“Dinosaurs have a powerful place in pop culture, including museums, books, and movies. But the American people’s fondness for the Mesozoic animals is far from universal. Overall, 13 percent of US adult citizens say they ‘love’ dinosaurs. Another 31 percent say they merely ‘like’ dinosaurs. And while only 5 percent say they ‘dislike’ or even ‘hate’ dinosaurs, 47 percent have a striking opinion about the creatures who dominated the Earth for the better part of 200 million years: indifference.”
“Likewise, 41 percent of US adult citizens say they don’t have a favorite dinosaur, while 55 percent have a favorite dinosaur and 5 percent aren’t sure. The group that doesn’t have a favorite dinosaur is larger than those naming any particular type of dinosaur. That includes tyrannosaurus rex, the favorite of 19 percent of Americans and the only type of dinosaur picked by more than 10 percent of the population,” says YouGov in the write-up for their national favorite dinosaur survey conducted Nov 26 to Dec 3 among 1,122 US adult citizens. The margin for error in the sample was 4 percent.