A poll would be a pain to do as digging out the major communities of even a decent sample size of fandoms would be annoying.
I note that my own anecdotal experience with fan-creators in most of my fandoms is that there are many male fan-creators. *doesn't deal with a large enough sampling of the fandoms to feel comfortable with claiming predominance for one gender or another*
Further thoughts on why classifying fandom as predominately female is bad: It introduces and may internalize a bias in researchers to view male fan-creators as aberrations. This is not helpful to academic analysis.
It also suggests an exclusion of male fan-creators. This may not be intended, and it may not be read by some male fan-creators, but it is a visible implication. This is not helpful to OTW's attempts to be inclusive of all fandoms.
Also, examining fandom 'overall' leads to basing fandom analysis on the greatest common denominator, which has limited usefulness to academic analysis.
Re: From metafandom as well...
I note that my own anecdotal experience with fan-creators in most of my fandoms is that there are many male fan-creators. *doesn't deal with a large enough sampling of the fandoms to feel comfortable with claiming predominance for one gender or another*
Further thoughts on why classifying fandom as predominately female is bad: It introduces and may internalize a bias in researchers to view male fan-creators as aberrations. This is not helpful to academic analysis.
It also suggests an exclusion of male fan-creators. This may not be intended, and it may not be read by some male fan-creators, but it is a visible implication. This is not helpful to OTW's attempts to be inclusive of all fandoms.
Also, examining fandom 'overall' leads to basing fandom analysis on the greatest common denominator, which has limited usefulness to academic analysis.