From the season 2017/18 to 2022/23, the share of female speaking characters on broadcast and streaming programs in the United States decreased to 44.4 percent in the most recent season. By contrast, in 2017/18, 41 percent of speaking characters were women.
Distribution of speaking characters on broadcast and streaming programs in the United States from 1997/98 to 2022/23, by gender
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Non-binary/transgender
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Center for the Study of Women in Television and Film. (September 11, 2023). Distribution of speaking characters on broadcast and streaming programs in the United States from 1997/98 to 2022/23, by gender [Graph]. In Statista. Retrieved July 22, 2024, from https://www.statista.com/statistics/754839/speaking-characters-broadcast-tv-gender/
Center for the Study of Women in Television and Film. "Distribution of speaking characters on broadcast and streaming programs in the United States from 1997/98 to 2022/23, by gender." Chart. September 11, 2023. Statista. Accessed July 22, 2024. https://www.statista.com/statistics/754839/speaking-characters-broadcast-tv-gender/
Center for the Study of Women in Television and Film. (2023). Distribution of speaking characters on broadcast and streaming programs in the United States from 1997/98 to 2022/23, by gender. Statista. Statista Inc.. Accessed: July 22, 2024. https://www.statista.com/statistics/754839/speaking-characters-broadcast-tv-gender/
Center for the Study of Women in Television and Film. "Distribution of Speaking Characters on Broadcast and Streaming Programs in The United States from 1997/98 to 2022/23, by Gender." Statista, Statista Inc., 11 Sep 2023, https://www.statista.com/statistics/754839/speaking-characters-broadcast-tv-gender/
Center for the Study of Women in Television and Film, Distribution of speaking characters on broadcast and streaming programs in the United States from 1997/98 to 2022/23, by gender Statista, https://www.statista.com/statistics/754839/speaking-characters-broadcast-tv-gender/ (last visited July 22, 2024)
Distribution of speaking characters on broadcast and streaming programs in the United States from 1997/98 to 2022/23, by gender [Graph], Center for the Study of Women in Television and Film, September 11, 2023. [Online]. Available: https://www.statista.com/statistics/754839/speaking-characters-broadcast-tv-gender/