What do boys actually think?
16 questions about what boys aged 10 to 17 are exposed to and what they believe. Every answer is a number from a named survey, and you commit to a guess before you see it.
16 questions, about 10 minutes. Free, no sign-up.
Running this with a class or a staff team?
The same activity runs in a classroom with mini whiteboards, and in a staffroom with teachers. It sits inside a Year 9 sequence on masculinity, misogyny and online influence, available as a single lesson, the whole unit, or a drop day.
Six rounds, five surveys
Six rounds, on what boys encounter, what they accept, how they think girls should be treated, and the difference between the traits they call masculine and the traits they call good. Each question asks for a number between 0 and 100. You commit to it, and then the real figure appears next to your guess with its survey, its population and its base.
It started as a classroom activity and it works at least as well with adults. The figures come from five surveys:
- DfE, Parent, Pupil and Learner Voice: December 2025
- DCMS, Loneliness, isolation and social connection among boys and young men in England, June 2026
- YouGov, Children's Omnibus: Andrew Tate, September 2023
- YouGov, Masculinity and boys, April 2025
- Ofcom, Understanding Online Communications Among Children, 2026
Every figure is set out in full, with the argument it supports, in the article on what the evidence says about boys. Reading that first will give you the answers.
Out of every 100. Drag it, or use the arrow keys.