Adult women make up more of the video game player population than teenage boys. The average player is 37 years old, with over 80% being 18 or older and 40% being women. Gaming is popular among all age groups, with over 90% of those under 17 playing and a third of players being 50 or older. Online play is popular, with only one-fifth paying to play and half of online gaming coming from puzzles, card games, or trivia games.
More adult women play video games than adolescent boys. Despite the stereotype of the average video game player being a teenager or college male, the average video game player is actually 37 years old. In fact, more than 80% of video game players are 18 years of age or older, and about 40% of them are women: boys 17 and younger make up less than 15% of all video game players.
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Over 90% of people aged 17 and under play video or computer games, and it accounts for more than 40% of physical gaming software sales. About 45% of parents play video games with their children at least once a week.
About a third of gamers are 50 or older. This number grew by almost 10% between 1999 and 2011.
About one-fifth of regular video game players pay to play online, but role-playing games or games from the multiplayer universe account for only about one-third of online play. About half of online gaming comes from puzzles, card games, or trivia games.
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