Data report
Are Movies Getting More Woke?
Within the Woke Movie Score corpus, the average score rose by 24.1 points from the 1920s to the 2020s. The largest adjacent-decade change was an increase of 8.6 points from the 2010s to the 2020s.
- Sample size
- 2,350 films in this analysis
- Latest scoring timestamp:
This date is the latest scoring timestamp among included films; it is not a claim that every score was refreshed then.
What the data shows
Within the Woke Movie Score corpus, the average score rose by 24.1 points from the 1920s to the 2020s. The largest adjacent-decade change was an increase of 8.6 points from the 2010s to the 2020s.
Average Woke Score by decade
Bars show the average Woke Score for each displayed decade. A partial label means the current decade is still in progress.
1920s3.3
1930s4.7
1940s4.1
1950s4.9
1960s7.9
1970s9.3
1980s9.2
1990s12.4
2000s12.3
2010s18.9
2020s*27.5
Data table
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| Decade | Average Woke Score | Films | Coverage |
|---|---|---|---|
| 1920s | 3.3 | 12 | Past calendar decade |
| 1930s | 4.7 | 20 | Past calendar decade |
| 1940s | 4.1 | 45 | Past calendar decade |
| 1950s | 4.9 | 53 | Past calendar decade |
| 1960s | 7.9 | 56 | Past calendar decade |
| 1970s | 9.3 | 129 | Past calendar decade |
| 1980s | 9.2 | 157 | Past calendar decade |
| 1990s | 12.4 | 247 | Past calendar decade |
| 2000s | 12.3 | 399 | Past calendar decade |
| 2010s | 18.9 | 591 | Past calendar decade |
| 2020s | 27.5 | 641 | Partial current decade |