Editing Comiket (section)

===Participants===
[[File:C88-firstdaycircleticket.jpg|thumb|220px|A circle ticket for Comiket 88. The ticket uses [[holography]] to prevent counterfeiting and includes the personal information of the exhibitor (blurred in this image) to prevent [[Ticket resale|scalping]].]]

The overwhelming majority of Comiket circle participants are [[amateur]] and hobbyist artists: 70% of participating circles lose money, while only 15% turn a profit.<ref name="WHATIS"/> The majority of circle participants at Comiket are female, with women composing 57% of participating circles at Comiket 84.<ref name="WHATIS"/> General attendees at Comiket tend to skew male, with men comprising 64% of attendees at Comiket 78.<ref name="comiketoutline">{{cite web |website=Comiket.co.jp |url=http://www.comiket.co.jp/info-a/WhatIsJpn201401.pdf |script-title=ja:コミックマーケットとは何か？ 2014年1月] - コミックマーケット準備会 |language=ja |trans-title=What is the Comic Market? January 2014] - Comic Market Preparatory Committee |date=August 2, 2016 |archive-date=8 March 2014 |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20140308014547/http://www.comiket.co.jp/info-a/WhatIsJpn201401.pdf |url-status=live}} (Comiket 84 pie chart is on page 19)</ref>

Of the Comiket circle participants, a 2011 poll showed that nearly half participated because attending the event and showing off their work is enjoyable, and a significant percentage came to spread their works to the public.<ref name=":0">{{Cite journal|last1=Leavitt|first1=Alex|last2=Horbinski|first2=Andrea|date=2012-06-15|title=Even a monkey can understand fan activism: Political speech, artistic expression, and a public for the Japanese dōjin community|url=https://journal.transformativeworks.org/index.php/twc/article/view/321|journal=Transformative Works and Cultures|language=en|volume=10|doi=10.3983/twc.2012.0321|issn=1941-2258|doi-access=free}}</ref> A smaller percentage of dōjinshi creators' goal is to promote an idea or opinion through attending Comiket.<ref name=":0" />

The majority of those participating in circles in 2010 said that they are a part of a one-person circle (59%), while two-person (20%) and three-person (8%) circles were also common.<ref>{{Cite book|url=http://p.booklog.jp/book/7668|title=絵師白書2010|language=ja}}{{Dead link|date=September 2023 |bot=InternetArchiveBot |fix-attempted=yes }}</ref>