut.

Story

In 2005, Brad Newberg opened Coworking Space (burnt out) in San Francisco.

In 2008, the Tower was opened in Yekaterinburg, here is a post about the discovery (burned out).

In 2011, Ivan Mitin opened the first Ziferblat antikafe in Moscow (still working).

From this point on, a new era began: the anti-cafe format has gained popularity in the Russian Federation and even slowly goes beyond its limits.

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As for hackspaces, they always existed in some form - garages, NTM circles and other interest clubs .

Three years have passed

Establishments

Antikafe: 811 VKontakte groups, more than 300 live in total , 90 of them in Moscow and 38 in St. Petersburg.

Coworking: 388 VKontakte groups, live around 100, 20 in Moscow, 8 in St. Petersburg.

Hackspaces: About 20 "flickering" VKontakte groups, live projects - less than ten.

Geography

Everything is expected here: 20% of the establishments are concentrated in Moscow, but the rest are scattered throughout the country, and not only in million-plus cities, but also in small towns. Even in Grozny there is already an anti-cafe next to the House-Print.

Fans / Visitors

Antikafe - 800,000 fans in social networks.

Coworking - 80,000 fans in social networks.

Hackspaces - 4500 fans in social networks.

Demography

See the topmost picture - boys go to hacks, girls prefer anticafe! Typical coworker regulars are 24+ year olds, hackspeys are 22 or 28 year olds, and antikafe are 20 year olds.

findings

Draw your own conclusions. If you have thoughts, why hackers don't “fly up”? - share in the comments!



P.S. The idea is submitted by the Greenhouse of social technology.