TV Commercials
Redheads are statistically rare, but looking at TV commercials might fool you into thinking they are more common than they actually are. Upstream Analysis conducted a report in 2014 that showed that about 30% of TV commercials aired during primetime feature at least one redhead. CBS holds the record for showing a redhead in a commercial every 106 seconds.
TV Commercials
Less Than 2%
While we all know that redheads are rare, just how rare are they? Studies have found that only 1-2% of the population is born with naturally red hair, which is a seriously small number. They are most common in Western Europe. Scotland boasts the largest population of redheads in the world, and about 13% of its population has red hair. Additionally, about 10% of Ireland’s population is a redhead, while comparatively, the number of redheads in the population is about 2%.
Less Than 2%