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
76 Kart racing game 41k 34.0 30.7% Gaming genre
77 Japanese role-playing game 40k 31.6 29.3% Gaming genre
78 Hide-and-seek 34k 38.2 59.5% Gaming genre
79 Indie role-playing game 27k 26.1 27.3% Gaming genre
80 Hit and run 23k 44.2 43.7% Gaming genre
81 Player versus environment 20k 32.1 21.6% Gaming genre
82 Social network game 12k 34.9 91.6% Gaming genre
83 Alternate reality game 1.8k 31.1 25.3% Gaming genre
84 Bishōjo game 1k 22.2 0.0% Gaming genre
85 Tactical wargame 123 42.9 9.4% 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 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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