Japan: eSports audience 2025

The eSports market in Japan had an estimated audience of 7.76 million people in 2022. Viewership was expected to increase to more than 10 million people by 2025. Similarly, the size of the eSports market in Japan was expected to grow further in the coming years and reach a value of close to 21.8 billion Japanese yen by 2025.

Number of eSports viewers in Japan from 2019 to 2022 with a forecast until 2025 (in millions)

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Release date

December 2023

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Region

Japan

Survey time period

2019 to 2022

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figures refer to the number of people who had the experience of being spectators at matches, watching matches via onlines videos, or watching matches via broadcasting, such as terrestrial programs

Supplementary notes

*Forecast.

100 Japanese yen equal 0.71 U.S. dollars or 0.64 euros as of January 2024.
Figures have been rounded.

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