BLACK MANOSPHERE 5.0 MIAMI 2025 EXIT SURVEY RESULTS: SHOCKING NEW DISCOVERIES!

9:49 PM 8/31/2026 Mon

Better late than never! Our Chief Operating Officer Shannon Rawls has just handed me our Black Manosphere Conclave 5.0 Miami Exit Survey data over the weekend, and I've been pouring over the very, very extensive spreadsheets all day long today, and have finally gotten finished parsing said data into easy to read pie chart graph form. We'll get to that in a bit - but first, a quick word about last year's event itself. 

The Black Manosphere Conclave is an annual gathering of Black men from around the world, united in the pursuit of excellence in all things. Founded in 2021, we - Chief Technology Officer TheoWAF, the aforementioned COO Shannon Rawls and yours truly - offer a full suite of courses, tracks and activities that caters holistically to Black men. Technological training, mental health and wellness, physical fitness, finance/investing/business opportunities and instruction, self-defense, social and  relationship skills and information, personal style and image and much more, has been the order of the day for the past five years. We have had hundreds of Black men go through the Theo University STEM program, with scores of Black men now employed all over the country doing very well for themselves. Other Black men have found the loves of their lives and have jumped the broom because of us. And still other Black men have changed their lives by changing their thinking due to the perspectives, insights and lessons learned from our roster of speakers and presenters. 

Like our exit survey from 2024, last year's survey gave us a wealth of demographic information that isn't necessarily focused on and presented to the general public. One of the biggest reasons why we created this survey in the first place is to highlight data about Black men that rarely if ever gets to the forefront in the public square, especially in our fast moving social media age. 

We met last year at the Miami Hyatt Convention Center, with well over 400 Black men showing up - and we had a blast! Among others in the building was Coach Greg Adams, who did a fantastic job speaking to the brothers in the round from the dais on the main stage (and have just confirmed that he WILL be joining us again in Las Vegas!). We had a record number of breakout session rooms as well, and our "vendor's alley" did very brisk business. I often tell people with pride, that we sell more books to Black men in a weekend than most Black bookstores sell books to that same demographic in an entire month(!). 

AN IMPORTANT NOTE BEFORE WE BEGIN

I want it to be known and clearly understood right now, that this survey, like the one preceding it, is a humble effort by the three founders of the Black Manosphere Conclave. We do not by any stretch claim expertise or advanced training in statistics, data collection, study design and methodology, and you will kindly observe that the finished product is still even now, after several passes and drafts, a bit rough around the edges. We're just three brothers, from very diverse backgrounds and from points literally across the country, that wanted to actually put some faces and numbers to the Black Manosphere itself. Given that we've gotten quite a bit of press and chatter on social media over the past few years, the time has come to ask some straight questions, and get some straight answers. 

At Miami last year we had between 400 and 500 brothers turning out, and, unlike what we hear online, this survey represents those brothers who actually showed up in real time and, admittedly, at real expense - as Shannon often says, we're not here to "save the whales". Therefore, the findings that we'll see from our respondents will necessarily be from a highly self-selected group. 

Critics and detractors might quibble about technical things - like the aforementioned study design, sample size, and so on. And to be fair to them, these and many other quibbles, are indeed fair points. But I would humbly ask them, simply this: Of all the many organizations - of which nearly all of them have as their charge to be of service to and be an advocate for, the Black community at large and in this case Black men in particular - where are THEIR exit surveys about the state of Black men on a whole, let alone a subset of them that has been the talk of social media for easily the past five years running? 

To ask the question is to answer it, I think. Don't you? 

One last thing. To put the numbers of our survey results into context, I compare them to those of the BlackDemographics website. I’ve worked with them for six years now, and is the Black-specific clearinghouse of data that Kevin Samuels made famous. Since we’re greatly inspired by our dearly departed friend and good brother, I thought to continue this trend from 2024 into the 2025 survey year. You’ll see comparative charts when possible in the specific sections below. In this way, you’ll be able to see how brothers from within the Black Manosphere itself - particularly the Conclave - fare against Black men more broadly in the general Black American population - and you can come to your own conclusions.
 
We pick up where we left off from 2024 with last year's survey results, which builds on what we learned about Black men - so without further ado, let's get to it!

AGE

Our first pie chart is of the age range of conclave attendees in Miami last year. As we can see, nearly half of all brothers who showed up are 44 - 54 Millennials and GenXers, while a full third are in the 34 - 44 age group representing for the younger Millennials. Another fifth are in the 55 - 64 are younger Baby Boomers and older GenXers - who knew? - while roughly only sixteen percent of brothers are in the 25 - 34 and 18 - 24 age groups; the GenZers are bringing up the rear with the last of the Millennials thrown in for good measure. (Generation Z defined as being born circa 1996 or later) This flies in the face of commonly expressed views and talking points about the Black Manosphere, where the idea is that mass numbers of younger Black men are being "corrupted" by the "rhetoric" of the space, especially online. Our own in-house data, as you can clearly see, says otherwise - our biggest demos are Generation X and Millennials - born 1965-1980 and 1981-1995 respectively. Another interesting fact is that the Black Manosphere Conclave actually skews older of the average age of Black man showing up at which is in the early to mid 40s or so, compared to Black America at large where, according to BlackDemographics, the website that tracks all data relevant to Black America, puts the average age of Black men at 34(!) - yet more evidence that contrary to popular opinion, the Black Manosphere is actually made up more of older than younger Black men. So there!

MARITAL STATUS

 

Next up is marital status, where nearly half of all the brothers showing up were single and not dating, while a full quarter of conclave brothers were divorced. These are very interesting facts in and of themselves, because checking in with BlackDemographics we can see that while we're on par with Black men in that we reflect the fact that half of all Black men are single and never married, when it comes to being divorced, we're actually overrepresented when it comes to divorce - something that I've alluded to at some length in a previous post on the profile of Black Manospherians. We're two and a half times more divorced than Black men overall, who come in at ten percent. We also marry less than Black men at large - again, hardly surprising for the reasons noted in my aforementioned article - at just 12%. Meanwhile, about 34% of Black men overall are currently married. 

And actually, if we consider the full "Single" categories, which breaks down into three distinct subgroups (Single Not Dating 49%; Single & Dating 12%; and Single in a Relationship 10%), we actually come out with a whopping 71% of conclave brothers who are single to varying degrees - which is significantly higher than Black men overall, again per BlackDemographics, is about 51%. Fascinating!

DESIRE FOR MARRIAGE OR RELATIONSHIPS

Although it is dated, back in 2013 National Public Radio conducted a massive survey wanting to determine to what degree Black men and women wanted relationships or marriage. The results were quite illuminating and counterintuitive: While nearly half of single and childless Black men reported a desire for relationships and marriage, only a quarter of single and childless Black women indicated the same desires. 

When it comes to our survey from last year however, the results are even more striking: NINETY FIVE PERCENT of conclave respondents indicated a desire to get into a relationship or getting married! Again, I've written about this previously and is one of the best kept secrets about the Black Manosphere, too!

MONOGAMOUS OR POLYGAMOUS?

Following up on the previous pie chart, here's one that details the results showing that contrary to popular internet opinion, the rank and file Black Manosphere brother does NOT want to have a harem! Seventy percent of brothers are actually one-woman men, while just under a third are A-OK with spinning plates. 

Again who knew, right? 

RELIGIOUS AFFILIATION

Since politics and religion tends to track with one's outlook, worldview and approach towards dating and mating, we'll consider our exit survey's results on these two areas next, taking up religion first. Once again, the results are striking coming out of the heart of the Black Manosphere: Nearly half of respondents are Christian of one denomination or another (45%), while a smaller contingent of brothers heed the call of Islam (20%). Secular and Agnostic brothers are well represented here (20%), while Atheists are also surprisingly well represented (15%). Bringing up the rear are Metaphysical and Spiritual brothers (20%), showing that the Black Manosphere is quite religiously and theologically diverse. 

Interestingly enough, BlackDemographics just happens to track more national religious trends in Black America, and when we compare their numbers to our own, we find some equally interesting results. For starters, we're less churched than Black America overall - 45% to 76% respectively and by nearly thirty whole points(!); meanwhile, we're far and away more Islamic than Black America overall at 20% to just a mere TWO PERCENT in Black America proper. Wow! 

Another point of interest here is in comparing BlackDemographics' numbers to our own when it comes to the "religiously unaffiliated" - a rather high 24% vs. 20% - we're actually LESS "unaffiliated" than Black America on a whole. And, we're more Muslim, too. Fascinating!

POLITICAL PHILOSOPHY

The next two categories are actually two halves of the same coin, so let's dive right in. We start the first half with what we call "political philosophy" and like 2024 in Houston, last year in Miami only saw a slight softening of the data. In 2024, one hundred percent of conclave brothers reported being what I like to call small "c" conservatives - brothers who, regardless as to where they fall politically in terms of party or even if whether they vote at all, hold and express certain values that more aligned with what most would recognize as conservative: 

1. They believe that, broadly speaking, family looks like "Mother, Father, Sister, Brother". 

2. They believe in the right to protect themselves, i.e., the Second Amendment.

3. They believe that they should keep more of the money that they make, and that there should be little government intervention and bureaucratic red tape when it comes to starting and running a small business; in other words, they want fewer taxes, and smaller government. 

4. They believe in a strong national defense, which includes securing the borders against illegal aliens who pose a threat to Black male blue collar and tech workers; Black men have long been overrepresented in our Armed Forces (and are also overrepresented among conclave brothers in particular). 

5. They believe in the idea that the Black man is the leader and head of the family and surrounding community. 

There are other core small "c" conservative values, but the above short list is a good place to start. This is what conclave brothers are talking about when they self identify as "conservative". 

POLITICAL AFFILIATION

That brings us to asking our brothers about their political affiliation. Our results are powerful: A full HALF of respondents reported being Independents(!), while only 12% of brothers are Republicans and another 15% of brothers are Democrats. Interestingly enough, another fifteen percent of brothers don't even vote at all - wow!

Meanwhile and hardly surprising, BlackDemographics tells a very different story - as of 2020, 68% of Black Americans overall identified as a Democrat, with only five percent being Republican and another 28% identifying as Independent/Other - just over half of where the vast majority of conclave brothers are politically. Hmmm!

EDUCATION

One of the favorite hobby horses in Black American discourse, be it "Black Love" aligned and otherwise, is the state of Black men and boys with regard to education - namely, that we are falling so far behind Black women, who are supposedly knocking it out of the park while we can barely get out of the dugout. But 2024's survey showed a very different story than we're used to, with conclave brothers being mightily overrepresented among the college educated classes. 

Well, I'm very happy to report that 2025 continued the trend - 45% of conclave brothers hold a bachelor's degree, vs. only 15% of Black men holding the same degree per BlackDemographics; 20% of conclave brothers hold associate's degrees vs. only 8% of brothers over on BlackDemographics. When it comes to graduate and professional degree holders, conclave brothers hold graduate and professional degree holding brothers come in at 15%, while only 8% of brothers per BlackDemographics. We even report fewer purely high school grads and high school dropouts than BlackDemographics does - proving once again, that the Black Manosphere is simply more and better educated and trained than the rank and file brother on the street...

INCOME

Now we get to the good part! One of the big draws of the Black Manosphere Conclave is the prospect of making some very nice coin - but do the actual numbers, as reported by conclave attendees themselves, align with the hype? Let's see the tale of the tape and how that compares to BlackDemographics' numbers, shall we?

A full HALF of respondents reported making between $100K and $249K USD a year; interestingly enough, BlackDemographics doesn't even chart that category(!). Next up, our second largest cohort are conclave brothers bringing home $50K to $74K USD a year (25%) - and now, BlackDemographics can reliably weigh in now - per their numbers, with just one point higher (26%) at that income bracket. 12% of conclave brothers bring in $75K to $99K USD, while 28% of Black men making $75K USD and up, per BlackDemographics. Finally, in the under $40K category, only 12% of conclave brothers qualify, while BlackDemographics boasts a whopping FORTY PERCENT of brothers making $49K and below, all the way down to just $10K a year(!). What's also very interesting is that the rank and file average brother in Black America is making about $51K USD a year, while the average conclave brother is pulling in roughly double that on the lower end. 

So, we see more evidence that Black Manosphere brothers are more and better educated and trained, higher earning, more social conservative, and more desirous of relationships and marriage than the rank and file Black man in America today. Fascinating!

OCCUPATION

 

Let's compare and contrast occupations, shall we? Last year's survey results shows a full 45% of us work in the STEM and Big Tech fields - hardly surprising given the primacy and efficacy of Theo U - while the second largest occupation is in the Trades & Technical fields, at 20%. The legal profession comes in at a distant third at just five percent. Meanwhile, the big three Black male occupations, per BlackDemographics, are transportation at 82%, materials moving at 73%, and production and manufacturing at 65%.

So there you have it - brothers from within the Black Manosphere work in occupations coming a lot closer to the white collar and professional classes than do the rank and file Black man out there today. Do I have to say it again - who knew?

HEIGHT/HOW TALL? 

This is one of the new categories we decided to include for last year's survey, especially since all of the social media chatter about adult male height being such a major factor on dating apps like Tinder, Bumble and Hinge. Women users, including Black women users, have consistently indicated a greater desire for taller height in a male mate, with six feet and up being seen as the most desirable. While there's a lot to say about this topic - and I'm doing just that in one of the latest books that I'm working on as we speak called appropriately enough, "The Book of Short Kings" - I think what our respondents had to say about their own height puts some things into very interesting perspective. 

In the number one spot are conclave brothers reporting their height at six feet even to six feet and three inches (45%). In second place on the pie chart are brothers who report their heights between five feet and nine inches, to five feet and eleven inches (27%). In third place are brothers who are between five feet and five inches to five feet and eight inches (25%) - go short kings! And finally bringing up the rear in fourth place, are the giants - brothers who reported their height between six feet and four inches to six feet and seven inches tall (20%). 

Now, since BlackDemographics doesn't seem to specifically address the Black adult male height issue, we don't have a basis for comparison there. However, we DO know from the CDC and NHANES data that the average Black male height is five feet and nine inches, and that in America overall, less than fifteen percent of men regardless of race, are six feet and taller. However, based on our own in-house polling data, the Black Manosphere Conclave boasts MORE taller Black men than mere chance would predict. This is hugely important, because one of the arguments against the Black Manosphere is that it is shot through with angry shorter brothers with "Napoleon complexes" who are miffed about getting a hard time from the sisters. Well, the data here says otherwise - brothers in the Black Manosphere are in fact, TALLER than what one would predict - which suggests that their critiques of Black women cannot be reduced to merely short man cope. 

ACTIVE PASSPORT HOLDERS

Over roughly the past five years, the Passport Bros wing of the Black Manosphere has gone viral and become the topic of intense debate on sectors of social media concerned with "Black Love" discourse. In our 2024 survey, we found that well over eighty percent of conclave brothers were active passport holders. Well, would it surprise you to know that our 2025 survey results showed an uptick along these lines? It does, indeed - NINETY FIVE PERCENT of conclave brothers reported being active passport holders! Wow!

PASSPORT BRO, BLUEBOOK GENTLEMAN, OR NEITHER?

That brings us to our next survey question: How many of our conclave brothers considered themselves to be a Passport Bro, a Blue Book Gentleman, or neither? While the former designation has garnered some controversy over the past few years owing to a few high profile cases overseas involving American brothers getting into legal trouble or worse while flying under that moniker, the name still stands for American Black men who, tired of what's on offer in terms of mating options in Black America itself, have decided to spend some or most of their time in foreign lands seeking mates. Studies over the past few years have shown a decided increase of Black American men getting passports and traveling, with many self-reporting a thirty percent bump in increased happiness from their foreign mates. Other and more broader studies indicate that marriages involving American men and foreign brides have lower divorce rates - something that has been a major area of concern for many within the Black Manosphere community. 

Now, to the "Blue Book Gentleman" part. This is taken to mean an older brother who is somewhat more refined and sophisticated, who desires a more upscale foreign experience, not just with the ladies, but all around. While many Passport Bros tend to skew a bit younger these days - often under 40 - the Blue Book gent is one who tends to be 45 and up and who enjoys the finer things in life. These are brothers whom you will very likely never or rarely see posted up on social media, notable and rare exceptions notwithstanding, because they greatly value their privacy and are very discreet. And that extends to the ladies with whom they keep company with, too. 

Either way you want to slice it, our survey results showed that a clear majority of conclave brothers do indeed self-identify as a passport bro or blue book gentleman (55%), while a surprisingly large minority of brothers reject either labeling (45%). Very interesting!

OUT OF STATE TRAVEL: HOW MUCH?

One of the more popular talking points against the Black Manosphere as most know it online, is that we're shut ins, that we "don't go outside and touch grass", and that we're "socially awkward". Strong claims - but as the old adage goes, extraordinary claims require extraordinary evidence. And that evidence - along with the aforementioned showing and proving conclave brothers to be active passport holders at a much higher rate than even WHITE men, let along the general population of Black ones - strongly proves that yes, we Black Manospherians are most definitely outside. 

You don't need a passport to travel in-country, so we started there - asking the brothers as to whether they travel out of their home state and if so, how often over the course of a calendar year. 45% reports doing so at least once a year, while another 35% reports doing it anywhere from three to FIVE TIMES a year(!). Bringing up the rear are conclave brothers who actually live in TWO states - dividing their calendar year between locations (yes, this would mean that at the very least, these brothers own apartments and condos, if not outright freestanding houses). They come in at five percent. And finally - get this - only TWO PERCENT report "never" traveling outside their own home state. 

Since there are no specific, focused and granular studies asking Black men how often they travel within the USA itself in a calendar year - and since BlackDemographics doesn't specifically cover this matter - I was forced to look up what relatively little information I could get on my own. Here's what I came up with: 

"The Black leisure market is large and growing, but it is a market of travelers, not of all Black adults. MMGY’s Portrait of Black Travelers (fall 2024, with Black Travel Alliance) estimated 184 million trips and $145 billion in spending by U.S. Black leisure travelers in 2023—about 11% of the U.S. leisure market, close to the Black share of the population. Among those already classified as travelers, 76% planned domestic travel for 2025; 79% of their trips were by car (average one-way distance 247 miles). That sample of 6,500+ Black leisure travelers is younger and more employed than the overall leisure market, with a lower median income. It does not tell you the share of all Black men who never leave their state."

Oh, and we can add to that the fact of Black men being heavily represented in the transportation business - here we're talking about long-haul truckers and the like, who as a matter of course are traveling across state lines. In the previous century, Black men were overrepresented as railroad train porters, with the famed Pullman Porters being perhaps the single best known group. 

So, in a broader, directional and historical sense, Black men have indeed done quite a bit of traveling in-country. Most of that travel has been directly work-related. Then, and now. 

In any event, much for the idea of the Black Manosphere "not going outside and touching grass", huh? 

INTERNATIONAL TRAVEL: HOW OFTEN?

Finally, we come to the big one - international travel. As I said earlier, the Passport Bro phenomenon got its start from within the Black Manosphere itself and came along right as the Coronavirus pandemic hit American shores in the early spring of 2020. Since then it has gotten a lot of social media and mainstream attention, often wary and controversial, with many tussles over the matter in online "Black Love" discourse - this, despite the fact that Black women have long been "getting their grooves" back dating back to at least the 1990s, with New York Times bestselling books, Hollywood films starring A-list actresses, and being feted by the one and only Oprah Winfrey herself. The 2018 book, "The Pursuit of Happiness: Black Women, Diasporic Dreams, and the Politics of Emotional Transnationalism", by City University of New York professor Bianca C. Williams, argues that Black women's travels to places like Jamaica - an all-time favorite travel destination for them - are an legitimate attempt to contend with sexism, racism and giving themselves the permission to enjoy themselves sexually, find sisterhood among themselves and make a statement about empowerment. 

Interestingly enough however, the Passport Bros movement doesn't seem to get that same kind of reading; despite Black women clearly engaging in sex tourism and have been far longer than the Passport Bros themselves, that phrase - "sex tourism" - is applied early and often to the latter and rarely if ever to the former (personal note: I've never heard it). At issue is the perception - real or perceived - that the Passport Bros are traveling outside of the country for primarily if not solely sexual and relationship-related reasons, and those reasons are seen as morally and even legally questionable, if not outright illegitimate. Critiques on the part of Passport Bros online in the form of TikTok, Facebook and Instagram, about Black American women and why they've decided to look elsewhere for companionship be that shorter or longer term, has been a topic of fierce internet debate and seen as yet another flashpoint in the so-called "gender wars" obtaining in Black America writ large in our time. Yet, very little has actually been studied and written about them in the manner that Prof. Williams has written about "Girlfriend Tours International". 

Therefore, the 2025 exit survey is very important in getting us much needed understanding and context - again and admittedly, as imperfect our tools for measuring it may be. And when we look at the numbers, they come as no great shock for our cohort: 55% reports traveling out of the country once or twice in a calendar year, while another five percent report traveling out of the country three or more times a year. Three percent report having a home both here in this country and abroad. And interestingly enough, ten percent of conclave brothers have reported never having traveled out of the country. Impressive, no matter how you slice it!

Again, because BlackDemographics doesn't specifically look into these matters, I was forced to seek information on the matter to the extent that I could elsewhere. This is what I came up with: 

1. No major source publishes annual international trip counts for Black men as a standalone group.

2. YouGov reports that as of 2023, 34% of all Black Americans are active passport holders - compare and contrast that to the 95% of conclave brothers surveyed last year. 

3. Pew (2021): 49% of Black adults have ever been abroad; 51% have not. The conclave’s high annual rate sits far above that lifetime baseline. Not quite what you would expect from all of the "broke" incel chatter" that you hear online. 

4. Per Pew again, only 13% of Black Americans - Black men AND Black women - have ever traveled outside of the country five times or more in their entire lifetime(!). Compare that to our survey results, where five percent of brothers travel out of the country on international trips three to five times A YEAR. There's simply no getting past it - Black Manosphere brothers travel a lot more than the rank and file brother does. 

5. Income and education (read: Academic and professional degrees) plays a role in a "correlation and not causation" kind of way. Just under half of all Americans regardless of race making around $30K USD have never traveled outside of the country, whereas only ten percent of all Americans making $80K USD or more have never left the country. Among college degree holders, only seven percent have never left American shores on a trip. 

6. Nationally, men are more likely than women to have traveled abroad (Pew). There is still no clean Black-by-sex table. So much for the idea that Black women travel more than Black men do!

Bottomline: 

"Among more than 400 men at the 2025 Miami conclave, a large majority reported international travel in a typical year and only one in ten said they had never left the country — a profile that looks much more like high-income, high-education American travelers than like Black adults nationally, among whom Pew found about half have never been abroad."

That sounds about right...

SUMMARY & CONCLUSIONS

There's a lot more data to parse out from our exhaustive exit survey last year, and if I'm able, I'll post a follow up piece detailing more of that data. We take these things very seriously because we wanted to better understand our market and as well, to illuminate the "gender wars" obtaining online and elsewhere. Bringing actual evidence to bear in these debates changes things; it shunts narratives about what we WANT to be true to one side, and forces us to contend with that which is ACTUALLY true. The result is a much improved understanding of ourselves, and each other. 

So, with that said, here's what we can say about brothers who have attended the Black Manosphere Conclave as of 2025 in Miami:

1. They're older than what social media online chatter about the Black Manosphere would have you believe

2. They're taller than the average Black man

3. They're more educated than the average Black man

4. They're more likely to code as small "c" conservative than the average Black man

5. They're more likely to be more monogamous and more desirous of relationships and marriage than the average Black man

6. They're more traveled than the average Black man

7. And they make considerably more money than the average Black man

These facts really do change things when it comes to what you think you know about the Black Manosphere - doesn't it? 

My thanks to all of the brothers who believed in the mission and purpose of the Black Manosphere Conclave, for taking time out of their very busy days to share with us their thoughts and impressions and to answer our questions; and my deepest thanks my fellow founding fathers, Shannon Rawls and TheoWAF for making this exit survey possible. Salute to you all!

Sincerely, 
Mumia Obsidian Ali
Black Manosphere Conclave