Our own directory of women in metal

Women in metal by the numbers

We keep our own directory of women who play metal, built from what the artists and the bands publish about themselves. These are the counts. Nobody has published this before, because nobody has counted it this way.

How the 8,952 women we track play

A woman can play more than one instrument, so these numbers add up to more than the number of women.

Vocals

7,998

89% of the women we track

Bass

1,106

12% of the women we track

Guitars

1,086

12% of the women we track

Keyboards

855

10% of the women we track

Drums

573

6% of the women we track

Violin

158

2% of the women we track

Flute

111

1% of the women we track

Cello

0% of the women we track

Harp

0% of the women we track

Where they come from

The twenty countries with the most women in our directory.

United States1,288
Germany626
Russia545
Italy508
Japan447
Brazil375
France360
Spain356
United Kingdom302
Mexico280
Canada266
Poland238
Finland207
Netherlands197
Sweden192
Argentina192
Czechia160
Greece124
Indonesia124
Chile120

The women we track come from 115 countries in total.

About these numbers: they come from our own directory, which we build from what artists and bands publish about themselves, and which we check by hand. If you are a musician we have listed wrongly, or you would like to be removed, write to [email protected].