A September to November 2023 survey of UK adults aged 16 years and older found that 34 percent of respondents had ever played games on their mobile phone, slightly down from a 36 percent mobile gaming penetration in the previous year. During the initial outbreak of the COVID-19 pandemic, mobile gaming made double digit gains across all demographic groups, with mobile gamers aged 35 to 44 years experiencing the biggest growth of 24 percentage points.
Mobile phone gaming penetration in the United Kingdom (UK) from 2009 to 2023
* n (2007) = 2,905; n (2009) = 1,824; n (2010) = 2,117; n (2011) = 1,823; n (2012) = 1,805; n (2013) = 1,642; n (2014) = 1,890; n (2015) = 1,841; n (2016) = 1,846; n (2017) = 1,875; n (2018) = 1,882; n (2019) = 1,479; n (2020/21) = 3,105; n (2022) = 3,651; n (2023) = 3,643.
2021 methodology: interviewing conducted using a mix of post-to-online and online panels. Paper questionnaires could also be requested by postal respondents and were returned by post. Any break column with a base size lower than 100 has been removed as margins of error become too great. Data is tested at the 99% confidence level.
Original survey question: Do you ever play games at home or elsewhere in any of these ways? (MULTI CODE) On a mobile phone or smartphone
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Ofcom. (January 19, 2024). Mobile phone gaming penetration in the United Kingdom (UK) from 2009 to 2023 [Graph]. In Statista. Retrieved September 01, 2024, from https://www.statista.com/statistics/300498/mobile-gaming-in-the-united-kingdom/
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