Gender issues are social problems in particular cultures that have become global discussions in the use of language, especially in reading skills which greatly affect the mastery of a language. Reading as one of the skills that really supports the success of mastering a language certainly requires techniques and strategies among students. Reading strategies is important for EFL students who want a high level of English literacy and successful language acquisition. Previous research has examined ESL students' use of metacognitive strategies in offline reading, despite the fact that not many researchers have examined the relationship between metacognitive strategies and gender contexts, especially on reading English texts online among EFL students. Therefore, this study aims to identify are there significant differences between Indonesia male and female EFL student. In using metacognitive reading strategies. This study involved 65 respondents consisting of 28 male students and 37 female students in class eleventh of MAN 2 Grobogan for the academic year 2022/2023. Data collection techniques were carried out using the Survey of Reading Strategy (SORS) developed by Mokhtari and Sheory (2002) which was distributed online using the Google form. The collected research data were analyzed using inferential statistical analysis techniques. In testing the hypothesis using independent sample T-test analysis to find out significant differences between Indonesian male and female EFL students in using metacognitive reading strategies. The results of data analysis using an independent sample t-test showed that there is no significant differences between Indonesian male and female EFL students in using metacognitive reading strategies. Thus, it can be interpreted that reading strategies are needed by students in the teaching and learning process in the classroom, but gender does not play a role in determining the reading strategies used by students. The implications of this research are students can find out the reading strategies they need so that they can solve their reading problems with proper preparation by developing strategies that make them comfortable so that they can achieve good reading achievement. Besides that, the teacher can find out the strategies that students often use so that the teacher can use teaching methods for students in an interesting way., so that students have the enthusiasm to study seriously and develop good reading skills.