Country Gender Gaps
Smallest gap:
Taiwan: 63% Male artists
34% Female artists
South Korea: 68% Male artists
31% Female artists
China. : 68% Male artists
31% Female artists
Largest gap:
Bangladesh: 92% Male artists
6% Female artists
Nigeria: 91% Male artists
8% Female artists
Sri Lanka: 90% Male artists
9% Female artists
Taiwan leads as the country with the smallest gender gap among solo artists—29% more men than women—while Bangladesh sits at the opposite end, with a striking 83% gap favoring male artists.
Though these figures only account for solo male and female artists, the prevalence of solo members from large regional pop groups—such as K-Pop or C-Pop—may allude to smaller gaps in East Asian countries.
About the report:
Released in tandem with our dataset, tracker, and ongoing identification initiative, our 2025 report aims to address the current state of gender equity across different sectors in music. It’s important to note that while pronouns often align with gender identity, they are not synonymous. This analysis, based on pronoun usage, is and imperfect step toward understanding and addressing gender equity in music.
Rather than assigning gender to artists, we have relied on the pronouns that artists and their teams include in their bios on digital streaming platforms. This has grown into a database of over +1M pronouns.
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