[feriforgacs]

In this case, I probably choose a bad name for the report. What name would better describe the community of people who are creating tools/products and also trying to make a living from it? I call those people makers as well, but I agree that this could be misleading.

[srimech]

I'd say maybe indie developers.

'Maker', to me, means the culture that started with O'Reilly's Make magazine, Maker Faires, and the subsequent culture that grew around it, which concentrated mainly on making physical things, rather than software.

[feriforgacs]

I'll update the landing page to clarify who the target audience of this survey is. Thank you for your help.

Probably I'm in a bubble where "maker" has a slightly different meaning :/

And what about those who are making tutorials, graphics and digital art, or music? Now I'm starting to worry that there is another name for this group of people as well :D

[yonilevy]

I'd say all the terms are wrong: you've covered maker, hacker also has nothing to do with this, as well as indie, which means being alternative, outside the mainstream. I believe you're looking for "Independent Developer"

[feriforgacs]

I changed the title of my post to try to make it a bit more clear who the target audience is.

I agree that the real meaning of the word "hacker" has almost nothing to do with independent software or digital product development, but my experience is that many people started to use it to identify those who are using their knowledge to "hack" together digital stuff. Not to mention hackathons where everyone is a "hacker".

Probably there should be more series like Mr. Robot so people would get a better picture of what real hackers are doing :D