A January 2021 of global gaming markets found that 10.4 percent of gamers aged 18 to 25 years spent an average of more than 20 hours per week on gaming activities. However, gamers in that particular age group only averaged 7.97 weekly hours of gaming. In contrast, 12.6 percent of responding gamers aged 60 years and over spent more than 20 hours a week on gaming.
Average weekly time spent playing video games worldwide as of January 2021, by age group
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This survey was fielded by a third-party company with consumer panels in China, Germany, India, Indonesia, South Korea, the United Kingdom, the United States and Vietnam. 500 responses were collected from each country for a total of 4,000 global responses. Survey responses were collected between January 5 and January 12, 2021.
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