I am confident that as of today, we are very close to figuring out who Cicada 3301 actually is. After calling in a good friend of mine and analyzing the data, we came up with the following theory:
Cicada 3301 is a single person, and probably immature also. The main point of reference for the first point are the timings and dates of Cicada's posts, which do not span the entire day/week. We also think that realistic places of residency for Cicada are either coast (east/west) of the United States or Canada, the United Kingdom, or mainland Europe. Our second point—that Cicada is probably immature—then comes from the fact that we are able to ground our theory/theories on solid footing: Cicada made a lot of minor and dumb mistakes, such as spelling, grammar, etc. If Cicada were multiple people—or if the sole owner of Cicada was more cunning—these mistakes would not be a thing.
I, personally, think Cicada lives on the west coast of North America, specifically the Pacific Northwest. Though, due to certain mistakes Cicada made in their posts—mostly grammar and spelling mistakes—I think Cicada isn't actually from that area—or from any English-speaking country for that matter. Instead, I think Cicada is actually from somewhere in Central Europe, specifically some Germanic state—like Germany, Denmark, Austria, etc.—as some of the mistakes Cicada made (I'm talking about grammar and spelling—not forgetting a word or two) would've been correct if the text were German.
