The percentage of women in gaming?

[satori01]

I think the typical style of "kill things and take their stuff" doesn't really appeal to most women, .

The women in my group are just as willing as the men to kill things and take their stuff, sometimes even more so.

 

[diaglo]

My experience through both personal experience and conventions has been that women make up 15-20% of gamers. My (or anyone else's except for WotC's or Paizo's market research) sample size is statistically insignificant, though.

like PKitty my data is not significant.

but it is around 5 in 46 or ~ 11%

 

[RFisher]

A quick survey of my group puts it at 40%.

 

[Rykion]

Including all the groups I've regularly played with, the number of female gamers has been 5 in 28 or about 18%. In the groups I was in before college it was 0 in 15. In the groups during or post college, it has been 5 in 13. Those numbers only include regular players and DMs, not people that played a time or two and quit.

 

[Ovistavin]

Let's in my group there are 5 women and 3 men, so that's 62.5%. All but one of the groups I played in had at least 1 female and none of them have a problem with killing monsters. Hell, one of them has a real flail in her apartment. I would hate to be the person who broke into her place, between the flail, bow, daggers, and the 2 swords (a real one she gave her 17 year old son and the a wooden practice sword that I gave her).

Museum Replicas is a fun place to shop!

 

[Oryan77]

Since I started playing 3.5 I have always had at least 2 women in the group. Never more than that though. So that makes 40%!

 

[sjmiller]

My current group is at an all time low of 33.33% (3 out of 9). I've had groups that are 75%, 50%, and 60%. I've been very lucky, I guess. Judging by the numbers being bantered about here, I would say extremely lucky.

 

[Alnag]

Several small surveys from late years estimate in average 22% of women...

 

[Yesminde]

Most of the other female gamers I've met were kind of . . . um . . . flaky, so I don't know how desirable it is to have a bunch of them around, anyway. Of course, maybe I could also be considered a flake, but I don't think so. I'm rather more balanced and practical-minded. In fact, I'm rather more like a guy than a gal in many ways.

As for estimating what percentage of gamers are female, how would you even go about estimating how many gamers there are? I ask, because I belong to another culture segment that is also very male-heavy, and the gentlemen are also known for asking what percentage of females they can expect in that group as well.

 

[Princesskeyblade]

There aren't many of us. But I am in a group that is 70% female so it is strange to sit at a convention table to play Star Wars or Shadowrun and be the only woman there.

We are indeed a semi rare occurance .... That being said, I do think that the number of female gamers is growing.