I was once accused of being middle-aged. I didn’t agree. In response, I looked up the data from the European Social Survey, in which tens of thousands of Europeans were asked: “When does middle age begin?”, and made a dashboard out of the results.
Some might call this an overreaction.
But when does middle age start? Is it just 40 years old, a flat figure across all times and places? If life expectancy increases, does that mean middle age starts later? Let’s see what the Europeans thought (this is made for desktop)…