In recent years, the world has seen a dramatic shift from physical games to video games. Almost every teenager has a video game setup in their room these days. It’s not just young boys and girls playing them – adults are getting in on the fun, too! In this blog post, I will share detailed statistics on video games so that you can better understand this growing phenomenon.
Active video game players:
Currently, 3.09 billion people are actively playing video games throughout the world.
The current number of video games:
In 2022 there are over 5 million video games.
Video game players’ growth:
The following graph shows the number of active video game players in the last six years.
Here are the exact numbers in millions:
Year |
Active video gamers |
---|---|
2017 |
2390 million |
2018 |
2489 million |
2019 |
2625 million |
2020 |
3055 million |
2021 |
3210 million |
2022 |
3036 million |
2023 |
3265 million |
Video game players gender-wise:
52% of video gamers will be male, while 48% will be female in 2022.
Video Gamers’ gender in the last 10 years statistics:
The following graph shows the gender of video gamers in the last 10 years:
Video gamers age-wise:
36% of video gamers are between 18-34 years of age. The following graph shows the age of video gamers:
Video gamer’s statistics by device:
Many gamers play video games on pc, but there are lots of people who play mobile games. Some may have more than one device.
Top 10 Video games by players count:
Here are the 10 most played video games and their players count:
Video Game |
Players count |
---|---|
Candy Crush Saga |
2,730 million |
PUBG: Battlegrounds |
1,200 million |
Crossfire |
1,000 million |
Dungeon Fighter Online |
850 million |
Minecraft |
738 million |
QQ Speed / GKART / Speed Drifters |
700 million |
Pac-Man Doodle |
505 million] |
Among Us |
500 million |
Microsoft Solitaire |
400 million |
Mini World |
400 million |
Video games players’ statistics by country:
Here is the exact number of video gamers in top 10 countries:
Country |
Video game players |
---|---|
China |
742.2 million |
United States |
197.2 million |
Japan |
78.1 million |
South Korea |
33.8 million |
Germany |
49.8 million |
United Kingdom |
39.1 million |
France |
39.3 million |
Canada |
21.9 million |
Italy |
37.6 million |
Brazil |
100.7 million |
Average time spent on video games:
The average video gamer spends 1.2 hours per day playing the game. It makes 8.6 hours per week.
Gaming market worth:
The current US gaming market net worth is $90.1 billion.
Video games annual revenue:
Video games generated $ 184.4 billion in revenue in 2022.
Video games revenue by device:
- $35.9 billion is generated by PC games
- Console game’s annual revenue is estimated is $49.2 billion
- Mobile games have generated $90.7 billion in revenue
Video games revenue by country:
Here is the exact annual revenue of video games in the top ten countries:
Country |
Revenue |
---|---|
China |
45.8 billion |
United States |
45.0 billion |
Japan |
20.0 billion |
South Korea |
7.9 billion |
Germany |
6.6 billion |
United Kingdom |
5.5 billion |
France |
4.1 billion |
Canada |
3.4 billion |
Italy |
3.0 billion |
Brazil |
2.6 billion |