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Q&A How can I determine a genre's target audience?

I am making this question with the assumption in mind that specific genres attract certain types of people. How can I determine the target audience based off of genre alone? I'm looking for the r...

1 answer  ·  posted 9y ago by Thomas Myron‭  ·  last activity 5y ago by System‭

Question genre audience
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#2: Initial revision by (deleted user) · 2019-12-08T04:22:35Z (almost 5 years ago)
I am making this question with the assumption in mind that specific genres attract certain types of people.

How can I determine the target audience based off of genre alone? I'm looking for the reasoning behind determining target audiences, though a list of who reads what would obviously work as well.

For example, I've heard that (speaking in generality) lawyers read legal thrillers, women read romances, and so on. Those make sense. But I've also heard that graphic designers read fantasy. Why? That is my question.

#1: Imported from external source by user avatar System‭ · 2015-06-19T22:53:54Z (over 9 years ago)
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