Topic: Women in Media

Women in Media in the U.S. - statistics & facts

The role that women play in media has become a hotly-discussed topic in recent years, with some alleging that there is an unfair bias towards men in this industry, both in terms of the opportunities they get and the money they receive. This can be most acutely seen in Hollywood, where the battle of the sexes re-emerges during every awards season. Since 2010, only two of the 40 film-makers nominated for the Golden Globe award for Best Director have been female

Daily time spent on live TV among women in the U.S.
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Average daily time spend reading by women in the U.S.
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Share of women who get news via the internet daily in the U.S.
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Cinema & Film

Film writers' gender distribution in the U.S. 2011-2024

Cinema & Film

Distribution of lead actors in movies in the U.S. 2011-2024, by gender

Music

Share of female popular music artists in the U.S. 2024

Consumption

Time women spend with media 2019
Time women spend with media 2019
Weekly time women spent with selected media in the United States as of May 2019 (in minutes)
Top films' audience distribution in the U.S. & Canada in 2021, by gender
Top films' audience distribution in the U.S. & Canada in 2021, by gender
Distribution of the audiences of the highest-grossing movies in the United States and Canada in 2021, by gender
Frequency of streaming TV shows in the U.S. 2020, by gender
Frequency of streaming TV shows in the U.S. 2020, by gender
Frequency of watching or streaming TV shows among adults in the United States as of January 2020, by gender
Radio reach in the U.S. in 2025, by age and gender
Radio reach in the U.S. in 2025, by age and gender
Weekly radio reach in the United States as of March 2025, by age and gender
Growth in daily podcast reach among Millennials U.S. 2018-2019, by gender/ethnicity
Growth in daily podcast reach among Millennials U.S. 2018-2019, by gender/ethnicity
Growth in daily reach of podcasts among adults aged 18 to 34 in the United States from 3rd quarter 2018 to 3rd quarter 2019, by gender and ethnicity
Average reading time in the U.S. 2018-2025, by gender
Average reading time in the U.S. 2018-2025, by gender
Average daily time spent reading per capita in the United States from 2018 to 2025, by gender (in hours)
Digital and print magazine reader demographics in the U.S. 2019
Digital and print magazine reader demographics in the U.S. 2019
Digital and print magazine reader demographics in the United States as of fall 2019
Audiobook listeners in the U.S. 2018-2021, by gender
Audiobook listeners in the U.S. 2018-2021, by gender
Share of adults who have listened to an audiobook in the last 12 months in the United States from 2018 to 2021, by gender

Film

Share of girls & women in films in the U.S. 2019, by genre
Share of girls & women in films in the U.S. 2019, by genre
Share of girls and women in films in the United States from 2007 to 2019, by genre
Women of color directors of top movies 2007-2019
Women of color directors of top movies 2007-2019
Number of underrepresented women directors per distributor from top-grossing movies from 2007 to 2019
Share of female film directors in Hollywood 2019
Share of female film directors in Hollywood 2019
Share of female film directors in Hollywood from 2007 to 2019
Film writers' gender distribution in the U.S. 2011-2024
Film writers' gender distribution in the U.S. 2011-2024
Distribution of movie writers in the United States from 2011 to 2024, by gender
Distribution of lead actors in movies in the U.S. 2011-2024, by gender
Distribution of lead actors in movies in the U.S. 2011-2024, by gender
Distribution of lead actors in movies in the United States from 2011 to 2024, by gender
Share of women in behind-the-scenes roles in Hollywood 1998-2023
Share of women in behind-the-scenes roles in Hollywood 1998-2023
Share of women in behind-the-scenes roles in Hollywood from 1998 to 2023
Distribution of speaking characters in film in the U.S. 2002-2024, by gender
Distribution of speaking characters in film in the U.S. 2002-2024, by gender
Distribution of speaking characters in highest-grossing movies in the United States from 2002 to 2024, by gender
Best-paid actresses in 2020
Best-paid actresses in 2020
Annual income of the world's best-paid actresses in 2020 (in million U.S. dollars)

Television

Share of female staff on broadcast network programs in the U.S. 2024, by role
Share of female staff on broadcast network programs in the U.S. 2024, by role
Share of female employees in behind-the-scenes jobs on broadcast network programs in the United States in the 2023-24 season, by role
Share of females behind-the-scenes in TV streaming in the U.S. 2024, by role
Share of females behind-the-scenes in TV streaming in the U.S. 2024, by role
Share of female employees in behind-the-scenes jobs on streaming TV programs in the United States in 2023-2024, by role
Female TV director share in the U.S. 2012-2018
Female TV director share in the U.S. 2012-2018
Share of female episodic TV directors for broadcast, cable and streaming services in the United States in season 2012-13 and 2017-18
Regular characters on broadcast network programs in the U.S.2005-2022, by gender
Regular characters on broadcast network programs in the U.S.2005-2022, by gender
Distribution of series regular characters on broadcast network programs in the United States from 2005 to 2022, by gender
Female characters on broadcast network programs in the U.S. 2024, by ethnicity
Female characters on broadcast network programs in the U.S. 2024, by ethnicity
Distribution of female characters on broadcast network programs in the United States in the 2023-24 season, by ethnicity
Distribution of speaking characters on broadcast TV in the U.S. 1997-2024, by gender
Distribution of speaking characters on broadcast TV in the U.S. 1997-2024, by gender
Distribution of speaking characters on broadcast and streaming programs in the United States from 1997/98 to 2023/24, by gender
Number of queer female characters on cable networks in the U.S. 2017-2018
Number of queer female characters on cable networks in the U.S. 2017-2018
Number of lesbian and bisexual female characters appearing on selected cable television networks in the United States in the 2017/2018 season

Music

Gender of producers in the music industry in the U.S. 2023
Gender of producers in the music industry in the U.S. 2023
Share of producers in the music industry in the United States from 2012 to 2023, by gender
Gender distribution of writers of popular songs in the U.S. 2012-2023
Gender distribution of writers of popular songs in the U.S. 2012-2023
Share of popular songs written by women in the United States from 2012 to 2023
Gender distribution of popular songs in the U.S. 2012-2023, by genre
Gender distribution of popular songs in the U.S. 2012-2023, by genre
Gender distribution of popular songs in the United States from 2012 to 2023, by genre
Share of female popular music artists in the U.S. 2024
Share of female popular music artists in the U.S. 2024
Share of female artists in popular music in the United States from 2012 to 2024
Artists with most songs in the Billboard Top 100 in the U.S. 2012-2024
Artists with most songs in the Billboard Top 100 in the U.S. 2012-2024
Solo artists with the most songs in the Billboard Top 100 in the United States from 2012 to 2024
Songwriters with most songs in the Billboard Top 100 in the U.S. 2024
Songwriters with most songs in the Billboard Top 100 in the U.S. 2024
Songwriters with the most songs in the Billboard Top 100 in the United States from 2012 to 2024
Highest-paid women in music 2019
Highest-paid women in music 2019
Annual income of highest-paid female music celebrities in from June 2018 to June 2019 (in million U.S. dollars)

Media portrayal

Opinion on violence against women in TV shows in the U.S. 2019
Opinion on violence against women in TV shows in the U.S. 2019
Share of adults who are bothered by violence against women in TV shows the United States as of March 2019
Opinion on increase of violence against women on TV in the U.S. 2019, by gender
Opinion on increase of violence against women on TV in the U.S. 2019, by gender
Share of adults who believe violence against women on TV is more common now than five years ago in the United States as of March 2019, by gender
Attitudes to treatment of women in old James Bond films U.S. 2019, by gender
Attitudes to treatment of women in old James Bond films U.S. 2019, by gender
Attitudes towards the portrayal of women in classic James Bond movies in the United States as of March 2019, by gender
View on adequate number of roles for women in Hollywood movies 2019, by gender
View on adequate number of roles for women in Hollywood movies 2019, by gender
Perspectives on whether there is a sufficient number of acting roles for women in the United States as of January 2019, by gender

Accolades

Gender distribution of Academy Award nominees 2026, by non-acting category
Gender distribution of Academy Award nominees 2026, by non-acting category
Gender distribution of Academy Award nominees in the United States in 2026, by non-acting category
Gender distribution of Academy Award nominees in the U.S. 2018-2025
Gender distribution of Academy Award nominees in the U.S. 2018-2025
Distribution of non-acting Academy Award nominees in the United States from 2018 to 2025, by gender
Distribution of voters at the Academy Awards 2012-2022, by gender
Distribution of voters at the Academy Awards 2012-2022, by gender
Distribution of voters at the Academy Awards from 2012 to 2022, by gender
Gender distribution of Grammy nominees in the U.S. 2013-2024
Gender distribution of Grammy nominees in the U.S. 2013-2024
Share of Grammy nominations in the United States from 2013 to 2024, by gender
Gender distribution of Grammy Awards nominees in the U.S. 2013-2025, by category
Gender distribution of Grammy Awards nominees in the U.S. 2013-2025, by category
Gender distribution of nominees for the Grammy Awards in the United States from 2013 to 2025, by category
Number of Golden Globe Best Director nominees 1980-2026, by gender
Number of Golden Globe Best Director nominees 1980-2026, by gender
Number of Golden Globe Best Director nominees from 1980 to 2026, by gender

Daily time spent on live TV among women in the U.S.
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Average daily time spend reading by women in the U.S.
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Share of women who get news via the internet daily in the U.S.
55%

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- Share of women in comedy films in 2018
- 38.7%
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Share of girls & women in films in the U.S. 2019, by genre
- Share of lead actors in films in who are female
- ****%
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Distribution of lead actors in movies in the U.S. 2011-2024, by gender
- World's best paid actress
- Sofia Vergara
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Best-paid actresses in 2020

- Highest earning Hollywood TV actress in 2018
- Sofia Vergara
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Highest earning Hollywood TV actresses 2018
- Share of female directors on broadcast network TV programs in the U.S.
- **%
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Share of female staff on broadcast network programs in the U.S. 2024, by role
- Share of female speaking characters on broadcast and streaming programs
- ****%
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Distribution of speaking characters on broadcast TV in the U.S. 1997-2024, by gender

- Share of popular songs written by women
- ****%
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Gender distribution of writers of popular songs in the U.S. 2012-2023
- Share of female producers in the music industry
- ***%
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Gender of producers in the music industry in the U.S. 2023
- Share of females in Spotify's top 20 streams worldwide as of 2017
- **%
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Spotify: top streams worldwide 2017, by gender

- Average annual income of female editorial publishing employees in 2018
- 54,000 USD
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Income of publishing employees in the U.S. 2018
- Share of female sports journalists in 2017
- 10%
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Gender distribution of print news journalists in the U.S. 2017, by topic
- Share of female journalists at The New York Times in 2017
- 41%
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Gender distribution of newspaper journalists in the U.S. 2017, by publication

- Share of female Grammy nominees
- **%
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Gender distribution of Grammy nominees in the U.S. 2013-2024
- Share of Academy Award winning movies with a female lead actor 2020
- **%
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Distribution of Oscar-winning movies in the U.S. 2011-2020, by lead actor gender
- Share of Best New Artist Grammy nominees who were women
- ****%
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Gender distribution of Grammy Awards nominees in the U.S. 2013-2025, by category

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