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  "id": "kids-want-to-be-youtubers-29-percent-astronauts-11",
  "slug": "kids-want-to-be-youtubers-29-percent-astronauts-11",
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  "api_url": "https://groundedkit.com/api/claims/kids-want-to-be-youtubers-29-percent-astronauts-11.json",
  "claim": "Kids are three times more likely to want to be a YouTuber (29%) than an astronaut (11%) (LEGO/Harris Poll)",
  "commonly_cited_as": "\"More kids want to be YouTubers than astronauts\"",
  "verdict": "verified",
  "verdict_definition": "Primary source found; it says the same thing, the scope matches, and it is reasonably current.",
  "confidence": "high",
  "rating": {
    "value": 5,
    "best": 5,
    "worst": 1
  },
  "origin": {
    "publisher": "The LEGO Group / The Harris Poll",
    "title": "LEGO Group kicks off global program to inspire the next generation of space explorers (press release, July 16, 2019)",
    "year": "2019"
  },
  "quote": "The survey also revealed that today's children are three times more likely to aspire to be a YouTuber (29%) than an Astronaut (11%).",
  "method": "Online Harris Poll for LEGO of 3,000 children aged 8–12 (1,000 each in China, the U.S. and the U.K.), May 30–June 8, 2019; not a probability sample.",
  "drift": [
    "Scope: an average across the U.S., U.K. and China; in China, astronaut was the top choice",
    "Date: 2019"
  ],
  "interest": "LEGO commissioned the survey for its Apollo 11 anniversary space-exploration campaign.",
  "safe_rephrasing": "A 2019 Harris Poll for LEGO of 3,000 children aged 8–12 in the U.S., U.K. and China found 29% wanted to be a YouTuber and 11% an astronaut; results differed sharply by country.",
  "sources": [
    {
      "title": "LEGO Group press release via PR Newswire, July 16, 2019",
      "url": "https://www.prnewswire.com/news-releases/lego-group-kicks-off-global-program-to-inspire-the-next-generation-of-space-explorers-as-nasa-celebrates-50-years-of-moon-landing-300885423.html",
      "primary": true
    },
    {
      "title": "CNBC — More children dream of being YouTubers than astronauts (July 19, 2019)",
      "url": "https://www.cnbc.com/2019/07/19/more-children-dream-of-being-youtubers-than-astronauts-lego-says.html",
      "primary": false
    }
  ],
  "kind": "stat_check",
  "as_of": "Survey May 30–June 8, 2019",
  "last_checked": "2026-10-16",
  "stale": false,
  "date_reviewed": "2026-10-16",
  "license": "CC BY 4.0",
  "license_url": "https://creativecommons.org/licenses/by/4.0/"
}