Audience evidenceThe verdict — who this is for, by the receipts

Made first for older women 1

The Blair Witch Project's audience scores lean most toward older women at 57 of 100, with comparable appeal to older men 1. Its overall reach is rated mainstream — mainstream, general-audience reach 2. Relative to the expected cast make-up for its production origin, on-screen representation registers above the baseline for White and below it for Black and Hispanic 3. On content balance it reads entertainment-first at 0 of 100, weighting storytelling over explicit messaging 4.

The receipts — every claim above is sourced
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    Audience scoreolder women 57 of 100 is the top quadrant, with older men 54 close behind.WhatSphere audience model, score_version 1
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    ReachAudience breadth rated mainstream.WhatSphere audience model, score_version 1
  3. 3
    RepresentationRepresentation vs production-origin baseline: White 94, Black 26, Hispanic 28.WhatSphere representation model, score_version 1
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    Content balanceContent balance entertainment-first at 0 of 100.WhatSphere content-balance model, score_version 1

WhatSphere presents the sourced record; it does not cast the judgement. Every statement above is drawn from a stored, sourced row — shown beside it — and nothing is asserted beyond what those receipts support.

Verified June 15, 2026Scores accuracy-checked against current data.Think a score is wrong? Submit a correction.
Primary audienceOlder WomenOlder Women57
Young MaleYoung FemaleMature MaleMature Female
Primary audienceOlder Women
Mainstream

Quadrant Scores

Young Men
43
Young Women
46
Older Men
54
Older Women
57
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Audience Representation

White
94
Black
26
Hispanic
28
Asian
38
South Asian
46
Middle Eastern
48
Indigenous
48
Mixed
42
Other
48
LGBTQ+
0

Faithfulness

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Advocacy

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Entertainment

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Synopsis

In October of 1994 three student filmmakers disappeared in the woods near Burkittsville, Maryland, while shooting a documentary. A year later their footage was found.

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Cast & Crew

Daniel Myrick (director) · Eduardo Sánchez (director)