Popularity ranking · United Arab Emirates

The 86 most popular Gaming Genres in United Arab Emirates

This curated ranking covers the 86 largest gaming genres in United Arab Emirates, ordered by estimated audience size from Rascasse's anonymized search-behavior signals. Video games, Online games and First-person shooter games lead the list with a combined estimated audience of 8.6M people. Across all 86 entries the average audience size is 364k, and the largest, Video games, reaches around 4.2M people in United Arab Emirates. Audience size is the estimated number of unique people in United Arab Emirates who actively engage with each gaming genre, derived from search demand signals. Rankings reflect search-behavior signals collected across United Arab Emirates and are refreshed weekly.

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How to read this list

Rank

Position in the Top 86, sorted by audience size from largest to smallest. Updated weekly.

Audience size

Estimated number of unique people in United Arab Emirates who actively engage with this audience, derived from anonymized search-behavior signals.

Country share

Share of the global audience that is active in United Arab Emirates. A higher value means the audience is more locally concentrated here.

Avg age

Average age in years across the people who engage with this audience in United Arab Emirates, derived from anonymized search-behavior signals. A dash means demographic data is not yet available.

Female share

Share of women among the people who engage with this audience in United Arab Emirates. 50% is gender-balanced; values above mean female-skewed, below mean male-skewed.

Ranking

Rank Audience Audience size Avg age Female share Subtype
1 Video games 4.2M 35.2 23.5% Gaming genre
2 Online games 2.2M 34.8 24.3% Gaming genre
3 First-person shooter games 2.2M 34.8 26.0% Gaming genre
4 Mobile game 2.1M 35.0 27.1% Gaming genre
5 Sports games 1.3M 35.1 22.9% Gaming genre
6 Role-playing games 1.1M 33.9 24.8% Gaming genre
7 Action games 1.1M 34.1 24.2% Gaming genre
8 Card games 1.1M 34.5 27.1% Gaming genre
9 Puzzle video games 1.1M 36.0 31.5% Gaming genre
10 Online poker 1M 35.2 26.9% Gaming genre
11 Massively multiplayer online role-playing games 894k 34.3 23.2% Gaming genre
12 Racing games 888k 35.8 24.5% Gaming genre
13 Massively multiplayer online games 884k 34.2 24.5% Gaming genre
14 Strategy games 867k 35.0 25.8% Gaming genre
15 Board games 818k 35.0 28.4% Gaming genre
16 Simulation games 762k 35.8 27.1% Gaming genre
17 Casino games 701k 35.5 27.6% Gaming genre
18 Word games 635k 36.2 33.4% Gaming genre
19 Browser games 548k 36.6 29.3% Gaming genre
20 Adventure game 478k 32.7 23.3% Gaming genre
21 Tabletop game 478k 33.3 26.5% Gaming genre
22 Real-time strategy 462k 33.1 22.9% Gaming genre
23 Online gambling 428k 33.4 22.0% Gaming genre
24 Exhibition game 410k 36.3 40.0% Gaming genre
25 Action-adventure game 392k 31.9 21.4% Gaming genre

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Frequently asked questions

How is this list of the most popular gaming genres compiled?

Rascasse aggregates anonymized search-behavior signals across United Arab Emirates and ranks each gaming genre by its estimated audience size. Only entries with at least 5 measured entities are listed.

How often is the list updated?

The ranking is refreshed weekly from the latest search-behavior data and re-published as a static page.

What is the largest gaming genre in United Arab Emirates?

Video games currently leads with an estimated audience of 4.2M people in United Arab Emirates.

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