U.S. awareness of the metaverse 2022

According to a June 2022 survey conducted in the United States, 43 percent of responding adults said that they had not seen, read or heard anything at all about the metaverse. Additionally, 21 percent said they had not seen, read, or heard much about the virtual reality environment. Around one in ten adults reported to have a lot of awareness of the metaverse, whilst 27 percent claimed some awareness.

Share of adults in the United States who have heard about the metaverse as of June 2022

Characteristic	Share of respondents
A lot	9%
Some	27%
Not much	21%
Nothing at all	43%

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Release date

July 2022

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Region

Worldwide

Survey time period

June 23 to 25, 2022

Number of respondents

2,201 respondents

Age group

18 years and older

Supplementary notes

Original question: "How much have you seen, read or heard about the following? The metaverse, a computer-generated environment in which users can interact with each other via virtual reality technology".

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