The second part of the UCLA Hollywood Diversity Report 2025 which focuses on streaming, notes gains in broader representation. The report observed that viewership from women and people of color contributed to the success of the top streaming films, and diversity in the casts in streaming films had grown from last year.

Streaming platforms continued to improve in the effort to increase diversity. Representation of women in acting roles in streaming productions grew last year, in contrast to women’s presence in theatrical feature films which contracted. The majority of the top ten highest rated streaming films focused on female leads.

The UCLA report also found that half of all leads in streaming films were people of color, almost twice the representation for top theatrical releases. There were also improvements in the employment of directors, with around 40% of directors people of color, compared to 20% in theatrical feature films over the same period.

The report found that some BIPOC groups exceeded or approached proportionate representation as directors, though Latinx and multiracial directors continued to be underrepresented among the top streaming films. Native and MENA women directors outnumbered men in those groups. Among writers Black, Latinx, Asian, and multiracial writers continue to be underrepresented, while Native and MENA writers approached proportionate representation (see below).

Read the full report, UCLA Hollywood Diversity Report 2025, Part 2: Streaming here.