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
51 Life simulation game 49k 34.2 37.6% Gaming genre
52 Amusement arcade 48k 37.1 20.9% Gaming genre
53 Rhythm game 43k 34.6 23.9% Gaming genre
54 Multiplayer online game 42k 30.8 31.2% Gaming genre
55 Video poker 35k 30.6 27.9% Gaming genre
56 Online bingo 33k 31.2 50.8% Gaming genre
57 Word search 28k 33.0 64.8% Gaming genre
58 Tower defense 28k 34.5 39.0% Gaming genre
59 Puzzles games 24k 37.3 42.9% Gaming genre
60 Player versus player 22k 30.5 21.4% Gaming genre
61 Incremental game 18k 30.8 26.7% Gaming genre
62 Beat 'em up 16k 30.7 24.9% Gaming genre
63 Hide-and-seek 14k 41.8 64.7% Gaming genre
64 Light gun shooter 14k 31.8 13.9% Gaming genre
65 Mathematical puzzle 13k 31.1 41.8% Gaming genre
66 Pub quiz 11k 36.7 34.3% Gaming genre
67 Shooter games 9.7k 30.5 28.7% Gaming genre
68 Social network game 8.8k 31.0 0.0% Gaming genre
69 Shoot 'em up 8.2k 30.0 25.6% Gaming genre
70 Turn-based tactics 6.7k 33.0 23.2% Gaming genre
71 Personality quiz 6.4k 46.0 76.5% Gaming genre
72 Indie game 4.2k 29.8 23.5% Gaming genre
73 Hit and run 3.7k 48.3 54.8% Gaming genre
74 Matching game 2.7k 35.9 43.6% Gaming genre
75 Player versus environment 786 31.0 13.9% 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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