Popularity of the video game genre MMO in the U.S. 2019-2024
Gamers are among us, but what are they playing? Here is the popularity of the video game genre MMO in the U.S. over the over the past years. There is only a slight decrease from 2023 Q1 to the current value. There is a slight decrease in the values for 2023 Q1 and 2024 Q1. Overall, however, there is fluctuation between these data points, which indicates no consistent trend.
Hyped games span all types of genres, with both casual games and AAA titles driving the market. The easy entry for the one and the well-campaigned media hype for the other are aiming for the common goal of reaching as many gamers as possible. After all consumers are rarely just MMO gamers but enjoy a variety of different genres as well. The most recent ranking of preferred video game by genre in the U.S. benchmarks these MMO gamers against other gaming genres.
The survey was conducted online among 3200 to 8410 respondents per quarter in the United States, between 2019 and 2024. Statista Consumer Insights offer you all results of our exclusive Statista surveys, based on more than 2,000,000 interviews.