It’s not my thing and I truly don’t get it. That said, I’m curious about the initial draw, how you started and why. What does participating look like to you? Do you consider it an interest, hobby, kink or some combination/something else? I support you doing whatever you like so long as everything is legal/consensual. If you’re going to comment and you’re not a furry please be respectful.
Many of them are from just inferrince, but there is actually science on this realm: https://www.researchgate.net/publication/376353096_Furscience_A_Decade_of_Psychological_Research_on_the_Furry_Fandom
Chapter 16, page 497. I remember there being more graphs but maybe they’ve updated the data. My data points are included, as I’ve been taking their surveys for a decade now.