Those in the survey who were pansexual were also predominantly young and more likely to be non-binary as well. And in a study of 2,220 non-heterosexual Australians published in 2017 in the Journal of Sex Research, 6.6% of participants identified as pansexual, compared with 7.6% who identified as queer, 18.6% who identified as bisexual, and 65.7% who identified as gay or lesbian.

Comparatively, 34% of those teens identified as bisexual. A 2017 Human Rights Campaign survey in partnership with the University of Connecticut found that, out of over 12,000 LGBTQ+ 13-to-17 year-olds, 14% used the label pansexual to describe themselves. adults surveyed, 2% of 18-to-34-year-olds identified as pansexual. For instance, a 2017 Harris Poll commissioned by LGBTQ+ advocacy group GLAAD found that, of the 2,037 U.S. Depending on the piece of research you look at-and the group of participants at the center of the data-estimates of how many people are pansexual can really vary.