This survey was fielded by a third-party company with consumer panels in China, Germany, India, Indonesia, South Korea, the United Kingdom, the United States and Vietnam. 500 responses were collected from each country for a total of 4,000 global responses. Survey responses were collected between January 5 and January 12, 2021.
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Weekly time spent playing video games worldwide 2021, by age group
A January 2021 of global gaming markets found that **** percent of gamers aged 18 to 25 years spent an average of more than ** hours per week on gaming activities. However, gamers in that particular age group only averaged **** weekly hours of gaming. In contrast, **** percent of responding gamers aged 60 years and over spent more than ** hours a week on gaming.
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