Home›Open Questions›How many people identify as Discordian, and can the question even be answered given the tradition's own boundary-less self presentation?Open QuestionsHow many people identify as Discordian, and can the question even be answered given the tradition's own boundary-less self presentation?Citation FormatsGeneral ReferenceGeneral Reference Citation TextDivinity Atlas. "How many people identify as Discordian, and can the question even be answered given the tradition's own boundary-less self presentation?." Accessed August 30, 2026. https://divinity.interactivelion.com/open-questions-index/how-many-people-identify-as-discordian.Copy General ReferenceAPA StyleAPA Style Citation TextDivinity Atlas. (n.d.). How many people identify as Discordian, and can the question even be answered given the tradition's own boundary-less self presentation?. Retrieved August 30, 2026, from https://divinity.interactivelion.com/open-questions-index/how-many-people-identify-as-discordianCopy APA StyleBibTeXBibTeX Citation Text@misc{divinityatlas-how-many-people-identify-as-discordian-a, author = {Divinity Atlas}, title = {How many people identify as Discordian, and can the question even be answered given the tradition's own boundary-less self presentation?}, year = {2026}, url = {https://divinity.interactivelion.com/open-questions-index/how-many-people-identify-as-discordian}, note = {Accessed August 30, 2026} }Copy BibTeXOpen QuestionCross-Tradition ConnectionsSourcesComments (0)Reader Challenges (0 open reader challenges)Open QuestionDiscordianism has no central organisation, no membership process and no agreed test for who counts as a practitioner rather than a reader enjoying the joke, so no census or registry exists to consult, and scholars of the tradition treat the boundary question itself as open rather than merely uncounted.What would resolve this A sociological survey using a stated, defensible definition of practice, or, short of that, a scholarly argument for why the question is not meaningfully answerable for a tradition of this kind.OpenSociology of religionCarole M. Cusack, Invented Religions: Imagination, Fiction and FaithCross-Tradition ConnectionsQuestion OnDiscordianism, Religions Well-attested Source Invented Religions: Imagination, Fiction and FaithCarole M. Cusacktier 1SourcesInvented Religions: Imagination, Fiction and Faithtier 1Carole M. Cusack, Ashgate, 2010View the SourceComments (0)No comments yet. Be the first to share a thought.Sign in to join the discussion.Reader Challenges (0 open reader challenges)No disputes yet. Spotted an error or a better source? Open the first one.Sign in to dispute this or suggest a correction.View At A Past YearThe atlas records no dated fact of its own for this entry, so there is no other year to choose.Show This Year