How many hours a week does the average gamer play?

Gaming medium Data from 2023

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Answer in hours. Shorthand like 9m or 1.2bn works.

The answer

9 hours

Roughly 8.5.

The average player spends about 8.5 hours a week gaming — a little over an hour a day. The average age is around 35, and roughly 45% of players are women, which is nothing like the stereotype the industry marketed to for thirty years.

Where this number comes from

Source Entertainment Software Association / Limelight State of Online Gaming
Figure refers to 2023
Last checked
Unit hours

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