Time spent on video games by 8- to 18-year-olds from 1999 to 2009

Published by Statista Research Department, Feb 2, 2010
This statistic displays the average amount of time spent American 8- to 18-year-olds spend on video games. In 2009, American children on average spent 73 minutes a day playing video games. In 1999, they only played games for 26 minutes per day.

Amount of time spent playing video games by American 8- to 18-year-olds on a typical day from 1999 to 2009

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February 2010

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United States

Survey time period

1999 to 2009

Age group

8-18 years

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