UK tablet gaming by age 2023

A September to November 2023 survey of UK adults aged 16 years and older found that 11 percent of respondents aged between 45 and 54 years ever played games on their tablet device, up from a ten percent tablet gaming penetration among the same age group in 2019. Overall, gaming uptake increased in 2020 due to the global COVID-19 pandemic.

Tablet gaming penetration in the United Kingdom (UK) from 2012 to 2023, by age group

Characteristic	16-24	25-34	35-44	45-54	55-64	65+	55+	65-74	75+
2023	22%	17%	16%	11%	12%	11%	-	-	-
2022	17%	21%	18%	15%	13%	9%	-	-	-
2021	18%	20%	22%	21%	19%	14%	-	-	-
2020/21	23%	20%	23%	26%	18%	14%	-	-	-
2019	14%	11%	10%	10%	9%	-	8%	-	-
2018	15%	15%	8%	11%	7%	-	-	12%	6%
2017	16%	15%	13%	10%	13%	-	-	8%	7%
2016	16%	13%	14%	10%	10%	-	-	12%	5%
2015	18%	20%	14%	13%	11%	-	-	5%	3%
2014	24%	19%	19%	12%	8%	-	-	7%	2%
2013	16%	15%	10%	11%	6%	-	-	2%	0%
2012	11%	6%	6%	4%	2%	-	-	0%	0%

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Release date

January 2024

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Region

United Kingdom

Survey time period

2009 to November 2023

Number of respondents

3,643 respondents

Age group

16 years and older

Method of interview

Computer-assisted personal interviews (CAPI)

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) = 3,623.

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 tablet

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