UK Live Comedy Sector Survey

Download the 2024 report (PDF)

Thanks for looking at this survey which aims to make a first stab at tracking the size and scale of the UK live comedy sector. We don't think anything like this has happened before. The survey closed on Sunday 7th July 2024, and the results and findings are now being shared with stakeholders and policy makers.

This survey is a partnership between the Live Comedy Association, the Centre for Comedy Studies Research (Brunel University London) and British Comedy Guide. The research team at Brunel University London have independently compiled and analysed the data*, with the full report published on Thursday 6th February 2025 via the Live Comedy AGM.

Other sectors are miles ahead of the UK live comedy sector in terms of assessing their size and scale (for an example see the UK Live Music Census of 2017). In 2020, during the pandemic, the Live Comedy Association (LCA) conducted a survey of members about the possible impact of Covid but it didn't contain details about the broad economic, social and cultural benefits of what we do. Without this data, we don't think the sector can shout loudly enough, and perhaps more importantly, we don't think the right people will listen and value the impact live comedy has.

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To find out more about this study, read the participant information sheet (PDF).

Please get in touch with us if you have any questions about the survey by emailing: Comedy.Studies@brunel.ac.uk

* Research ethics approval has been obtained from the College of Business, Arts and Social Sciences (CBASS) Research Ethics Committee at Brunel University London to complete this survey.