What race and gender is your main character?

[Hrimfaxi]

I chose Xaela female because it look like a human in connection with a dragon.
Something that i admired about my boyfriend. He was born in year of the dragon and he got a dragon tattoo that represents us being together.
We are still going strong today. He is a miqote male kitty but I love how handsome his character is too

[WellFooled]

Hi everyone! I wanted to get a feel for Eorzea's demographics, so I made a poll. I posted it on the FFXIV subreddit earlier, but wanted to get a larger sample size. If you'd take a moment to answer I would really appreciate it!

Not to be a buzzkill, but the Developers release census data on this sort of thing during the fan rests if you're interested and they'll have a much more accurate sample size.

Also, can I ask why you chose the character you did? Is it solely for the appearance? Lore? To match a friend?

No Cencus data on this though! I'm a male wildwood. I picked that because I always feel my MMO character is an extension of myself so I make it the same gender I am IRL and Elezen men have a similar build to me as well (and I even keep hair/eye color similar).

[Kietsu]

Not to be a buzzkill, but the Developers release census data on this sort of thing during the fan rests if you're interested and they'll have a much more accurate sample size.

Their census data doesn't distinguish between active characters, dead accounts, and Super China Hyurian Black Mage Bots.
Case in point: Their data says 4% of characters are Au Ra. And while that may technically be true, a much, much larger fraction of the people you'll see ingame are Au Ra.
For that matter, if you go by character count alone, Lich is apparently the most populated server in the game.

...yeah.

A Redditor going by the name of Mewshimyo wrote a script that polled the entirety of the Lodestone character data and made a census out of that.
It's pretty old by this point (Patch 3.1, to be exact) but here's the data of characters at level 60: http://imgur.com/a/Ta1cb

[AskaRay]

For that matter, if you go by character count alone, Lich is apparently the most populated server in the game.

How do you know it ISN'T?

Im kidding I think it's the least populated EU server

[Vayanne]

I picked that because I always feel my MMO character is an extension of myself [...] (and I even keep hair/eye color similar).

+ the local generally good-aligned elf-like race by default = female Wildwood Elezen.

[MagiusNecros]

Female Hellsguard. Walking over all Lalafell and towering over other races wherever I go.

[Oatmealraisin]

My face on the forums is actually my alt, who I made because the idea of a potato paladin appealed to me. (I love how serious his face looks, it makes cutscenes 200% more adorable.)

My main is an female Wildwood Elezen with dorky hair. This is apparently a super unpopular choice - even aside from the dorky hair - but I really like her and have no plans to change. I think they're a cool race and I like that she looks both pretty and slightly odd/non-human.

Also, I'm more Lala-sized in real life, so being tall is a plus. Forget being dainty and feminine, I want to be a giant in a land of tiny catgirls. :P

[Seryne]

I started as a Dunesfolk female Lalafell, switched to Seeker of the Sun female Miqo'te, then Hellsguard female Roegadyn, and finally settled on Sea Wolf female Roegadyn.
Why Sea Wolf? Well I love the skintones and the naming lore.

[Pomelo]

My main character is a Female Seawolf Roe, but then her allies (which I switch between) consist of;

Male Midlander Hyur
Male Xaela Au Ra
Male Duskwight Elezen
Female Wildwood Elezen
Female Raen Au Ra

Only some of them have the echo/warrior of light status. (But they are all members of the Scions)

[Khalithar]

Male Duskwight Elezen 4 lyfe