Distribution of online gamers across India - by gender 2016-2021

Published by
Tanushree Basuroy,
Mar 15, 2022
This statistic illustrates the distribution of online gamers across India in 2016 with a forecast for 2021, broken down by gender. In 2021, the share of male gamers was forecasted to be 67 percent, decreased from 83 percent in 2016.

Distribution of online gamers across India in 2016 with a forecast for 2021, by gender

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Release date

May 2017

Region

India

Survey time period

2016

Number of respondents

8,136 respondents

Special properties

Urban internet connected online gamers

Supplementary notes

*forecast.

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