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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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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
51 Stealth game 553k 33.5 22.3% Gaming genre
52 Life simulation game 515k 31.9 55.5% Gaming genre
53 Vehicle simulation game 513k 36.6 26.6% Gaming genre
54 Video poker 401k 40.0 33.2% Gaming genre
55 City-building game 357k 34.7 40.1% Gaming genre
56 Rhythm game 349k 35.0 26.9% Gaming genre
57 Console game 276k 37.1 37.6% Gaming genre
58 Light gun shooter 269k 40.3 32.7% Gaming genre
59 Personality quiz 215k 46.6 72.2% Gaming genre
60 Tower defense 208k 35.2 25.9% Gaming genre
61 Player versus player 202k 32.2 15.5% Gaming genre
62 Single-player video game 187k 35.8 26.7% Gaming genre
63 Multiplayer online game 182k 31.5 29.2% Gaming genre
64 Mathematical puzzle 166k 46.3 60.7% Gaming genre
65 Hide-and-seek 164k 49.7 67.5% Gaming genre
66 Incremental game 144k 32.8 34.3% Gaming genre
67 Beat 'em up 136k 36.2 22.3% Gaming genre
68 Shoot 'em up 128k 36.0 28.1% Gaming genre
69 Indie game 113k 35.6 26.1% Gaming genre
70 Point and click 103k 38.6 63.8% Gaming genre
71 Kart racing game 99k 37.0 30.3% Gaming genre
72 Turn-based tactics 95k 37.1 18.7% Gaming genre
73 Social simulation game 94k 32.5 58.7% Gaming genre
74 Matching game 93k 38.6 67.4% Gaming genre
75 Hit and run 78k 44.4 39.4% 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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