Comparing range of race choices across surveys of D&D players

tl:dr; humans are most popular but not under all circumstances nor by huge margins

Update: clearer graphics and more recent data can be found here.

Following an update by the developers of Baldurs Gate 3 where they encouraged players to try more exotic race builds, it is interesting to look at the spreads coming out of other surveys.

The variation with race options has a wider spread compared to classes and more variation between surveys - where 2 archetypes were clear for forums and general users in class choices, this pattern is weaker here.

We can see that across all these surveys - 3/4 of general players prefer 'not-human' and among forum respondents from 3/4 to 5/6 of players choose races other than humans with indication that more people choose something other than humans over time.

This all suggests the efforts of the Baldurs Gate 3 developers will not go to waste.