Summary: According to Business Insider report “23
statistics that prove men dominate the tech world"
The lack of women in
technology conversation is nothing new.
Over the last few months, the
topic has been fueled by events like "Donglegate" and its backlash.
It's since become common
knowledge that women are underrepresented in tech jobs, but what about their
representation in the tech world as a whole?
Here are statistics that shed
some light on both:
In the U.S., women are
actually more likely to use social networking sites. In December 2012, 71% of
women compared to 62% of men surveyed were using social networking sites,
according to
Pew Internet.
Stat 1: LinkedIn: 63% men
and 37% women
Stat 2: Google+: 71% men
and 29% women
Stat 3: Reddit: 84% men
and 16% women
Stat 4: Regarding Reddit,
men are also twice as likely as women to be Reddit users,
according to Pew
Stat 5: 8.5% of Wikipedia
editors are women. The total percent of women editors has increased somewhat
over the years, but Wikipedia recognizes that its editing community suffers
from a lack of women editors.
Stat 6: 1.3% of
venture-backed startups have a female founder.
Stat 7: 6.5% of venture-backed
startups have a female CEO.
Stat 8: 20% of
venture-backed startups have one or more female C-level executive.
Stat 9: Women represent
less than 10% of high-level venture capitalists in the U.S., according to the
Kaufman foundation.
Stat 10: Only 12% of
angel investors in the U.S. were women in 2011, according to the Center for
Venture Research.
Stat 11: Cisco: 44 out
225 officers or managers are women.
Stat 12: Dell: 27 out of
125 officers or managers are women.
Stat 13: eBay: 10 out of
55 officers or managers are women.
Stat 14: Ingram Micro: 47
out of 236 officers or managers are women.
Stat 15: Intel: 6 out of
41 officers or managers are women.
Stat 16: Women make up
about 11.5% of all game developers, according to the International Game
Developers Association.
Stat 17: As of 2009,
there were 7,430,000 workers in STEM jobs in America. Male workers held
5,640,000 of those jobs.
Stat 18: Women hold less
than 25% of STEM jobs, according to the ESA. Among women in STEM jobs, 27% of
them are in computer science and math jobs and just 14% are in engineering
jobs, according to the ESA.
Stat 19: There about 600
million women online compared to 800 million men in developing countries,
according to a 2012 report from Intel.
Stat 20: On average,
nearly 25% fewer women than men have access to the Internet, according to
Intel.
Stat 21: The gender gap
jumps to nearly 45% in regions like sub-Saharan Africa.
Stat 22: About 35% fewer
women than men in South Asia, the Middle East, and North Africa have Internet
success.
Stat 23: Nearly 30% fewer
women than men in parts of Europe and North Africa have Internet access.
Source: Business Insider Report
