Navigraph ? Was ist das ?
I’ve been using msfs 2020 since its release and now msfs 2024… I have never used the big buses that spend their time at 30000 feet 
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Thanks for pointing out the omission. I have updated my post. If they do know what we are using it for, it would be interesting for them to share that info.
So am I. FAA charts are indispensable when flying VFR on VATSIM (I just wish they had Canada VNC and VTA charts)
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Whilst flying tube liners at 30k feet may be fun, you are really wasting all that wonderful scenery you can only see flying low and slow. It’s under 2k feet in the 172 most of the time for me though I do fly other aircraft from time to time. The problem for me as a qualified RW private pilot is that some of the airliners have become too complicated to get my head around - I seemed to be able to magage a few in FSX OK but MSFS2020 and MSFS2024 are at a different level.
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Statistics can read what you want, cant remember which one but a comedian somewhere came up with the below which always makes me chuckle..
10% of all car accidents involve drunk drivers!
…therefore 90% involve sober ones …
who are the safer drivers?
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If the users of airliners are 92%, maybe satellite view and photogrametry can be spared at 30000 ft, why not allow to select a simple sceney configuration of the sim like offline mode that could be used online?
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The two forms of flying on MSFs are different but complementary. I think airliner enthusiasts are gamers who want or would have wanted to make it their career (many airline pilots started with MSFs), and light aircraft flights are a treat for the scenery and discovering unknown regions of our good old planet.
In real life, many airliner pilots rent or own a Cessna or other aircraft for fun…
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Sounds like Jimmy Carr 
The insurance companies will determine that. 
The ones who have epaulettes!
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Wow, I feel so unique!
I can promise you that 40.2% of the users aren’t flying the PMDG 737 in 2024
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GA guys, especially those flying IFR, can make good use of Navigraph just as much as the airliner guys.
What would be an interesting stat, would be what percentage of GA flights are VFR, and what are IFR.
I also wonder how many of those Airline pilots, have had minimal time, if any, flying GA (VFR or IFR) , before they dived into flying airlines under IFR
I suspect there might, just might, be a teeny tiny bit of selection bias there. 
I believe it was Renee Descartes who said
Anecdote:
A government agency was hiring and three people showed up for the interview; a physicist, an engineer, and a statistician.
The interviewer showed the physicist some data and asked him to explain what it meant. The physicist looked at the data, thought for a moment, and then started talking about global warming and changes in technology that could help combat it.
The interviewer thanked him for his insightful analysis, shook his hand and called in the engineer.
He showed the engineer the same data and asked the same question. After careful thought, the engineer talked about technological advancements and the government’s responsibility to use these advancements ethically.
The interviewer thanked him for his insightful analysis, shook his hand and called in the statistician.
He gave him the same data and asked the same question.
The statistician looked at the data, then at the interviewer, leaned over and asked: “What do YOU want the data to say?”
He got the job.
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That’s not entirely true, the survey is pushed by many other channels as well.
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Also along that line, be good to know how many flights are being logged on each sim. Lot of us won’t touch 2024 yet.
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I think Navigraph’s annual survey is very interesting. Many people participate, and the results, which are available on their website, are very comprehensive.
The specific question was “What do you enjoy flying in the simulator?” and several aircraft classes could be answered, both airliners and GAs, among others.
In the results, airliners appear to be the most popular, with 75% for narrow-body aircraft, but also notable are 49.1% for single-engine piston aircraft, 38.8% for single-engine turboprop aircraft, 42.5% for multi-engine turbo aircraft, and 37.7% for multi-engine piston aircraft. I couldn’t find the data in the topic title, but with those figures, I’m sure the percentage of simmers who fly GA aircraft is also very high.
I enjoy both.
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Considering most of the forum is 2024 related posts I’d say most of the user base is in 2024, but that’s just an assumption. I think if most were still in 2020 MS/Asobo would be having a heart attack. My opinion: most users won’t post in the forum stating their likes and dislikes for the sim, they’ll just open it up and fly. I think most migrated over by now to 24 for the visuals alone.
Consider this. How many of the ~15 million users even know the forums exist? We are but a tiny portion of the overall user base.
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Then again, you can also set an A320n(v2) at 5,000 feet. I’ve done that lots of times for routes around the world that I flew for business. Very interesting to see what I missed at 30K+.
It’s a simulator. I can only imagine what an airliner at full tilt would look and sound like to those on the ground if it was to fly at 5,000!
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