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Online Games
in-scope
- Freemium browser games with in-game purchases for additional premium contents or functionalities
- Massive multiplayer online games (MMOG-Games)
out-of-scope
- Free-to-play browser games
Highlights
worldwide
- Revenue in the "Online Games" segment amounts to US$13,148m in 2017.
- Revenue is expected to show an annual growth rate (CAGR 2017-2021) of 2.9 % resulting in a market volume of US$14,762m in 2021.
- User penetration is at 14.7 % in 2017 and is expected to hit 15.9 % in 2021.
- The average revenue per user (ARPU) currently amounts to US$22.85.
- From a global comparison perspective it is shown that most revenue is generated in the United States (US$3,473m in 2017).
Revenue
in the Online Games market in million US$
Reading Support Revenue in the "Online Games" segment amounts to US$13,148m in 2017.
User
in the Online Games market in millions
Reading Support In the "Online Games" segment, the number of users is expected to amount to 644.8m by 2021.
ARPU
in the Online Games market in US$
Reading Support The average revenue per user (ARPU) in the "Online Games" segment amounts to US$22.85 in 2017.
Global Comparison - Revenue
in the Online Games market in million US$ in 2017
Reading Support With a market volume of US$3,473m in 2017, most revenue is generated in the United States.
| Top Countries | |
|---|---|
| United States | |
| Japan | |
| China | |
| United Kingdom | |
| South Korea | |
Key Market Indicators
The following Key Market Indicators give an overview of the demographic, economic and technological development of the selected region on the basis of general KPIs. The calculation of Statista’s Market Outlook is based on a complex market-driver logic including over 400 region-specific data sets.
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Populationin millions ? | x,xxx.x | x,xxx.x | x,xxx.x | x,xxx.x | x,xxx.x | x,xxx.x | x,xxx.x | ||
Householdsin millions ? | x,xxx.x | x,xxx.x | x,xxx.x | x,xxx.x | x,xxx.x | x,xxx.x | x,xxx.x | ||
GDP / Capitain US$ ? | xx,xxx | xx,xxx | xx,xxx | xx,xxx | xx,xxx | xx,xxx | xx,xxx | ||
Internet Penetrationin percent ? | xx.x | xx.x | xx.x | xx.x | xx.x | xx.x | xx.x | ||
Smartphone Penetrationin percent ? | xx.x | xx.x | xx.x | xx.x | xx.x | xx.x | xx.x | ||
| Source: Statista, May 2017; Selected region only includes countries listed in the Digital Market Outlook | |||||||||
Selected region only includes countries listed in the Digital Market Outlook
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