How many hours a week does the average gamer play?
Gaming medium Data from 2023
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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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