Violent games: teenage usage by age group in Germany 2015

This statistic shows the results of a survey on the usage of violent games by teenagers in Germany in 2015, broken down by age group. The survey found that 70 percent of teenage gamers aged between 14 and 15 years stated that their friends played brutal or especially violent computer games, console games or online games.

Do you or your friends play brutal or especially violent computer games, console games or online games?

Characteristic	12-13 years	14-15 years	16-17 years	18-19 years
Yes, my friends play	58%	70%	80%	77%
Yes, I play myself	27%	46%	47%	55%

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Release date

November 2015

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Region

Germany

Survey time period

May 26, 2014 to June 28, 2015

Number of respondents

970 respondents

Age group

12-19 years

Special properties

users of computer games, console games, online games

Method of interview

Computer-assisted telephone interviews (CATI)

Supplementary notes

JIM is a series of surveys published by the Medienpädagogische Forschungsbund Südwest, which is supported by the Landesanstalt für Kommunikation Baden-Württemberg (LFK) and the Landeszentrale für Medien und Kommunikation Rheinlandpfalz (LMK). The surveys are developed in cooperation with SWR Medienforschung, the Zeitungs Marketing Gesellschaft (ZMG), the Bundeszentrale für politische Bildung, the Landeszentralen für politische Bildung Baden-Württemberg und Rheinland-Pfalz and the Stiftung Lesen.

The source does not provide the original wording of the question posed during the survey. The wording of the question chosen for this statistic may therefore differ slightly from the original.

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