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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How to read this list

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
51 Video poker 287k 42.0 37.1% Gaming genre
52 Stealth game 274k 30.5 25.0% Gaming genre
53 Vehicle simulation game 268k 32.6 24.5% Gaming genre
54 City-building game 258k 32.2 38.1% Gaming genre
55 Word search 221k 38.8 65.5% Gaming genre
56 Single-player video game 220k 33.7 30.8% Gaming genre
57 Player versus player 162k 27.6 14.1% Gaming genre
58 Tower defense 155k 30.2 22.1% Gaming genre
59 Console game 138k 33.0 30.4% Gaming genre
60 Light gun shooter 120k 37.6 28.8% Gaming genre
61 Incremental game 102k 29.4 30.7% Gaming genre
62 Personality quiz 100k 42.5 71.1% Gaming genre
63 Pub quiz 97k 43.0 64.3% Gaming genre
64 Beat 'em up 89k 33.4 30.1% Gaming genre
65 Puzzles games 89k 33.9 39.9% Gaming genre
66 Multiplayer online game 86k 29.1 41.5% Gaming genre
67 Point and click 83k 36.5 49.4% Gaming genre
68 Mathematical puzzle 82k 38.6 52.6% Gaming genre
69 Social simulation game 79k 34.0 57.7% Gaming genre
70 Indie game 78k 31.7 22.7% Gaming genre
71 Three-dimensional space 61k 40.4 42.9% Gaming genre
72 Shoot 'em up 59k 34.8 40.2% Gaming genre
73 Turn-based tactics 57k 34.1 22.2% Gaming genre
74 Shooter games 48k 25.2 20.2% Gaming genre
75 Matching game 44k 35.7 60.3% 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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