According to him Yearbook published by employers Evie (Spanish Video Games Association), Growth of income of the video game sector in Spain in 2023 16.3% He arrived accompanied by A 10.16% increase in the number of video gamers Which is superior to such 20 million.
Of this amount, the greatest growth occurred Among women: Compared to the 8.54 million Spanish women who played in 2022, there are 9.73 million this year, while the number among men has risen from 9.65 million to 10.14. The age groups that saw the biggest increase in video gamers compared to 2022 are those in between Those aged 25 to 34 years and those aged 35 to 44 years.
7.71 hours per week on average with video games
Among these are more than 20 million players, 71% (14.2 million) say they play every week, 18% (3.51 million) do this every month and 11% (2.28 million) play less frequently. They devote every week 7.71 hours to play, Which puts Spain in third place in Europe, Behind 10.8 hours in the UK, 10.4 hours in Germany and ahead of 7.4 hours in France and 6.5 hours in Italy.
The 15 to 24 age group is the most played group
And in the age distribution 79% Among the Spaniards 6 and 11 Years of playing video games regularly, an amount that adds up to 84% In the bar between 11 and 14 years old And for 86% Among those who have From 15 to 24 years. And in the next tape 25 to 34 years there 82% Who consider themselves gamers this number drops to 60% between the 35 and 44 years old. From that age onwards only 27% of the Spanish population consider themselves gamers.
The most commonly used devices are Consoles (31%), Laptops (8%), Tablets (13%), PCs (24%) And the Mobile phone (32%), mostly on Android). Among these platforms, consoles, PCs and phones grew compared to 2022 and the use of laptops and tablets declined.
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