History Main / PeripheryDemographic

* Vegas Pro was intended for video editing professionals to use for post-production. However, it is also a standard tool among people who edit videos as a ''hobby'', such as creators of {{FanVid}}s and WebAnimation/YouTubePoop.

* ''ComicStrip/CalvinAndHobbes'' is ostensibly aimed at children (a person at Watterson's syndicate once referred to it as ''ComicStrip/{{Doonesbury}}'' for kids). Despite this, since its inception it's had a HUGE number of adult and teenage fans, who find it well-written, funny, and witty. Of course, given that a LOT of jokes and social commentary in the series would be incomprehensible to most young readers, it might be more accurate to say the demographic is "anyone who loves great sequential art".

* ''WesternAnimation/FairlyOddParents'': When first introduced, Chip Skylark's fans were exclusively teenage girls..."and Timmy Turner's Dad."

* While the font Comic Sans is most (in)famous for is PeripheryHatedom, it has also found a Periphery Fandom in people with dyslexia, visual impairment, or other disabilities that make reading more difficult, who find it easier to read than most other standard fonts. The main reason for this, among others, is that the "handwritten" style of Comic sans makes it so that few of the font's glyphs look similar to each other. Certain sets of characters characters that look very similar to each other in other fonts, such as "p" and "q", "I", "l", and "1", "2", and "Z", and "0" and "O", are made more distinct in Comic Sans and are thus easier for dyslexics and the visually impaired to distinguish. Other fonts specifically designed for accessibility are usually an even better option these days; however, there was a time where it was common to advise people to switch their entire computer interfaces over to Comic sans in order to improve readability.

* Most popular social networking websites and apps or other online services with public communication features (Website/{{Facebook}}, Website/{{Twitter}}, Website/{{YouTube}}, [=TikTok=], Instagram, Snapchat, Reddit, Quora, [=LinkedIn=], Website/{{MySpace}}, Website/{{Tumblr}}) are actually aimed at the 18-and-over crowd despite a large if not equal number of teenage minor users (ages 13-17) using their services. [=MySpace=] even required users to confirm they are at least 18 before creating an account when the site first launched, and Facebook was originally for college and university students. The reason these sites attract so many teens is because the platforms require users to be at least 13 years old to create an account (along with entering your date of birth) in compliance with the Children's Online Privacy Protection Act (COPPA) federal law in the United States effective since April 22, 2000. The law affects all online services and products based in the United States (including when accessed in non-U.S. territories) that collect user data and was established to prevent those services from collecting the personal information of children under 13 without parental consent ([[LoopholeAbuse although this doesn't stop kids from entering an older birth date to get on the platform and remaining silent about their age]]). So this law does not intend to protect children of any age from age-inappropriate content, contrary to popular belief, which is why teens below 18 have free range on the platforms (although some services may implement certain restrictions for users with a confirmed birth date below 18). The 13+ rule is only based on the agreed upon age of American cyber lawmakers for online services to begin tracking user data for advertising purposes, not for accessing or being subject to mature content.

* Most popular social networking websites and apps or other online services with public communication features (Website/{{Facebook}}, Website/{{Twitter}}, Website/{{YouTube}}, TikTok, Instagram, Snapchat, Reddit, Quora, LinkedIn, Website/{{MySpace}}, Website/{{Tumblr}}) are actually aimed at the 18-and-over crowd despite a large if not equal number of teenage minor users (ages 13-17) using their services. MySpace even required users to confirm they are at least 18 before creating an account when the site first launched, and Facebook was originally for college and university students. The reason these sites attract so many teens is because the platforms require users to be at least 13 years old to create an account (along with entering your date of birth) in compliance with the Children's Online Privacy Protection Act (COPPA) federal law in the United States effective since April 22, 2000. The law affects all online services and products based in the United States (including when accessed in non-U.S. territories) that collect user data and was established to prevent those services from collecting the personal information of children under 13 without parental consent ([[LoopholeAbuse although this doesn't stop kids from entering an older birth date to get on the platform and remaining silent about their age]]). So this law does not intend to protect children of any age from age-inappropriate content, contrary to popular belief, which is why teens below 18 have free range on the platforms (although some services may implement certain restrictions for users with a confirmed birth date below 18). The 13+ rule is only based on the agreed upon age of American cyber lawmakers for online services to begin tracking user data for advertising purposes, not for accessing or being subject to mature content.

* In ''Film/TheBananaSplits'', the only adults at the live ''Banana Splits'' show who aren't parents of the kids there are Thadd and Poppy, a pair of social media stars who love the show about as much as they love each other. [[spoiler:Unfortunately, their love of the show isn't enough to save Thadd when the Splits go on a rampage, since their faulty programming leads to them wanting to kill all the adults in the studio.]]

* In ''Manga/ChainsawMan'' (manga adaptation only), Denji and Power (two older teenagers) can be seen reading ''Magazine/CoroCoroComic'', a {{kodomomuke}} magazine for children.

* Breadtube is a very interesting case - arguably, it's a whole culture made entirely of periphery demographic, though this is mostly due to its rejection of the traditional paradigm of establishing an audience. The original philosophy of its founders was to disrupt the growing alt-right ecosystem on Youtube by creating videos on the same topics with the same type of clickbaity titles, and hook them in to diatribes on Marxism. Said people may not have wanted to hear those messages, but in the creators' eyes they ''needed'' to hear them. Perhaps unsurprisingly, the entire project simply created a separate, radical-left echo chamber, and so failed to attract any of its target audience; but it was a massive hit with the people who already agreed with the messages it was pumping out. The clickbait headlines are mostly gone nowadays, and the original aim of breaking up fascism seems to have been largely forgotten in favour of the traditional, and ironically capitalist, model of selling your product to customers who want it.

** (A variant) What does ''WesternAnimation/MyLittlePonyFriendshipIsMagic'', ''Franchise/{{Pokemon}}'' and a pair of breasts have in common? In theory they're for small children, but in practice a lot of grown men like them too.

WesternAnimation has arguably been interwoven with this idea for most of its existence, and for a lot of reasons. First, the vast majority of what is produced is aimed at [[AnimationAgeGhetto children and families]]. Second, despite more and more animation for older audiences being created, the only genre really represented is comedy ([[AnimatedShockComedy and usually of a darker, raunchier nature]]). And third, there's still a severe lack of cartoons specifically directed towards teenagers. As a result of all this, unless they only want to partake in the occasional independent film here and there, fans of the medium are guaranteed to find themselves watching a lot of content that isn't geared towards them (but probably has enough {{Parental Bonus}}es and good writing to make up for that).

** The main four boys are grade schoolers and like media outside of their age group Notably, Cartman's a fan of the movies Film/{{Scarface}} and Film/PassionOfTheChrist (the latter being a plot point where he leads a cult based around Mel Gibson).

* ''Webcomic/Rain2010'' is very much intended for an LGBTQ+ audience, more specifically a trans audience. The comic however, features enough good writing, likable & interesting characters, and charming humor for even non-LGBTQ+ readers to enjoy.

** Despite the comic's chiefly male readership (and target demo), Dick Grayson/Nightwing is well known as a draw to the series for women, and sales figures for [[ComicBook/{{Nightwing}} his stand-alone title]] reflect this. While some suspect it's because he's [[MrFanservice cute]], others have suggested the appeal might have something to do with his role as Batman's [[TheChick supportive partner]] and his [[{{Applicability}} struggle to determine his identity outside of that role]]. Jason Todd, too: he's a DarkerAndEdgier PrettyBoy with daddy issues ([[JerkassWoobie and many others]]) and was voiced by Creator/JensenAckles in his [[WesternAnimation/BatmanUnderTheRedHood animated movie.]] Really, all the Robins have a large female fanbase.

* Central to the premise of ''LightNovel/EndoAndKobayashiLiveTheLatestOnTsundereVillainessLieselotte'' is ''Love Me Magically!'', a RomanceGame targeted at straight females. The titular Endo is a straight ''male'', and only attempted it because his crush Kobayashi is a big fan of the game, but eventually, he also gets emotionally invested in it.

* ''Literature/DiaryOfAWimpyKidRodrickRules'': Rowley, a middle schooler who's 11 at the youngest, goes to Europe and gets hooked on an IdolSinger named Joshie. Greg points out that Joshie is for 6-year-old girls, but is rebuffed by Rowley when he tells him this. The same book also has Rowley get [[EverythingsBetterWithDinosaurs Dino-Blazer]] toys and enjoy them.

* ''Webcomic/Rain2010'' is very much intended for an LGBTQ+ audience, more specifically a trans audience, the comic however features enough good writing, likable & interesting characters, and charming humor for even non-LGBTQ+ readers to enjoy.

* Part of the reason why Webcomic/Rain2010 is so acclaimed is that despite clearly being a work intended for an LGBTQ+ audience, more specifically a trans audience, the comic features enough good writing, likable & interesting characters, and charming humor for non-LGBTQ+ readers to enjoy.

* The Arch Linux wiki is popular with users of other Linux distributions because its coverage of the more technical topics of Linux system and application configuration is so thorough and for the most part are still applicable to other distros.

* Konata, the OtakuSurrogate from ''Manga/LuckyStar'', is another underaged female anime character fond of {{Eroge}}s aimed at an adult male demographic

* ''LightNovel/{{Oreimo}}''
** Central to the premise. Kirino, a 14-year-old girl, loves playing little sister-themed [[{{Eroge}} H-Games]] due to liking the [[{{Moe}} incredibly cute]] character designs.
** Kirino is also a fan of ''Stardust Witch Meruru'', a MagicalGirl anime that is aimed at little girls and that has a huge fanbase of grown men.
* An episode of ''Literature/OutbreakCompany'' mentions this with [[YaoiFangirl Minori]]'s favorite soccer anime, which turned out to be a case of BishonenJumpSyndrome.

* Discussed in ''Manga/{{Bakuman}}''. Mashiro and Takagi, desperate to turn around Detective Trap's declining popularity, decide to incorporate suggestions from fan letters, most of whom are written by females. Their editor Miura, however, immediately notices that something's up and calls them in for a meeting, telling them that while they do have female fans, said fans are here for shonen manga, and it's ultimately up to them to deliver the kind of story their fans are expecting. Mashiro and Takagi heed Miura's advice, [[spoiler:but are ultimately unable to save Detective Trap]].

* The Simple English Wiki/{{Wikipedia}} is geared towards children, people with learning difficulties and people learning English as a second language. It's also popular with native adult English speakers without any learning difficulties because it explains technical topics in a simple and easily digestible format.

* An episode of ''Anime/OutbreakCompany'' mentions this with [[YaoiFangirl Minori]]'s favorite soccer anime, a case of BishonenJumpSyndrome.