After five years of explosive growth designed to make the Academy of Motion Picture Arts and Sciences bigger, more international and more diverse, growth slowed significantly in 2021, with the organization adding only 187 new Oscar voters to last year’s total of 9,300.
According to an AMPAS branch count dated Jan. 24, 2022, the Academy has 9,487 members who are eligible to vote for this year’s 94th Academy Awards when nomination voting opens on Thursday. The increase came after a year in which 395 film professionals were invited to join the Academy, about half the number that had been invited since the 2016 #OscarsSoWhite protests caused AMPAS leadership to undertake a revamping of its membership.