This statistic shows the distribution of male and female main characters and prominent figures (show hosts, news presenters etc.) on television in Germany in 2016, broken down by genre. That year, share of female main characters on children's TV was under 30 percent. Only soaps and telenovelas had a close to equal share of male and female characters, at 52 percent female and 48 percent male.
Share of male and female main characters and personalities on television in Germany in 2016, by genre
TV: 17 channels from 14:00 to 24:00; children's TV: 4 channels from 06:00 to 20:00
Supplementary notes
* General TV: representative sample of 2 standardized weeks in 2016 based on 2,945 TV programs (German production or production with German contribution);
Children's TV: representative sample of 2 standardized weeks in 2016 based on 2,692 TV programs (all countries, 87 percent fictional) with 6,205 protagonists or central figures.
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Uni Rostock. (July 12, 2017). Share of male and female main characters and personalities on television in Germany in 2016, by genre [Graph]. In Statista. Retrieved December 23, 2024, from https://www.statista.com/statistics/915261/gender-distribution-of-main-tv-characters-germany/
Uni Rostock. "Share of male and female main characters and personalities on television in Germany in 2016, by genre." Chart. July 12, 2017. Statista. Accessed December 23, 2024. https://www.statista.com/statistics/915261/gender-distribution-of-main-tv-characters-germany/
Uni Rostock. (2017). Share of male and female main characters and personalities on television in Germany in 2016, by genre. Statista. Statista Inc.. Accessed: December 23, 2024. https://www.statista.com/statistics/915261/gender-distribution-of-main-tv-characters-germany/
Uni Rostock. "Share of Male and Female Main Characters and Personalities on Television in Germany in 2016, by Genre." Statista, Statista Inc., 12 Jul 2017, https://www.statista.com/statistics/915261/gender-distribution-of-main-tv-characters-germany/
Uni Rostock, Share of male and female main characters and personalities on television in Germany in 2016, by genre Statista, https://www.statista.com/statistics/915261/gender-distribution-of-main-tv-characters-germany/ (last visited December 23, 2024)
Share of male and female main characters and personalities on television in Germany in 2016, by genre [Graph], Uni Rostock, July 12, 2017. [Online]. Available: https://www.statista.com/statistics/915261/gender-distribution-of-main-tv-characters-germany/
