Popularity ranking · Canada

The 85 most popular Gaming Genres in Canada

This curated ranking covers the 85 largest gaming genres in Canada, 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 23M people. Across all 85 entries the average audience size is 1.2M, and the largest, Video games, reaches around 12M people in Canada. Audience size is the estimated number of unique people in Canada who actively engage with each gaming genre, derived from search demand signals. Rankings reflect search-behavior signals collected across Canada and are refreshed weekly.

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Rank

Position in the Top 85, sorted by audience size from largest to smallest. Updated weekly.

Audience size

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

Country share

Share of the global audience that is active in Canada. 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 Canada, 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 Canada. 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 12M 39.8 45.0% Gaming genre
2 Online games 5.9M 39.7 42.4% Gaming genre
3 First-person shooter games 5.7M 36.9 41.0% Gaming genre
4 Mobile game 5.3M 38.8 46.2% Gaming genre
5 Role-playing games 3.8M 34.4 34.7% Gaming genre
6 Card games 3.5M 37.2 42.6% Gaming genre
7 Puzzle video games 3.4M 41.2 55.0% Gaming genre
8 Board games 3.1M 37.2 44.9% Gaming genre
9 Action games 2.9M 36.0 36.4% Gaming genre
10 Adventure game 2.8M 32.5 38.2% Gaming genre
11 Sports games 2.7M 39.5 36.3% Gaming genre
12 Exhibition game 2.7M 38.0 64.2% Gaming genre
13 Massively multiplayer online role-playing games 2.4M 35.0 32.5% Gaming genre
14 Tabletop game 2.3M 32.4 37.2% Gaming genre
15 Strategy games 2.3M 35.8 36.8% Gaming genre
16 Massively multiplayer online games 2.2M 34.4 30.8% Gaming genre
17 Action-adventure game 2.1M 30.2 34.1% Gaming genre
18 Racing games 2M 38.8 29.0% Gaming genre
19 Real-time strategy 2M 35.6 36.3% Gaming genre
20 Slot machine 1.9M 44.8 44.7% Gaming genre
21 Simulation games 1.8M 38.1 38.8% Gaming genre
22 Casino games 1.8M 43.5 44.7% Gaming genre
23 Arcade game 1.7M 36.4 36.8% Gaming genre
24 Action role-playing game 1.7M 28.9 31.5% Gaming genre
25 Word games 1.6M 40.7 58.6% 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 Canada 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 Canada?

Video games currently leads with an estimated audience of 12M people in Canada.

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