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Top 86 Gaming genres in United Kingdom

This curated ranking covers the 86 largest gaming genres in United Kingdom, ordered by estimated audience size from Rascasse's anonymized search-behavior signals. Video games, Online games and Mobile game lead the list with a combined estimated audience of 44M people. Across all 86 entries the average audience size is 2.2M, and the largest, Video games, reaches around 22M people in United Kingdom. Audience size is the estimated number of unique people in United Kingdom who actively engage with each gaming genre, derived from search demand signals. Rankings reflect search-behavior signals collected across United Kingdom 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 Kingdom who actively engage with this audience, derived from anonymized search-behavior signals.

Country share

Share of the global audience that is active in United Kingdom. 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 Kingdom, 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 Kingdom. 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 22M 41.8 49.1% Gaming genre
2 Online games 11M 41.4 47.2% Gaming genre
3 Mobile game 11M 42.7 52.0% Gaming genre
4 First-person shooter games 9.6M 38.9 45.9% Gaming genre
5 Exhibition game 8.4M 43.5 68.1% Gaming genre
6 Card games 6.5M 40.5 47.7% Gaming genre
7 Puzzle video games 6.5M 44.1 60.0% Gaming genre
8 Online gambling 6.1M 43.1 33.8% Gaming genre
9 Role-playing games 5.5M 36.6 34.9% Gaming genre
10 Board games 5.5M 40.7 49.4% Gaming genre
11 Action games 4.7M 39.4 38.5% Gaming genre
12 Slot machine 4.6M 43.5 48.4% Gaming genre
13 Adventure game 4.5M 36.9 41.4% Gaming genre
14 Online poker 4.3M 43.0 36.9% Gaming genre
15 Sports games 4.1M 40.6 35.9% Gaming genre
16 Racing games 3.8M 40.7 28.1% Gaming genre
17 Strategy games 3.7M 39.1 37.5% Gaming genre
18 Massively multiplayer online role-playing games 3.5M 38.2 35.2% Gaming genre
19 Tabletop game 3.5M 35.9 39.6% Gaming genre
20 Casino games 3.5M 43.3 42.9% Gaming genre
21 Word games 3.3M 43.4 63.2% Gaming genre
22 Real-time strategy 3.3M 40.3 44.0% Gaming genre
23 Massively multiplayer online games 3.3M 37.7 31.5% Gaming genre
24 Arcade game 3.2M 38.9 41.4% Gaming genre
25 Simulation games 3.1M 39.6 38.1% Gaming genre

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Frequently asked questions

How is this Top 86 list compiled?

Rascasse aggregates anonymized search-behavior signals across United Kingdom 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 Kingdom?

Video games currently leads with an estimated audience of 22M people in United Kingdom.

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