Video Game Statistics
Last Updated on: February 15th, 2021
Here is a collection of some of the most interesting video game statistics and fun facts I have stumbled across in my internet travels. Posts here cover both individual games and the video game industry as a whole.
Stat posts here are edited and updated almost daily, so be sure to check back often!
Video Game History:
- -Year of first video game: 1947
- -Year of first commercially sold video game: 1971
- -Year Pong launched: 1972
- -Year the Nintendo Entertainment System launched: 1985
Video Game Statistics and Facts
Market size of today’s gaming industry:
Last updated 8/3/17
Percentage of US adults that play video games:
Last updated 5/9/19
Number of US adults that play video games:
Last updated 5/9/19
Percentage of American parents that pay attention to the games their child plays:
Last updated 5/9/19
Percentage of Americans that have at least one gamer in their household:
Last updated 5/9/19
Number of gamers in China:
Last updated 5/3/17
Projected number of gamers in China by 2023:
Last updated 5/7/19
Number of PC online gamers in China in 2018:
Projected number of PC online gamers in China by 2023
PC online game revenue in China in 2018:
Projected PC online game revenue in China by 2023:
Last updated 5/7/19
Total size of the China video game market in 2018:
Projected size of the China video game market by 2023:
Last updated 5/7/19
Percentage of video game players that play more than 2 hours a day:
Last updated 3/13/16
Percentage of video game players that prefer to play alone:
Last updated 3/13/16
How many people play video games:
2.4 billion active gamers globally
Last updated 3/5/19
Percentage of Americans, 13 and older, that are gamers:
Last updated 5/10/17
Percentage of the Chinese population that play video games:
Last updated 5/3/17
Number of video game players in the US:
Last updated 2/8/16
Percentage of US households that have at least one gamer:
Last updated 4/30/16
Average age of a US gamer:
Last updated 4/30/16
Percentage of Americans, over the age of 50, that play video games:
Last updated 6/2/16
The average US gamer has been playing since the age of 13.
Largest video game market in the world:
Last updated 4/21/16
Percentage of the gaming industry that are men:
75%
Last updated 2/8/16
Best selling category of video games:
Last updated 4/30/16
Top grossing video game of 2015:
Best selling video game of all time:
Tetris (425 million sold)
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