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August 2024 in Review

31 Aug, 2024

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[Added at 10 PM]

I only just now realize I forgot to mention something important in my August In Review: on August 11 I lost both the Hugo and the Aurora awards back to back. In both cases, the process was painless, even enjoyable. 


August 2024

22 works reviewed. 12 by women (55%), 10 by men (45%), 0 by non-binary authors (0%), 0 by authors whose gender is unknown (0%), and 9.5 by POC (43%).

2024 to Date

175 works reviewed. 98 by women (56%), 74 by men (42%), 2 by non-binary authors (1%), 1 by authors whose gender is unknown (1%), and 70.5 by POC (40%).

Grand Total to Date

2704 works reviewed. 1510 by women (56%), 1129 by men (42%), 42 by non-binary authors (2%), 23 by authors whose gender is unknown (1%), and 842.25 by POC (31%).

Government Types August 2024

Total 22, Not Applicable 1 (5%), Unclear 3 (14%), Anarchy 0 (0%), Pure democracy 0 (%), Representative democracy 7 (32%), Oligarchy 10 (45%), Autocracy 1 (5%).

Government Type 2024 TD

Total 175, Not Applicable 20 (11%), Unclear 12 (7%), Anarchy 6 (3%), Pure democracy 1 (0.6%), Representative democracy 56 (32%), Oligarchy 74 (42%), Autocracy 6 (3%).


2024 August 2023 August 2022 August 2021 August 2020 August 2019 August 2018 August 2017 August 2016 August 2015 August 2014 August
Women 12 12 11 11 13 10.5 11 12.5 12 22 6
Non-Binary 0 2 1 1 0 0 0 0 0 0 0
Unknown 0 1 0 0 0 0 0 1 0 0 0
POC 9.5 9 9 9 8.5 8 7 5 5 5 3
Total 22 23 22 22 22 21 22 22 22 28 23
% Women 55 52 50 50 59 50 50 57 55 61 26
% Non-Binary 0 9 5 5 0 0 0 5 0 0 0
% Unknown 0 4 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0
% POC 43 39 41 41 39 38 32 35 23 18 13
2024 TD 2023 TD 2022 TD 2021 TD 2020 TD 2019 TD 2018 TD 2017 TD 2016 TD 2015 TD 2014 TD
Women 98 97 95.5 93.5 91.5 90.25 93.5 79 99 132 18
Non-Binary 2 5 6 4 6 2 2 4 2 0 0
Unknown 1 2 0 3 3.5 1.5 5 1 0 0 0
POC 70.5 69 66 70 65.5 66.25 59 51.5 39 20.5 4
Total 175 174 173 172 169 165 173 168 169 216 48
% Women 56 56 55 54 54 55 54 54 59 61 38
% Non-Binary 1 2 3 2 4 1 1 2 1 0 0
% Unknown 1 1 0 2 2 1 3 1 0 0 0
% POC 40 40 38 41 39 40 34 31 23 9 8



Month 2024 August 2024 July 2024 June 2024 May 2024 April 2024 March 2024 February 2024 January
Government Type
Not Applicable 1 4 1 1 5 1 4 3
Unclear 3 2 2 1 0 2 1 1
Anarchy 0 0 2 0 0 2 1 1
Pure democracy 0 0 1 0 0 0 0 0
Representative democracy 7 6 6 10 6 6 6 9
Oligarchy 10 11 8 11 9 10 8 7
Autocracy 1 0 1 0 1 1 1 1
total 22 23 21 23 21 22 21 22
YTD
Not Applicable 20 19 15 14 13 8 7 3
Unclear 12 9 7 5 4 4 2 1
Anarchy 6 6 6 4 4 4 2 1
Pure Democracy 1 1 1 0 0 0 0 0
Representative Democracy 56 49 43 37 27 21 15 9
Oligarchy 74 64 53 45 34 25 15 7
Autocracy 6 5 5 4 4 3 2 1
total 175 153 130 109 86 65 43 22