UK video game access 2022, by age group

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Jessica Clement,
Dec 10, 2024
A survey fielded between March and May 2022 found that 36 percent of the online population in the United Kingdom aged 16 to 24 years had downloaded video games in the past three months. Only 30 percent of respondents aged 25 to 34 years claimed the same.

Video game access in the United Kingdom (UK) in 2022, by age group

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Release date

February 2023

Region

United Kingdom

Survey time period

April 7 to May 31, 2022

Number of respondents

5,749 respondents

Age group

12 years and older

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online population; in the past 3 months

Supplementary notes

Original question: Have you downloaded/streamed/shared/purchased physical copies of Video Games in the past 3 months?

The definition of ‘shared’ was provided as: “By shared we mean that you personally made the file publicly available or sent or uploaded it online for someone else to download or stream/access. This does not include sending links to content that has already been shared by someone else, unless stated in the answer option.”
This statistic is using original data from the Government Digital Service and includes copyright material from © Crown, licensed under the Open Government License v3.0

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