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==Criticism==
=== Demographics of honorees ===
The 30 Under 30 list has drawn criticism for under-recognition of young racial minorities and women.<ref>{{Cite news|url=https://nypost.com/2015/03/09/why-30-under-30-and-other-age-based-lists-are-actually-terrible/|title=Why '30 Under 30' and other age-based lists are actually terrible|last=Daly|first=Annie|date=March 9, 2015|work=New York Post|access-date=July 31, 2016|archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20200130182131/https://nypost.com/2015/03/09/why-30-under-30-and-other-age-based-lists-are-actually-terrible/|archive-date=January 30, 2020|url-status=live}}</ref> [[The Root (magazine)|''The Root'']] observed that 29 of 30 journalists honored on the inaugural Media category list in 2011 were white, and none were of African descent or [[Latin Americans|Latino]].<ref>{{cite news|last1=Prince|first1=Richard|title=No Blacks, Latinos on Forbes' Under-30 List|url=http://www.theroot.com/blog/journal-isms/no_blacks_latinos_on_forbes_under30_list/2/|access-date=July 31, 2016|work=The Root|date=December 25, 2011|archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20161011025800/http://www.theroot.com/blog/journal-isms/no_blacks_latinos_on_forbes_under30_list/2/|archive-date=October 11, 2016|url-status=dead}}</ref> ''[[Elle (magazine)|Elle]] South Africa'' noted the gender imbalance of the 2014 lists, asking, "Where are the women?"<ref>{{Cite news|url=http://www.elle.co.za/forbes-30-30-women/|title=FORBES' 30 UNDER 30: WHERE ARE THE WOMEN?|date=January 19, 2015|work=Elle South Africa|access-date=July 30, 2016|archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20160815094459/http://www.elle.co.za/forbes-30-30-women/|archive-date=August 15, 2016|url-status=dead}}</ref> Demographics of the ''Forbes'' selections have continued to draw interest; [[Poynter Institute|''Poynter'']] reported the 2015 Media list had 18 women, the most in the list's five-year history.<ref>{{Cite news|url=http://www.poynter.org/2015/forbes-30-under-30-list-includes-18-women-the-most-so-far/310083/|title=Forbes' 30 under 30 list includes 18 women — 'the most ever'|last=Hare|first=Kristin|date=January 5, 2015|work=Poynter|access-date=July 31, 2016|archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20160808193321/http://www.poynter.org/2015/forbes-30-under-30-list-includes-18-women-the-most-so-far/310083/|archive-date=August 8, 2016|url-status=live}}</ref>
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