UK Live Comedy Sector Survey

This survey is collecting data about the UK's live comedy sector to help explain and demonstrate the impact the industry has, and to identify and signal where it needs more support. The results will be shared with stakeholders and policy makers to aim to further strengthen live comedy.

The 2025 survey has closed. Thank you to everyone who took part. The results will be published on 4th February 2026.

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 will independently compile and analyse the data*, with the final report published at an event on 4th February 2026.

This is the second UK Live Comedy Sector Survey. The first, which was published earlier this year, did a great job of capturing some overview statistics, such as the live comedy sector being worth over £1billion to the UK economy annually. The report resulted in activity such as live comedy being discussed in UK Parliament.

Download the 2024 report (PDF)

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.