Do People Skip JoJo Parts?

Anime fandom has a unique relationship with the concept of "watching orders." Webs of logos and text, chronological vs. broadcast, separate route adaptations... and skipping Parts. Among the fervent debates that have clouded Haruhi, Monogatari, and Fate for years, Hirohiko Araki and David Productions' JoJo no Kimyou na Bouken (JoJo's Bizarre Adventure) presents its own case with unique parameters—a series of chronological but separate stories, defined by its own titles.

After the most recent stirring discussion (and like/dislike ratio) on You Should (maybe) Skip JoJo Parts by Mother's Basement, I set out on a mission to answer two simple questions, utilising nearly 1,000,000 profiles on the world's largest anime listing site: Do people skip JoJo Parts? And how are they actually skipped?

It took a few months, but here are my findings.