UK mobile gaming by gender 2023

A September to November 2023 survey of UK adults aged 16 years and older found that 36 percent of female respondents played games on their mobile phone, up from a 20 percent gaming penetration among the same group in 2019. During the initial outbreak of the COVID-19 pandemic, mobile gaming made double digit gains across all demographic groups, with mobile gamers aged 35 to 44 years experiencing the biggest growth of 24 percentage points.

Mobile phone gaming penetration in the United Kingdom (UK) from 2012 to 2023, by gender

Characteristic	Male	Female
2023	31%	36%
2022	31%	40%
2021	33%	41%
2020/21	35%	43%
2019	26%	20%
2018	22%	21%
2017	21%	21%
2016	19%	20%
2015	26%	25%
2014	29%	29%
2013	22%	16%
2012	16%	10%

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Release date

January 2024

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Region

United Kingdom

Survey time period

2012 to November 2023

Number of respondents

3,643 respondents

Age group

16 years and older

Method of interview

Online panel

Supplementary notes

* n (2007) = 2,905; n (2009) = 1,824; n (2010) = 2,117; n (2011) = 1,823; n (2012) = 1,805; n (2013) = 1,642; n (2014) = 1,890; n (2015) = 1,841; n (2016) = 1,846; n (2017) = 1,875; n (2018) = 1,882; n (2019) = 1,479; n (2020/21) = 3,105; n (2022) = 3,651; n (2023) = 3,643

2022 wave: interviews were conducted between September 23 and November 9, 2022
2021 wave: interviews were conducted between October 16 and December 13, 2021
2020/21 wave: interviews were conducted between October 6, 2020 and January 23, 2021.

2021 methodology: interviewing conducted using a mix of post-to-online and online panels. Paper questionnaires could also be requested by postal respondents and were returned by post. Any break column with a base size lower than 100 has been removed as margins of error become too great. Data is tested at the 99% confidence level.

Original survey question: Do you ever play games at home or elsewhere in any of these ways? (MULTI CODE) On a mobile phone or smartphone

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