Favorite movie genres in the U.S. 2018

This statistic shows the most popular movie genres among adults in the United States as of December 2018. The findings reveal that 90 percent of respondents said that they had a very or somewhat favorable impression of comedy and adventure movies, making these genres the most popular among responding U.S. adults. The least favorable genres were horror and musicals.

Comparison between gender and ethnicity also provided interesting results, particularly in terms of gender preferences for certain genres such as romance and musicals.

Most popular movie genres among adults in the United States as of December 2018

Characteristic	Share of respondents
Comedy	90%
Adventure	90%
Action	88%
Thriller/mystery	84%
Drama	84%
Crime	82%
Documentary	77%
Romantic comedy	76%
Live-action	73%
Animated	70%
Fantasy	70%
Sci-fi	69%
Romance	67%
Musicals	57%
Horror	52%

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Release date

December 2018

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Region

United States

Survey time period

November 29 to December 2, 2018

Number of respondents

Age group

18 years and older

Method of interview

Online survey

Supplementary notes

*Total sample size was 2,200.Results given are reflective of respondents who had a very or somewhat favorable impression of the movie type.
Question: Do you have a favorable or unfavorable impression of the following types of movies?

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