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Weekly average hours spent playing video games worldwide 2018
Average weekly hours spent playing video games in selected countries worldwide as of January 2018
by Christina Gough,
last edited
Oct 30, 2018
This statistic illustrates the average weekly hours spent playing video games in selected countries worldwide as of January 2018. It was discovered, that among studied countries, U.S. gamers spent the largest number of hours weekly playing video games, while South Korean's spent and average of 4.42 hours per week on this activity.
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by Christina Gough,
last edited
Oct 30, 2018
This statistic illustrates the average weekly hours spent playing video games in selected countries worldwide as of January 2018. It was discovered, that among studied countries, U.S. gamers spent the largest number of hours weekly playing video games, while South Korean's spent and average of 4.42 hours per week on this activity.
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- March 2018
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- Worldwide
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- January 12 to 14, 2018
- Number of respondents
- 3,000*
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Sample consisted of 500 respondents per each country.
Question: How many hours each week do you spend playing video games?
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- January 12 to 14, 2018
- Number of respondents
- 3,000*
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Sample consisted of 500 respondents per each country.
Question: How many hours each week do you spend playing video games?
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