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Weekly hours spent playing video games worldwide 2021, by country

Published by
J. Clement,
Oct 11, 2022
A January 2021 survey found that gamers in China spent the most time playing games per week, averaging about 12.39 weekly hours of gaming time. Vietnamese gamers were ranked second with about 10.16 hours of gaming time per week. The global average was 8.45 weekly hours of gaming.

Average weekly hours spent playing video games in selected countries worldwide as of January 2021

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Release date

March 2021

Region

Worldwide

Survey time period

January 5 and January 12, 2021

Number of respondents

4,000 respondents

Age group

18 years and older

Supplementary notes

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.
Question: How many hours each week do you spend playing video games?

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