Number of people aware of eSports worldwide 2015-2019

Published by Statista Research Department, May 11, 2016
This statistic presents the number of people aware of eSports worldwide in 2015, witha forecast until 2019. In 2015, 809 million people worldwide were aware of eSports . This number is projected to reach 1.57 billion in 2019.

Number of people aware of eSports worldwide from 2015 to 2019 (in millions)

CharacteristicNumber of people in millions
2019* 1,572
2018* 1,435
2017* 1,283
2016* 1,101
2015 809
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Created with Highcharts 7.2.2Number of people in millions8098091,1011,1011,2831,2831,4351,4351,5721,57220152016*2017*2018*2019*
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May 2016

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Worldwide

Survey time period

2015

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* Forecast.

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