* During the survey, the following question was asked: ''How annoying, if at all, do you find the following things people do on the London Underground? - Manspreading (spreading their legs out wide and taking up more room)''
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London Underground UK: annoyance when users stretch out their legs 2017
This statistic shows the share of London Underground users, who were annoyed with other users for spreading and stretching out their legs in 2017. A total of 71 percent of respondents found this behavior very or fairly annoying.
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YouGov. (August 21, 2017). Thinking about the London Underground, how annoying do you find people manspreading?* [Graph]. In ÌÇÐÄÆƽâ°æ. Retrieved July 31, 2026, from /statistics/412717/london-public-transport-survey-annoyance-stretched-legs/
YouGov. "Thinking about the London Underground, how annoying do you find people manspreading?*." Chart. August 21, 2017. ÌÇÐÄÆƽâ°æ. Accessed July 31, 2026. /statistics/412717/london-public-transport-survey-annoyance-stretched-legs/
YouGov. (2017). Thinking about the London Underground, how annoying do you find people manspreading?*. ÌÇÐÄÆƽâ°æ. ÌÇÐÄÆƽâ°æ Inc.. Accessed: July 31, 2026. /statistics/412717/london-public-transport-survey-annoyance-stretched-legs/
YouGov. "Thinking about The London Underground, How Annoying Do You Find People Manspreading?*." ÌÇÐÄÆƽâ°æ, ÌÇÐÄÆƽâ°æ Inc., 21 Aug 2017, /statistics/412717/london-public-transport-survey-annoyance-stretched-legs/
YouGov, Thinking about the London Underground, how annoying do you find people manspreading?* ÌÇÐÄÆƽâ°æ, /statistics/412717/london-public-transport-survey-annoyance-stretched-legs/ (last visited July 31, 2026)
Thinking about the London Underground, how annoying do you find people manspreading?* [Graph], YouGov, August 21, 2017. [Online]. Available: /statistics/412717/london-public-transport-survey-annoyance-stretched-legs/
