By now most people have realised that the women to men ratio, when it comes to tech, is totally unbalanced. This discussion is nothing new and so when Business Insider came out with these stats, to prove the assumption that “men dominate the tech world”, we had to share it with you.
Based on studies and conversations at events and examinations of certain Internet platforms, these are the stats.
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: 8,5% of Wikipedia editors are women
Stat 5: 1,3% of venture-backed startups have a female founder.
Stat 6: 6,5% of venture-backed startups have a female CEO.
Stat 7: Ingram Micro: 47 out of 236 officers or managers are women.
Stat 8: Dell: 27 out of 125 officers or managers are women.
Stat 9: eBay: 10 out of 55 officers or managers are women.
Stat 10: Intel: 6 out of 41 officers or managers are women.
Stat 11: There around 600 million women online compared to 800 million men in developing countries.
Stat 12: Nearly 30% fewer women than men in parts of Europe and North Africa have Internet access.
Stat 13: Women make up about 11,5% of all game developers.
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[Source: Business Insider]
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