Share of gamers playing selected game genres worldwide 2017, by gender

Published by
J. Clement,
Jan 29, 2021
The graph shows the distribution of gamers playing selected game genres worldwide as of January 2017, broken down by gender. It was found that 36 percent of gamers who admitted to playing high fantasy MMOs were women.

Distribution of gamers playing selected game genres worldwide as of January 2017, by gender

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January 2017

Region

Worldwide

Survey time period

January 2017

Number of respondents

*

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based on 270,000 responses from gamers worldwide

Supplementary notes

*The source provides the following explanation on the sample numbers: "Each genre we analyzed contained between 3-5 game titles. The median sample size for each game title was 1,184. And the median sample size for each genre was 4,657."
The source does not provide information on the exact date of survey.

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