In 2019 ten percent of debut television series from streamed TV in the United States had highly diverse casts. A study looking at the share of nonwhite cast members in the annual top 100 debuts in the United States found that the number of titles with highly diverse casts had increased from four titles in 2017 to ten in 2019.
Diversity in annual top 100 television debuts on streaming services in the United States from 2017 to 2019, by number of titles
the study evaluated 380 scripted television debuts
Supplementary notes
Non diverse: U.S. first-run television scripted series premiere in which less than 40% of the series regular cast is nonwhite.
Moderately diverse: U.S. first-run television scripted series premiere in which at least 40% but less than 60% of the series regular cast is nonwhite.
Highly diverse: U.S. first-run television scripted series premiere in which at least 60% of the series regular cast is nonwhite.
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Parrot Analytics. (October 5, 2020). Diversity in annual top 100 television debuts on streaming services in the United States from 2017 to 2019, by number of titles [Graph]. In Statista. Retrieved December 27, 2024, from https://www.statista.com/statistics/1182492/diversity-in-streamed-tv-debuts-usa/
Parrot Analytics. "Diversity in annual top 100 television debuts on streaming services in the United States from 2017 to 2019, by number of titles." Chart. October 5, 2020. Statista. Accessed December 27, 2024. https://www.statista.com/statistics/1182492/diversity-in-streamed-tv-debuts-usa/
Parrot Analytics. (2020). Diversity in annual top 100 television debuts on streaming services in the United States from 2017 to 2019, by number of titles. Statista. Statista Inc.. Accessed: December 27, 2024. https://www.statista.com/statistics/1182492/diversity-in-streamed-tv-debuts-usa/
Parrot Analytics. "Diversity in Annual Top 100 Television Debuts on Streaming Services in The United States from 2017 to 2019, by Number of Titles." Statista, Statista Inc., 5 Oct 2020, https://www.statista.com/statistics/1182492/diversity-in-streamed-tv-debuts-usa/
Parrot Analytics, Diversity in annual top 100 television debuts on streaming services in the United States from 2017 to 2019, by number of titles Statista, https://www.statista.com/statistics/1182492/diversity-in-streamed-tv-debuts-usa/ (last visited December 27, 2024)
Diversity in annual top 100 television debuts on streaming services in the United States from 2017 to 2019, by number of titles [Graph], Parrot Analytics, October 5, 2020. [Online]. Available: https://www.statista.com/statistics/1182492/diversity-in-streamed-tv-debuts-usa/
