Interview · moment 8 of 26
Women, Comedy Audiences, and Who Actually Listens to the Show
from Trevor Wallace & The Nickelodeon Scandal | The Tim Dillon Show #385 · #385
2 min
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Tim and Trevor discuss why comedy audiences skew male, argue women don't really love stand-up the way men do, and break down the demographics of Tim's own show as 80% male, intelligent, and darkly political.
- Comedians don't have female fan bases because women aren't connoisseurs of great comedy.
- Tim questions whether women love comedy when they're young, suggesting they watch ten minutes and think they understand standup.
- Getting more women fans now, but the audience needs balance—guys feel intimidated when their girlfriends laugh at other comedians.
- The show's audience is 80% male because it's an intelligent show and most women care primarily about getting married and having babies.
- Women listeners prefer dating podcasts over his show because dating relates to partner selection, which matters more to them.
- Tim notes he's a gay guy doing a sociopolitical cultural show, so the women who listen have brains—about 99.8% of his female audience.
- He has radical non-binaries listening to the show, though the breakdown of that demographic is unclear.