Gaming audience to reach 3bn in 2023 as APAC dominates

An overview of gaming audiences globally and by region between 2015 and 2023.

The global gaming audience is set to reach 3.07bn by 2023, according to the latest forecasts from analytics platform Newzoo.

The number of players reached 2.55bn in 2019, an increase of over a quarter (28.1%) from 2015's level of 1.99bn. Growth is expected to slow after 2020, with a 20.4% increase expected between 2019 and 2023.

Asia Pacific accounts for half (54%) of the global userbase, forecast to record 1.4bn players in 2020. Although some brands in the region are seeing e-commerce sales accelerate because of mobile gamers, some advertisers seem hesitantto engage with...

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