Gone were the days when them guys dominate every gaming scene.
Today, video gamers are almost equally divided in terms of gender.
What age group plays the most video games?
From which country?
Take a look at the latest video game demographics in 2024.
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Video Game Demographics 2024
Kicking off our demographics with the number of active video game players globally from 2015 to 2023.
- 2015 – there were 1.99 billion video gamers during the year
- 2016 – there were 2.11 billion video gamers during the year
- 2017 – there were 2.26 billion video gamers during the year
- 2018 – there were 2.42 billion video gamers during the year
- 2019 – there were 2.55 billion video gamers during the year
- 2020 – there were 2.69 billion video gamers during the year
- 2021 – there were 2.81 billion video gamers during the year
- 2022 – there were 2.95 billion video gamers during the year
- 2023 – there were 3.07 billion video gamers during the year
Video Game Demographics by Gender
Times have changed.
Men are not the king in video game streets any longer.
Today, video gamers are equally distributed between genders.
According to the latest statistics, there are 1.70 billion male gamers and 1.39 billion female gamers globally.
Video Game Demographics by Age
Take a look at the demographics of male and female players, segmented per age group.
Male Video Gamers
- 16 to 24 years old – 91.1% of video game players in this age group are male
- 25 to 35 years old – 88.7% of video game players in this age group are male
- 35 to 44 years old – 86.8% of video game players in this age group are male
- 45 to 54 years old – 79.7% of video game players in this age group are male
- 55 to 64 years old – 68.0% of video game players in this age group are male
Female Video Gamers
- 16 to 24 years old – 86.4% of video game players in this age group are female
- 25 to 35 years old – 86.0% of video game players in this age group are female
- 35 to 44 years old – 82.6% of video game players in this age group are female
- 45 to 54 years old – 76.5% of video game players in this age group are female
- 55 to 64 years old – 67.7% of video game players in this age group are female
Video Game Demographics in the United States
Gender distribution of video gamers in the United States changed significantly in the past decade.
Below is detailed information on the US male-female video gamer ratio from 2006 to 2022, generated from Statista.
- 2006 – 62% of US video gamers are male while 38% are female during the year
- 2007 – 62% of US video gamers are male while 38% are female during the year
- 2008 – 60% of US video gamers are male while 40% are female during the year
- 2009 – 60% of US video gamers are male while 40% are female during the year
- 2010 – 60% of US video gamers are male while 40% are female during the year
- 2011 – 58% of US video gamers are male while 42% are female during the year
- 2012 – 53% of US video gamers are male while 47% are female during the year
- 2013 – 55% of US video gamers are male while 45% are female during the year
- 2014 – 52% of US video gamers are male while 48% are female during the year
From 2015 to 2022:
- 2015 – 56% of US video gamers are male while 44% are female during the year
- 2016 – 59% of US video gamers are male while 41% are female during the year
- 2017 – 58% of US video gamers are male while 42% are female during the year
- 2018 – 55% of US video gamers are male while 45% are female during the year
- 2019 – 54% of US video gamers are male while 46% are female during the year
- 2020 – 59% of US video gamers are male while 41% are female during the year
- 2021 – 55% of US video gamers are male while 45% are female during the year
- 2022 – 52% of US video gamers are male while 48% are female during the year
Video Game Demographics in Europe
Meanwhile, here are Europe’s video game demographics, defined by age groups.
- 6 to 10 years old – 9% of all video gamers in the region belong to this age group
- 11 to 14 years old – 9% of all video gamers in the region belong to this age group
- 15 to 24 years old – 22% of all video gamers in the region belong to this age group
- 25 to 34 years old – 20% of all video gamers in the region belong to this age group
- 35 to 44 years old – 16% of all video gamers in the region belong to this age group
- 45 to 64 years old – 23% of all video gamers in the region belong to this age group
Video Gamers by Educational Attainment
Curious to know the educational attainment of global video gamers?
Check out this data below.
- High school – 18.5% of global video gamers have this educational attainment
- Associate degree – 16.9% of global video gamers have this educational attainment
- Bachelor’s degree – 14.7% of global video gamers have this educational attainment
- Master of Arts – 8.2% of global video gamers have this educational attainment
- Master (other) – 7.4% of global video gamers have this educational attainment
- Master of Business Administration – 8.7% of global video gamers have this educational attainment
- Master of Engineering – 10.0% of global video gamers have this educational attainment
- Ph.D. – 11.6% of global video gamers have this educational attainment
- Juris Doctor – 10.1% of global video gamers have this educational attainment
- Medical – 6.7% of global video gamers have this educational attainment
- Doctor of Dental Surgery – 5.8% of global video gamers have this educational attainment
Conclusion
In this latest video game demographics show there has been a significant improvement in player distribution by gender.
Today, there are more female gamers on the line compared to a decade ago.
Experts say women can overtake men in the industry moving forward.
