Most popular gaming genres according to video gamers worldwide 2024

Published by
J. Clement,
Nov 11, 2024

A global gamer survey during the first quarter of 2024 found that 50.9 percent of respondents had played the shouter games, making it the most popular gaming genre. In second place were action adventure games, with 48 percent of respondents stating they had played an action adventure game in the past year.

Share of video gamers worldwide who have played games in select gaming genres in the past 12 months as of 2nd quarter 2024

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October 2024

Region

Worldwide

Survey time period

Q2 2024

Age group

16 years and older

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among video gamers who have played a game in each genre in the past 12 months

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