We’ve just completed and released the results of our top Christmas gifts 2011 survey. We asked 512 Americans “What is the #1 gift you would like to receive for Christmas 2011?” then categorized and tallied their responses.
Most Popular Categories Of Gifts Requested:
Electronics – 51 %
Home, Hobby & Garden – 10 %
Apparel, Shoes & Accessories – 9 %
Money & Travel – 8 %
Health & Beauty – 5 %
People & Personal – 5 %
Sports & Fitness – 5 %
Books – 3 %
Over 1K – 2 %
Animals & Pets – 1 %
Automotive – less than 1 %
Nothing – less than 1%
Under the electronics category, the types of items requested were:
Tablet – 22 %
Ereader – 14 %
Smartphone – 11 %
Video games – 11 %
Game console – 10 %
Laptop – 9 %
Camera – 5 %
Desktop computer -4 %
Dvd – 3 %
Instruments – 3 %
MP3 player – 3 %
Headphones – 1 %
Audio – 1%
DVD players – 1%
Monitors – 1 %
Other – 1%
Most Popular Specific Products Requested:
- iPad: 58
- Kindle: 29
- iphone: 22
- Macbook/Apple laptop: 11
- PS3: 9
- Xbox 360: 8
If you like to see data visually, this tag cloud shows at a glance what survey respondents are hoping to get for Christmas 2011:
Some of Our Favorite Survey Responses:
I would like for my mother to make it to one more Christmas, that would be the best present I could get, she was given just a few weeks to live a few days ago…
We sincerely hope your request is granted…
I’d love to spend the day with my grandmother who is 93 and still alive and kicking.
Sounds like the perfect way to spend Christmas!
A Ferrari 458 Italia
Oooh, we would like one, too! Please let us know if you know someone who is giving them away this holiday season.
My ex-boyfriend back in my life – without alienating myself from the education program I am currently in and that my *current* boyfriend attends.
We couldn’t make this stuff up if we tried.
Absolutely nothing.
Ah, so apparently Ebeneezer Scrooge was one of our survey respondents. Merry Christmas!
