Looking Glass Survey 2024
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More than 4,300 film, TV, and cinema workers responded to the 2024 Looking Glass Survey conducted over the summer. The headline findings reveal a decline in mental health for many compared to the 2022 survey.
We are currently analysing the survey results in detail and expect to publish a full report in early 2025.
Initial results from the 2024 Looking Glass Survey
The 2024 Looking Glass Survey – the industry’s biggest and most robust dataset on this topic – reveals that:
35% of respondents describe their mental health as ‘poor’ or ‘very poor’, a marked increase from 24% in 2022.
30% of respondents experienced suicidal thoughts over the past 12 months.
Early findings also suggests that the current climate in the industry, marked by a growing sense of job insecurity, may be contributing to the decline in workers’ mental health.
Culture and conditions of work within the industry
The survey results also indicate that issues remain with the industry’s culture, conditions of work, and its capability to support workers’ mental health. Initial findings include:
Only 12% of those surveyed felt that the industry is a mentally healthy place to work
64% considered leaving the industry over the past 12 months due to concerns about their mental health
Looking Glass Survey 2022
You can also read our previous Looking Glass report from 2022, 2021 and 2019.
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