While almost three-quarters of women have played video games in the last 6 months, only 35% of female gamers identify themselves as 'gamer' (vs 51% of male gamers). Still, nearly half of all gamers worldwide are women.
Gamer Demographics
The majority of gamers in the US are male (55%). In terms of raw numbers, there are approximately 1.7 billion male gamers. And 1.39 billion female gamers worldwide. According to the latest data, 4 in 5 (80%) gamers are over 18.
According to our Digital 2022 report, over 80% of female internet users aged 16-44 play video games.
There are now an estimated one billion girl gamers in the world, so why is the stereotype that games are a pastime for teenage boys still so prominent?
As of March 2023, 49 percent of video gamer in the United States were female, with the remaining 51 percent of U.S. video gaming audiences were male. Currently, there are approximately 212 million gamers in the United States.
Gender-specific socialisation: From birth, we are faced with certain socially constructed gender roles. "Video games" are seen as an activity with a more male connotation. This leads, for example, to the fact that it is often not even assumed at first that girls* are interested in computer games or could develop them.
As with past versions, the game is generating controversy over its glorification of violence and drugs and its demeaning portrayal of women. But around 15 percent of its fans are women, who find much to like about the game, even if they do have some ambivalence about it.
Most people use the terms gamer girl and girl gamer interchangeably. For people who associate the term gamer girl with the negative “fake” stereotype, the alternative girl gamer is a way to emphasize the gamer part of their identity. Girl gamers are a kind of gamer, but gamers first and foremost.
Yet, despite this perception, according to a 2015 Pew Research study, in America the numbers are almost equal. In 2020, 48 percent of US gamers were women, up from 45 percent the year before. As American sociologist and professor T. L.
While 48% of women in the United States report having played a video game, only 6% identify as gamers, compared to 15% of men who identify as gamers as of 2015. This rises to 9% among women aged 18–29, compared to 33% of men in that age group.
During a 2019 survey, 39 percent of female gamers stated that they played Pokémon Go, while a further 34 percent played the battle royale game Fortnite.
The average of a video game player in Australia is 34 years old. Nearly half of those playing video game players are female. Older Australians also love to play, with 42 per cent of those aged 65 and over identifying as gamers.
New research for Sky Broadband shows that of 4,000 female gamers surveyed 49% have faced abuse or harassment when playing or streaming online - rising to 75% of those aged 18 to 24.
There is a substantial gender gap in the share of young adults who report playing video games. About seven-in-ten men younger than 30 (72%) say they play video games often or sometimes, compared with 49% of women in the same age group.
Thirty-six percent of adolescents (80% of boys and 20% of girls) played video games. On average, gamers played for an hour on the weekdays and an hour and a half on the weekends.
Gamer dads (males who engage with video games and have children under the age of 18) make up a significant portion of the gaming audience, representing one-fifth of all gamers.
For Meetup, seek out groups of people who get together to play games, or do video game-related activities. When you're at your first Meetup, take your time to get know the women there. If there's any one you find especially engaging, ask her on a date before the event ends.
Mercedes Cortez is easily Grand Theft Auto's most known and fan-favorite female character thanks to her sexy looks and highly promiscuous nature. While GTA's world is pretty much filled with strippers and escorts, Mercedes' character is the one who got the most backstory and was part of most storylines in the games.
A seven year study conducted by International Game Developers Association (IGDA) claims that 61% the video game industry is male, 30% is female, and 8% is non-binary.
Gaming is a billion-dollar industry, and these women are riding that expensive way to stardom and extreme wealth. Here's a closer look at the 20 highest earning pro-girl gamers, starting with number 20.
The Male Brain on Video Games
The brain-imaging study by researchers at Stanford's school of medicine suggests that while playing video games, men have more activity in the mesocorticolimbic center, the region of the brain associated with reward and addiction, than women.
Game developer distribution worldwide 2014-2021, by gender
A game developer survey in 2021 found that 61percent of responding game developers were men, while 30 percent were women. The share of female game developers is up from 21 percent in 2017.