Are Male Comedians Really Funnier?

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To investigate if people thought men were really funnier than women I reviewed the 226 Netflix Original Comedy Specials. For my sample, I retained only the ones in English (n = 163). The final sample had 127 male comedians and 36 female comedians. I then extracted the IMDB ratings for each of these 163 specials, which break ratings down by gender.


R code is here. Data file is here.

 

Highlights:

•       Men show statistical preference for male comedians (t(47.9) = -2.83, p = .007), whereas women show no preference (t(57.4) = -0.49, p = .628).

•       To see if men or women preferred male or female comedians, I extracted the ratings from IMDB, which shows ratings by gender.

•       For men, “Dave Chappelle: Sticks & Stones” (8.5) was most popular whereas “Amy Schumer: The Leather Special” (2.6) was the least.

•       For women, “Hannah Gadsby: Nanette” (9) was most popular whereas “Amy Schumer: The Leather Special” (4.7) was the least.

•       When averaging male/female ratings, Dave Chapelle’s “Sticks and Stones” had the highest ratings (8.4) while Amy Schumer’s “The Leather Special” had the lowest rating (3.7)

•       The largest gender gap where women preferred a special was “Amy Schumer: The Leather Special” (♂ = 2.6; ♀ = 4.7; Δ = 2.1).

•       The largest gender gap where men preferred a special was “Amy Schumer: The Leather Special” (♂ = 6.9; ♀ = 5.2 Δ = 2.1).

Graphics:

I made the graphic in Excel and a few edits and tweaks in PowerPoint.


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