According to a survey conducted in South Korea in 2023, around 24 percent of active professional e-sports players stated that their career had thus far lasted two years. The average career length of pro gamers was 3.4 years that year. About 83.2 percent of respondents had a career that was five years or shorter.
Career length distribution of active professional e-sports players in South Korea as of September 2023
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Korea Creative Content Agency. (December 13, 2023). Career length distribution of active professional e-sports players in South Korea as of September 2023 [Graph]. In Statista. Retrieved June 04, 2024, from https://www.statista.com/statistics/1336359/south-korea-career-length-of-progamers/
Korea Creative Content Agency. "Career length distribution of active professional e-sports players in South Korea as of September 2023." Chart. December 13, 2023. Statista. Accessed June 04, 2024. https://www.statista.com/statistics/1336359/south-korea-career-length-of-progamers/
Korea Creative Content Agency. (2023). Career length distribution of active professional e-sports players in South Korea as of September 2023. Statista. Statista Inc.. Accessed: June 04, 2024. https://www.statista.com/statistics/1336359/south-korea-career-length-of-progamers/
Korea Creative Content Agency. "Career Length Distribution of Active Professional E-sports Players in South Korea as of September 2023." Statista, Statista Inc., 13 Dec 2023, https://www.statista.com/statistics/1336359/south-korea-career-length-of-progamers/
Korea Creative Content Agency, Career length distribution of active professional e-sports players in South Korea as of September 2023 Statista, https://www.statista.com/statistics/1336359/south-korea-career-length-of-progamers/ (last visited June 04, 2024)
Career length distribution of active professional e-sports players in South Korea as of September 2023 [Graph], Korea Creative Content Agency, December 13, 2023. [Online]. Available: https://www.statista.com/statistics/1336359/south-korea-career-length-of-progamers/