United States video game players
RecordSTO-4XKQ5HV99Q-777SXJDJ47-91A8W2
United States · 2026
United States video game players were 212.3 million in 2026 (ESA).
- Publisher
- ESA
- Authority tier
- T2 Official
- Locator
- Page 4 / America Plays
- Retrieved
- 1 Oct 2026
- Status
- Verified
What the source says
212.3 million Average Player Age Percentage of Americans Who Play Video Games 1+ Hours Per Week (Any platform) Americans (ages 5-90) play video games
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APA
Entertainment Software Association. (2026). 2026 Essential Facts About the U.S. Video Game Industry. Retrieved October 1, 2026, from https://www.theesa.com/wp-content/uploads/2026/06/2026-Essential-Facts-Booklet-05-27-26.pdf. Via StatOrigin, https://statorigin.org/stat/stat_4XKQ5HV99Q777SXJDJ4791A8W2
Other formats: MLA, Chicago, BibTeX
- MLA
- Entertainment Software Association. "2026 Essential Facts About the U.S. Video Game Industry." 2026, https://www.theesa.com/wp-content/uploads/2026/06/2026-Essential-Facts-Booklet-05-27-26.pdf. Accessed 1 Oct. 2026 via StatOrigin, https://statorigin.org/stat/stat_4XKQ5HV99Q777SXJDJ4791A8W2.
- Chicago
- Entertainment Software Association. "2026 Essential Facts About the U.S. Video Game Industry." 2026. https://www.theesa.com/wp-content/uploads/2026/06/2026-Essential-Facts-Booklet-05-27-26.pdf. Accessed October 1, 2026. Cited from StatOrigin, https://statorigin.org/stat/stat_4XKQ5HV99Q777SXJDJ4791A8W2.
- BibTeX
- @misc{esa2026video91a8w2, author = {{Entertainment Software Association}}, title = {2026 Essential Facts About the U.S. Video Game Industry}, year = {2026}, howpublished = {StatOrigin, https://statorigin.org}, url = {https://statorigin.org/stat/stat_4XKQ5HV99Q777SXJDJ4791A8W2}, note = {Original source: https://www.theesa.com/wp-content/uploads/2026/06/2026-Essential-Facts-Booklet-05-27-26.pdf. Accessed October 1, 2026.} }
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Primary source
- Publisher
- Entertainment Software Association · homepage ↗
- Authority tier
- Tier 2 · National and industry official
- Report
- 2026 Essential Facts About the U.S. Video Game Industry
- Type
- Report
- Published
- 1 June 2026
- Locator
- Page 4 / America Plays
- Retrieved
- 1 October 2026
- Link status
- Reachable (HTTP 200)
- Report licence
- See source
Verification
- Status
- Verified
- Review protocol
- agent:gemini-3.8-flash:issue-64
- Checked on
- 1 October 2026
- Last revision
- 1 October 2026
- Permanent URL
- /stat/stat_4XKQ5HV99Q777SXJDJ4791A8W2